Prekindergarten Through Grade 12 Leadership
Sub-Competencies
- Demonstrate an understanding of the articulation and alignment of curriculum from prekindergarten through grade 12.
- Demonstrate an understanding of different organizational systems and structures at prekindergarten, elementary, middle or junior high, and high school levels.
- Demonstrate the ability to work with children of all ages.
- Demonstrate the ability to work with parents, teachers, and other staff in all levels of schooling.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the characteristics of effective transitions from one level of schooling to the next.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the developmental needs of children of all ages.
Reflections and Artifacts
Summary: This artifact is the redacted notes I took during an IEP meeting for a student at the intermediate school. I prepared some comments for the meeting based on my own experiences with the student, then took notes on different elements of the meeting I observed. Additionally, I noted questions that I was able to discuss and explore with various special education staff and school leaders at a later time.
Reflection: School leaders must be present within their building. Part of that presence is attending IEP meetings. Being the administrator at this meeting plays an important role. You are there to support the staff running the meeting and to ensure that the student is receiving what they need to be successful. In this case, we had a very productive and polite meeting with the parents.
Summary: This artifact shows the agenda from the district curriculum lead summer meeting. This meeting was part of the process of implementing a new curriculum purchasing and review cycle for all teams in the school district
Reflection: School leaders must assemble teams to achieve the school district's goals. In this meeting, curriculum teacher leaders discussed the upcoming change and the return to the previous curriculum purchasing cycle. I learned the importance of being prepared for a meeting with specific numbers, dates, and a process history to make effective decisions and arguments about the needs of various departments, and of aligning curriculum purchasing needs with student progression.
Summary: This artifact is a screenshot of the data warehouse Educlimber that was utilized in the process; the data is able to be anonymized so that student information is not shared with committee members, just the behavioral data in this case.
Reflection: A school principal must ensure that the content and systems used in middle school align with those used in elementary and high school. One of the tools used to maintain and build flexible systems of vertical integration is the data warehouse. In this activity, I helped lead a demonstration showing how this data warehouse can be used to analyze test and score data for students entering the building. We can also leverage it to ensure the high school has the resources in place for a seamless K-12 learning experience. Having a consistent data warehouse allows these alignments to occur
