Standard+2

 School executives set high standards for the professional practice of 21st century instruction and assessment that result in a no nonsense accountable environment. The school executive must be knowledgeable of best instructional and school practices and must use this knowledge to cause the creation of collaborative structures within the school for the design of highly engaging schoolwork for students, the on-going peer review of this work, and the sharing of this work throughout the professional community.
 * Instructional Leadership**

INSERT GRAPH OF GROWTH OVER TIME!

**Standard 2a. Focus on Learning and Teaching, Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment:** The school executive leads the discussion about standards for curriculum, instruction, and assessment based on research and best practices in order to establish and achieve high expectations for students.

**__Experiences & Selected Artifacts__**


 * Experience || Description || Artifact ||
 * District PD Facilitator || During all Race to the Top Professional Development (PD) I was a elementary school facilitator. || RttT Agenda

Thoughts about Monday PD.docx ||
 * District Pacing Guide Committee || Attended the 3rd grade pacing guide meeting that assists in developing the district ELA pacing guide. || ELA Pacing Guide Meeting Notes.docx ||
 * Classroom Observations || Regularly visited classrooms and provided teachers with feedback on how to make improvements to their instruction. || Harris Learning Walk Notes.docx

Compare and Contrast of Kindergarten.docx || Growth Tracking by Class.docx ||
 * Tracking Data || Created and implemented data tracking charts for school wide benchmarks. || 5th Grade Student Data Sheets.pdf
 * Flip This House || Facilitated teacher presentation of innovative tutorial initiatives they plan on using in their classroom. || " Flip This House ||


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**__ Coursework __**
 * Aspiring Leader Self-Assessments
 * High School Developmental Project
 * Internship Project / Problem of Practice ( Problem of Practice Presentation;Spring 2012 Problem of Practice.docx)
 * Distinguished Leadership in Practice Assignments
 * Weekly Internship Logs
 * “Flipped” Classroom Video
 * Middle School Developmental Project
 * Fall 2011 Assessment Day: - Video reflection on school culture - Triad role plays re: teacher interactions - Action plan for teacher
 * Upper Elementary School Developmental Project
 * Special Education Legal Literacy Assignment
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Clinical Supervision Assignment
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Spring 2011 Assessment Day: [|Jason Scenario #2.docx]
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 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Pre-K / Early Elementary Developmental Project

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">__ **Specialized Training** __
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Data Day: EVAAS, ACRE, Metametrics, NC WISE
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Literacy
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Common Core Overview (the one we had on mock interview day)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Understanding by Design
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Schooling by Design
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">IEL Federal Policy Institute
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">School Visits: KIPP Gaston, Bertie Middle School
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mathematics Common Core Trajectories
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Assistments
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Teacher Evaluation Instrument
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ruby Payne
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">DPI Special Education Day
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Various Conferences - Community Schools Learning Lab, Seattle, WA - Add others here ...

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">**__Related Readings__**


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Tyack, D. B. & Cuban, L. (1995). //Tinkering toward utopia: A century of public school reform//. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press.
 * //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Carr, P.J., & Kefalas, M. (2010). // <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px;">Hollowing out the middle: The rural brain drain and what it means for America //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">. Boston, Mass. : Enfield: Beacon. //
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px;">Chenoweth, K. (2009), //How it's being done//. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard Education Press.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px;">Meece, J. L., & Daniels, D. H. (2008). Child and adolescent development for educators. Boston: McGraw-Hill Higher Education.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px;">Florida, R. L. (2004). //The rise of the creative class: And how it's transforming work, leisure, community and everyday life//. New York: Basic Books.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px;">Friedman, T. L. (2007). //The world is flat: A brief history of the twenty-first century.// New York: Picador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">**Standard 2b. Focus on Instructional Time:** The school executive creates processes and schedules which protect teachers from disruption of instructional or preparation time.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">**__Experiences & Selected Artifacts__**
 * Experience || Description || Artifact ||
 * Use Planning Wisely || I worked with the school administrator to develop a PLC Framework that would enable teachers to use their time more effectively || PLC Forms ||
 * Computer Schedule || I worked with the SIT to implement a schedule that enables teachers to have greater access to the computer lab for instructional purposes. || Computer Lab Use ||
 * School Duty Schedule || I worked with the Teacher Assistants to develop duty schedules that maximizes their work time/efficiency during their work hours. || School Duty Schedule ||
 * Target Teach || Through my problem of practice I worked with teachers on using 20 minutes of instruction to focus in on the basic skills that students were lacking. This enabled them to bridge the gap in learning for a lot of their students. || Target Teach Calendar ||

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**__ Coursework __**


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Aspiring Leader Self-Assessments
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Internship Project / Problem of Practice
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Distinguished Leadership in Practice assignments: 2
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">High School Turnaround Reflection
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Weekly Internship Logs

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">__ **Specialized Training** __
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Schooling by Design

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">**__Related Readings__**


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Senge, P.M. (1994). //The Fifth discipline fieldbook: Strategies and tools for building a learning organization//. New York: Currency, Doubleday.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Lane, K.E. (2005). //The Principal's legal handbook//. Dayton, Ohio: Education Law Association.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Guthrie, J.W. (2007). //Modern education finance and policy//. Boston: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">North Carolina General Statutes, Chapter 115
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Chenoweth, K. (2009). How it's being done. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard Education Press.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Fullan, M. (2006). What's worth fighting for in the principalship?. New York: Teachers College Press.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Wiggins, G. P., & McTighe, J. (2007). Schooling by design: Mission, action, and achievement. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Chan Kim, W., Mauborgne, Renee A. //Harvard Business Review: TIpping Point Leadership//. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard Education Press.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">90-90-90 Article