NISD Assistant Principal Development:

Preparing Leaders for the Future

NISD Board of TrusteesNovember 11, 2013

NISD Assistant Principal Development:

To provide learning opportunities that ensure the continuous

development of NISD assistant principals as visionary, strategic,

and instructional leaders.

Continuum of TrainingYear Activities2006-07 Leadership Experiences for Aspiring

Principals (LEAP) Year 12007-08 Leadership Experiences for

Advanced Development(LEAD) Year 12008-09 Assistant Principal Professional

Learning Communities (AP PLC)New Administrator Boot Camp

2010-11 Coaching for Results2011-12 Interview Boot Camp2012-13 Team Campus Visits

Assistant Principal Professional Learning

Communities• Monthly Meeting• Past Experiences

–Book Studies•The Assistant Principal•Fierce Conversation•Soup

• Instructional Rounds

Assistant Principal Professional Learning

Communities• Leadership Development

–Transformation of assistant principals from managers to leaders

–Discipline updates–Employee supervision updates–Special Ed/504 updates–Policy updates–Grading/grading guidelines updates

Coaching for Results• All current Assistant Principals have

participated or will participate• Curriculum focus for helping leaders

improve skills:– System for creative thinking and solution

finding– Focus on language that builds trust,

confidence, and competence– Effective communication, such as

committed listening powerful paraphrasing, presuming positive intent, and reflective feedback

Interview Boot Camp• Offered in spring of 2012 for current

Assistant Principals• Voluntary• Required preparation by participants• Components

– Mock interview– 15-20 minute prepared presentation– Self analysis of interview (required to

view video)

New Administrator Boot Camp

• Offered each summer• Training focus includes:

– Quality Defined process– Role of administrators in campus PLCs– Administrator Discipline Guide– Principals toolkit– Staff Development and Curriculum

Overview

Problem of Practice

Observation of Practice

Observation Debrief

Next Level of Work

School identifies a problem of practice that• Observable• Actionable • Connects to a

broader strategy of improvement

Observation teams collect specific data related to the problem of practice

Observation teams discuss the data identifying• Patterns• Contrasts• Evidence that

supports the problem of practice• Questions for the

campus

Information from the Instructional Rounds process is shared with the campus administrator(s) so the campus can determine next steps for their work.

Instructional Rounds

Evidence of Success• 13 of our campuses are led by

Principals who came through one or more training components provided to our Assistant Principals

• 2 Executive Directors came through the training components provided to our Assistant Principals

Stories of Success

• Twila Kelcourse• Assistant Principal, Medlin Middle School

• Leigh Anne Romer• Principal, J.C. Thompson Elementary