Leadership to Improve Student Learning
The final assignment places you in a simulated situation in which you have been appointed to the position of principal in Riverdale, CT. The assignment requires you to demonstrate what you’ve learned in the course about the essential role that effective teacher evaluation and valid professional development play in developmental supervision. The simulation also allows you to use strategic leadership and action planning to address problems you’ve identified in a school system’s teacher evaluation and professional development plan.
You will be required to: analyze a teacher evaluation and professional development plan and identify areas of concern based on your knowledge of research; identify specific problems which should be addressed, given these concerns; and develop and justify an action plan to solve the identified problems. Finally, you will be asked to reflect on your work and respond to questions regarding the supervisory tasks required by your plan; how your plan advances student learning, and the impact of your supervisory platform and vision for learning on your work in the simulation.
USA- NCATE- Unit Standards (effective fall 2008)
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
Standard : Standard 2: Assessment System and Unit Evaluation
Sub-standard : 2a. Assessment System
Sub-standard : 2b. Data Collection, Analysis, and Evaluation
Sub-standard : 2c. Use of Data for Program Improvement
Standard : Standard 3: Field Experiences and Clinical Practice
Sub-standard : 3a. Collaboration between Unit and School Partners
Standard : Standard 4: Diversity
Sub-standard : 4a. Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of Curriculum and Experiences
Standard : Standard 5: Faculty Qualifications, Performance, and Development
Sub-standard : 5a. Qualified Faculty
Sub-standard : 5b. Modeling Best Professional Practices in Teaching
Sub-standard : 5c. Modeling Best Professional Practices in Scholarship
Sub-standard : 5d. Modeling Best Professional Practices in Service
Sub-standard : 5e. Unit Evaluation of Professional Education Faculty Performance
Sub-standard : 5f. Unit Facilitation of Professional Development
Standard : Standard 6: Unit Governance and Resources
Sub-standard : 6a. Unit Leadership and Authority