Transcript How To Get From AP to Principal: Best Practices for APs

How To Get From AP to Principal:
Best Practices for APs
Dr. Joel Herbst, Area Director
Marci Lindemann, Leadership
Development, HRD
Marie Wright, Intern Principal
Assistant Principal
• FLDOE
– Staff members assisting the administrative head of
the school.
• Online dictionary
– Assistant principals are second in position behind the
principal in running the school. They often have
specific responsibilities such as discipline while the
principal has overall responsibilities for school
functions.
Assistant Principal
Professional Development =
Continuous Improvement
• FASA Resources - Summer Leadership Conference and
Exposition
• William Cecil Golden School Leadership Development
Program
• SREB Leadership Training
• Florida School Leaders: Leadership Academies,
Assistant Principal Leadership Forums
• Successful Practices Network
• Secondary School Redesign Initiative
• Continuing Education - District, University
• Professional Journals, Online Resources and Tools
Florida School Leaders:
SREB Leadership Training
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Building a High Performance Learning Culture
Prioritizing Mapping and Monitoring the Curriculum
Data Analysis for School Leaders
Providing Focused and Sustained Professional
Development
Leading Change: Building and Maintaining a Focused
Drive Toward Student Achievement
Meeting the Standards: Looking at Teacher
Assignments
Leading Assessments and Instruction
Giving Leadership to Literacy
FLORIDASCHOOLLEADERS.ORG
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Classroom Walkthrough Training
The IBM Change Toolkit
The Microsoft School Leader Development Program
Principal Leadership Standards Inventory
Individual Leadership Development Plan
Leadership Development Progress Log
Learning Library
… and more!
Florida Principal Leadership Standards
Instructional
Leadership Sector
Instructional
leadership
Managing the
Learning
Environment
Learning,
Accountability,
and Assessment
Operational
Leadership Sector
Decision Making
Strategies
Human Resource
Development
Technology
Ethical Leadership
School Leadership
Sector
Vision
Community and
Stakeholder
Partnerships
Diversity
A Good Example
• Let’s take a look at how one Assistant
Principal is moving up the Leadership
Continuum towards the Principalship
Moving Beyond
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Literacy
Staff Development
FISH Focus for students
FISH Focus for teachers
Focus Teams
Spanish/Creole
initiatives
• Integration of
technology
• Whisper Phones
• Professional
development &
affiliations
• 6:45 to 3:45
• Grant Development
• Magnet Program
Development
• Construction
LITERACY
Lesson integration
Content based –
benchmark specific articles
SSR
LITERACY
Writing across the
curriculum
Writing in English, Social
Studies and Foreign Language
Writing in English only
Staff Development
Create and implement a Data & Results Driven, Job-Embedded,
Standards Based staff development model that will close the
achievement gap as measured by state and national exams through
the creation of increased instructional capacity, program capacity
and lead to greater staff and student opportunities.
FOR TEACHERS – BY TEACHERS
FOCUS TEAMS
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LITERACY
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
SMALL LEARNING COMMUNITIES (HS Majors)
TRANSISTIONS (9th grade academy)
GUIDANCE (Paladin Parent)
CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION (RRR)
SCHOOL & COMMUNITY RELATIONS
Spanish/Creole Initiatives
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Special parent nights
Youth Co-Op program
Dedicated personnel for translation assistance
Translation of key communications
Phone Robot
FCAT Phone Bank
Integration of Technology
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International School Connection
NASA school
Robotics
Solar car
Divergent Solutions
Whisper Phones
• Students report
increased comprehension
when they hear
themselves read
• Wrote to FLDOE –
approved for use during
FCAT for ESE students
Professional Development & Affiliations
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Higher education - colleges and universities
FASA - Florida Association of School Administrators
FAPA - Florida Assistant Principals Association
NASSP - National Association of Secondary School Principals
NAESP - National Association of Elementary School Principals
SSRI - Secondary School Redesign Initiative
AASA - American Association of School Administrators
ASCD - Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
BAPA - Broward Assistant Principals Association
6:45 AM to 3:45 PM
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Teachers, students, staff, parents
Prior to 6:45
6:45 to 7:00
After 3:45
Building the Resume
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Skill Sets (Hard & Soft)
Professional Organizations (FASA)
Continuing Education (Doctoral Program)
Community Involvement (CRI)
Mentoring & Modeling (Staff)
Literature (Education, Business & Leadership)
District Committees
Questions, Comments, Concerns
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Please contact us for further information:
• Joel Herbst, South Central Area Director, Broward
County Public Schools (Past President, FASA)
[email protected]
• Marci Lindemann, Coordinator, Leadership
Development, HRD, Broward County Public Schools
(President, FAPA)
[email protected]
• Marie Wright, Intern Principal, South Plantation High
School, Broward County Schools
[email protected]
Thank you, thank you very much!