Instructional Leadership for the 21st Century

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Instructional Leadership for the 21st Century

• University of South Alabama
• in collaboration with
• Baldwin and Mobile County Public Schools

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Preparing Exemplary Leaders for Alabama Schools

• Three Objectives
• Partnership between USA and LEAs
• Alignment of standards and coursework
• Focus on school improvement and student
  achievement

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Collaboration Is the Key
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• When two work together, then both are
  strong. --Anonymous

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Dr. Faron HollingerBaldwin County Superintendent

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Leadership Advisory Council
USA--LEAs Leadership Advisory Council
Assess Certification Program Effectiveness
Selection of Administrative Candidates

Revise Coursework
Monitor and Revise semester-long Residency
Select Residency Schools
Train Mentor Principals
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Program Design

• MCPSS and Baldwin County personnel worked
  together to develop coursework aligned with newly
  adopted standards for instructional leaders in
  Alabama.

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Admission Requirements

• Admission requirements include
• Graduate school application
• Admission portfolio
• Scheduled interview

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Interviews Conducted Collaboratively

• Prospective candidate responds to questions
• from public school district and university
  personnel.

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Revised Curriculum

• USA infused the eight standards for effective
  school leaders within a substantially revised
  curriculum.
• Planning for continuous improvement
• Teaching and learning
• Human resource development
• Diversity
• Community and stakeholder relationships
• Technology
• Management of learning organizations
• Ethics

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School-based Activities

• Facilitate the work of teachers
• Analyze school-wide
• assessment data
• Manage resources to support instruction
• Develop budgets to enhance instruction
• Manage human resources
• Complete prescribed activities critical to
  effective instructional leadership

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Field Experiences Embeddedin Required Coursework

• Prospective instructional leaders gain real-world
  experience while taking required coursework.

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Skill Development

• Observe Participate Lead

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Residency Learning Planner Handbook

• About This Residency Learning Planner
• Purpose This is a guide for residents to
  thoughtfully plan, implement and track/log a set
  of experiences that will help them become school
  leaders who make a difference in student
  achievement.
• For each of the 8 standards, field experiences
  are proposed to engage the participant in
  observing, participating in and leading school
  teams in changing curriculum and instructional
  practices in ways that increase student
  achievement.
• All experiences require
• A planning component, and
• A reflection component

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Field Experiences
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Field Experiences

• Semester-long Residency

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Project Design

• Bridges the gap between theory and
  practice
• by focusing on real-world
• instructional issues.

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Mentoring
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Assessment

• Examination of admissions process
• Evaluation of curriculum changes
• Development of assessment system
• Development of system to assess impact
• Satisfaction surveys

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Teamwork

• Direct monitoring
• by the Leadership Advisory Council

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Growing TogetherGrowing Strong

• Working together to prepare
• effective instructional leaders for the future.

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Vision Statement

• Baldwin County Public Schools, the Mobile County
  Public School System and the University of South
  Alabama will create and sustain a partnership to
  improve student achievement through the
  co-construction and implementation of a
  leadership development program for the benefit of
  our regional community.

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