Leadership

In a Standards-Focused

Middle-Level School

Overview

•What does a leader look like?

•What are leadership barriers?

•Examples of Strategies

•Action Planning

What does a leader look like?

• Traditional leadership

• New demands on school leadership

• The Essential Elements

Traditional Leadership

Task: On the roll-paper, draw a picture of the

traditional leader

New demands on school leadership

• Choose an article

• Read it, discuss

• Summarize for group

• Update your leader picture

Essential Elements ofStandards-Focused

Middle-Level Schools and Programs

Essential Element 1: Philosophy and Mission

• A philosophy and mission that reflect the intellectual and developmental needs and characteristics of young adolescents.

Essential Element 2: Educational Program

• An educational program that is comprehensive, challenging, purposeful, integrated, and standards-based.

Essential Element 3: Organization and

Structure

• An organization and structure that support both academic excellence and personal development.

Essential Element 4: Classroom Instruction

• Classroom instruction appropriate to the needs and characteristics of young adolescents provided by skilled and knowledgeable teachers.

Essential Element 5: Educational Leadership

• Strong educational leadership and a building administration that encourages, facilitates, and sustains involvement, participation, and partnerships.

Essential Element 6: A Network of Academic and Personal Support

• A network of academic and personal support available for students.

Essential Element 7: Professional Training

and Staff Development

• Professional training and staff development that are ongoing, planned, purposeful, and collaborated.

Essential Elements Activity

•Task: make a poster

•Take a walking tour of essential elements

•Update your leader picture

What does a leader look like?

• Traditional leadership• New demands on school

leadership• The Essential Elements

What are the barriers to leadership?

What are the barriers to leadership?

•Task: Brainstorm a list of barriers to leadership in a standards-based environment

•Round-robin report out

Lunch

Examples of Strategies

• District Perspective• Building Perspective

District Strategies

• Marzano

• Danielson

• Martin-Kniepp

• Supervision and Evaluation

Building Strategies:

• Staff Meetings• Building Assessment• Data-analysis• Standards-Based Planning• Leading the Learning

Action Planning•Given a scenario, generate an action plan

•Report out

Closure

•What does a leader look like?

•What are the barriers to leadership?

•Examples of Strategies

•Action Planning

Leadership

In a Standards-Focused

Middle-Level School