Open Future Doors through Succession Planning

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Open Future DoorsthroughSuccession Planning
Assistant Superintendent?
Curriculum Supervisor?
Special Services Director?
Principal?
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Overview

• The Laurel School District has developed a 2-year
  plan to provide potential administrators with
  both district administration background and
  field-specific experiences. The first year of
  program activities will be known as Cohort I and
  the second year of program activities will be
  known as Cohort II. An application and
  acceptance program will be in place for both
  years of the program.

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Succession PlanningResource Team

• A team of district administrative professionals
  has been selected and trained to champion the
  Succession Planning Process. The resource team
  will include
• Linda Schenck, Assistant Superintendent
• Gail Fowler, Director of Special Services
• Sandy Baker, Curriculum Supervisor
• Jennifer Givens, Principal

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Cohort I

• Cohort I
• Each participant in the Succession Planning
  Program will be paired with a mentor from the
  resource team. Monthly communication between the
  mentor and the participant will occur.
• Participants will engage in monthly activities
  and guided visitation throughout the district to
  observe varying district administrative
  activities.
• Performance activities will be conducted every
  other month by the participants related to group
  instruction and assigned reading.
• Participants will engage in reflective
  journaling. Journaling experiences/questions can
  be further explored through on-line chat group
  discussion, or mentor/participant communication.
• Evaluation and feedback will be conducted by
  participants and the resource team.
• The members of the resource team will meet once
  monthly to engage in planning, scheduling and
  program review.
• Participants will be encouraged to attend School
  Board meetings.

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Timeline for 2005-2006

• August 2005
• The Succession Planning Resource Team will
  develop the program brochure, application and
  application scoring rubrics.
• The Resource Team will present the Succession
  Plan to the entire Laurel School District
  Administrative Team.
• September 2005
• The Succession Planning Program will be presented
  to district staff.
• Applications will be submitted to and reviewed by
  the Resource Team. Program Participants are
  selected.
• Participants will engage in a program Kick-Off
  and self-evaluation (DPAS II for Administrators).
• Participants will develop professional and
  personal goals for 2005-2006 project
  participation.
• continued

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Timeline for 2005-2006

• October 2005
• Instructional Topic Effective Communication
  (Facilitated by Mrs. Fowler)
• Whole group instruction will be provided.
• Participation in a variety of settings will occur
  (example Muffins Moms, IEP meeting, parent
  conference)
• A performance task will be assigned related to
  Effective Communication.
• Reading materials will be provided for on-line
  and live discussion.
• November 2005
• Instructional Topic Knowing and Using School
  Board Policy (Facilitated by Mrs. Schenck)
• Whole group instruction will be provided.
• A performance task will be assigned related to
  the districts grading policy and school
  compliance procedures.
• continued

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Timeline for 2005-2006

• January 2006
• Instructional Topic Data Decision-Making
  (Facilitated by Mrs. Baker)
• A variety of data collection instruments will be
  explored.
• The correlation between data, instruction and
  achievement will be explored.
• A performance task will be assigned related to
  data collection and instructional
  decision-making.
• February 2006
• Instructional Topic Budget
• Group instruction will be provided by the
  resource team.
• Participants will engage in at least one school
  budget process.
• A mid-year Program Evaluation will be conducted.
• The Resource Team will conduct a program
  evaluation review based upon the participants
  evaluations.
• continued

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Timeline for 2005-2006

• April 2006
• Instructional Topic Scheduling (Facilitated by
  Resource Team)
• Participants will receive a timeline of district
  scheduling activities.
• Participants will work with a district
  administrator to observe/assist with building
  scheduling decisions.
• Group follow-up insights/questions/discussion
  will occur.
• Instructional Topic Unit Count (Facilitated by
  Mrs. Schenck)
• Unit count background information will be
  provided.
• Staffing decisions related to unit count, grant
  funding and finances will be explored.

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Timeline for 2005-2006
May 2006 Instructional Topic Staff Evaluation
(Facilitated by Mrs. Givens) Group instruction
regarding DPAS will be provided. Participants
and mentors will participate in a tandem
observation activity. Both the mentor and the
participant will write a DPAS evaluation.
Perspectives will be shared. Post-conference
with the teacher will be observed by the
participant. June 2006 Instructional Topic
Celebrating Success (Facilitated by all member
of the resource team)
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Cohort II

• Cohort II
• Year two of the Laurel School District Succession
  Planning program will continue to provide
  participants with valuable administrative
  professional development. The focus for this
  year, however, will be to match participants with
  specific activities, observations and
  professional development directly related to
  their individual areas of interest, goals and
  strengths/ weaknesses. Personal activity
  development will be designed when each
  participants administration area of study is
  declared.

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Timeline for 2006-2007

• July 2006
• Application for Cohort II Program Participation
• Pre-requisite Participants must be enrolled in,
  or have completed a Masters Program in School
  Administration.
• Cohort II Application Review and Selection by the
  Resource Team
• August 2006
• Participants will attend the University of
  Delaware Assessment Center.

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Timeline for 2006-2007

• September 2006
• Assessment Center group information will be
  reviewed by the Resource Team to identify common
  group strengths and areas of need.
• Participants will meet with mentors to
  discuss/design monthly observation activities and
  to set goals for the 2006-2007 school year.
• Instructional Topic Unit Count (Facilitated by
  Mrs. Schenck)
• Participants will observe/participate in unit
  count data collection and student count
  reporting.
• Residual unit count staff generation will be
  explored.

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Timeline for 2006-2007

• January 2007
• Instructional Topic Accessing and Using Data
  for Targeted School Improvement (Facilitated by
  Mrs. Baker)
• Data Access Through e-School Plus
• Using Data to Review and Create a School
  Improvement Plan
• Participants will serve as ancillary members of
  the School Improvement Team in their building and
  one other building to observe/participate in the
  School Improvement Plan Process.

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Timeline for 2006-2007

• Spring 2007
• Participants will observe a building leadership
  team using school data and the School Improvement
  Plan to design a building level professional
  development plan for the 2007-2008 school year.
• Instructional Topic DPAS and Performance
  Appraisals
• Group Instruction will be provided.
• Mentors and participants will observe the same
  teacher observed during the 2005-2006 school
  year.
• Mentors and participants will conduct the
  Performance Appraisal Process with the teacher
  who was observed during both cohort years.
• Conduct a goals review
• Complete a Succession Planning Program evaluation
• Celebrate the completion of the Succession
  Planning Program.

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Thoughts
To Remember