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Presentation at the Illinois Principal Preparation Summit
June 17, 2011
Lisa Hood, LINC Project Director
Center for the Study of Education Policy
Illinois State University
A Project Sponsored by the McCormick
Foundation
New Legislation & Rules
• P.A. 096-0903 created a P-12 Principal Certification
• Sec. 30.30 d) 1). Each program shall offer curricula that address
student learning and school improvement and focus on :1) all
grade levels (i.e., preschool through grade 12); 4) all students
with specific attention on students with special needs (e.g.,
students with disabilities, ELL, gifted students, and students in
early childhood programs)
• Sec. 30.40 a) The internship portion of the program shall be
conducted at one or more public or nonpublic schools to enable
the candidate to be exposed to and participate in a variety of
school leadership situations and settings and 1) consist of the
following components: A) Engagement in instructional
activities that involve teachers at all grade levels (i.e., preschool
through grade 12), including teachers in both general education,
special education, bilingual education and gifted education
settings
New Legislation & Rules
• Sec 30.45 Assessment of the Internship: Assessing candidate
knowledge and performance on competencies using the outcomes
rubric in 4 assessment areas.
• Candidates must achieve “meets the standards” on each
competency to successfully complete the internship.
• These assessments only apply to candidate performance in the
internship—not their performance on class content or in class
associated field-based experiences.
• Assessment areas 1-3 do not specifically address learning
experiences early childhood, special education, or bilingual
education, but that does not prohibit their inclusion into the
assessment process.
• Area 4 specifically assesses candidates performance related to
individualized education programs including developing programs
for students with disabilities and English Language Learners.
New Legislation & Rules
• Sec. 30.50 Coursework requirements
• 2) State and federal laws, regulations and case law regarding
programs for students with disabilities and English Language
Learners
• 5) Understanding literacy skills required for student learning that are
developmentally appropriate (early literacy through adolescent
literacy)…
• 6) Understanding numeracy skills and working collaboratively
across content areas to improve problem-solving and number sense
at all grade levels
Resources and Support
• LINC Curriculum Module
• LINC Principal Preparation Redesign
Collaboration
Structure of LINC Module
Content
Strand
Focus
1. Birth -12 as a Continuum and Single
System
•One system; one continuum
•Successful transitions
2. Basics of Early Childhood Programming •Foundations of EC
•Models of EC
3. Curriculum, Instruction, and
Assessment Across the Continuum
•Curriculum and instruction to meet
diverse needs of learners
•Data-driven decision making at different
levels
4. Relationship and Communication:
Family-School Partnerships
Building relationships with families, staff
and community
LINC Curriculum Module
• Module will be available on the LINC
website (www.leadershiplinc.ilstu.edu) in
fall 2011
• Instructors or faculty members will be
required to participate in a short 1 hour
webinar training that will provide
information about the structure of the
module, the content, and possible uses
LINC Principal Preparation
Redesign Collaboration
• Two-year project to provide technical assistance
in redesign of P-12 Principal Preparation Programs
– Part 1: Consortium Approach to Redesigning P-12
Preparation Programs
– Part 2: Building Statewide Support and Capacity
– Part 3: Building Leadership Preparation Capacity and
Support
• Proposed project timeline: June 1, 2011 – May 30,
2013
Technical Assistance - Part 1
• Provide in-depth technical assistance to 4 institutions to
redesign their programs, with a particular focus on early
childhood content (North Central College, Loyola University,
Western Illinois University, Illinois State University)
• These programs will receive grant money to support their
redesign work (e.g., stipends for a team of faculty and/or an
outside expert)
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Webinars
Quarterly meetings
Just-in-time technical support
Tool development (e.g., outcomes assessment rubric)
Listserv and other resource sharing opportunities
P-12 Principal Training Toolkit
Technical Assistance - Part 1, Cont’d
• Essential design elements
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Alignment with district/school needs
Joint selective admission in collaboration with partner districts
Bridging university degree programs into a cohesive P-12
leadership program (e.g., educational leadership, early childhood,
special education)
Creating program cohesion through shared faculty decision
making and sequential instruction at program and course level
Requirement of field experiences in early childhood settings, ELL,
and special education services and programs
Integration of leading edge early childhood and P-3 materials and
resources
Developing a clear metric to measure success
Technical Assistance -Part 2
• Building Statewide Capacity and Support
– Training for and presentations to:
• Teacher Certification Board members
• Principal Preparation Review Panel
• Illinois State Board of Education and Illinois Board of
Higher Education staff
• P-20 Council
– Partnerships with statewide professional organizations
(e.g., ICPEA, ACI)
Technical Assistance -Part 3
• Building Leadership Preparation Capacity and
Support
– Steering Committee of stakeholders meet bi-monthly to
guide the work of project staff and consortium universities
(e.g., representatives from special education, early childhood,
ELL, UIC, ICPEA, etc.)
– Technical assistance provided to interested principal
preparation programs
• Final symposium to share the work in Spring
2013
– Information sharing throughout 2-year project
For More Information
• For more information about the LINC
project, contact:
Lisa Hood
[email protected]
Erika Hunt
[email protected]