JanuaryFebruary+Completed+Activities

//With permission of the superintendent, observe a district cabinet meeting in which the leader plans to use collaborative decision making. Observe the leader’s behavior. Include observations and recommendations for improvement in notebook or e-portfolio. // //Interview persons involved in the implementation of district curriculum. Describe the implementation process, and note successes and concerns or problems with its implementation. Evaluate the process used and recommendations for improvements, and include in notebook. // //Conduct an audit to determine the degree to which the district incorporates brain-based learning theory into the instructional program. Note contributions from cognitive scientists that could assist a district make recommendations for implementation and include in notebook. // //Select one subject or course curriculum. Review the distribution of grades for the subject or course. Devise, distribute, and collect a brief needs assessment relating to the strengths of and concerns about testing procedures and grading policy. Include a copy of the assessment and recommendations in notebook. // //Review board police and evaluate school compliance within the following areas: coaching and sponsoring assignments and the rate of pay approved by the board on an annual basis, activities in compliance with federal law (Title IV), the medical emergency plan in place and the supervision plan implemented, insurance requirements complied with, and evaluation of personnel and programs in place. Discuss co-curricular activities with administration, faculty, staff and students. // //Meet with members of the language arts and/or reading departments and examine the literature used with regard to gender stereotyping. Include analysis and recommendations in notebook. // //Draft a list of guiding principles for ethical behavior that I currently employ. Interview one school and one business/civic leader, and ask about the principles they employ. Compare and contrast the lists and determine whether there is any impact on increased learning and school improvement. // //Review the school board policy manual. Interview the superintendent or assistant superintendent, and discuss the process for creating and updating the manual. Discuss major areas that affect school principals. Include a summary of the interview in notebook. // 
 * This page is used to document the remaining activities that were not completed as scheduled as of December 2012. Eight activities remain to complete the total 38 superintendent internship activities identified at the beginning of the program.**
 * Activity 6A: Collaborative Decision-making**
 * Activity 7D: Curriculum Analysis**
 * Activity 9A: Supervision of Instruction / Instructional Strategies**
 * Activity 12B: Evaluation of Student Achievement / Testing and Measurements**
 * Activity 13A: Supervision of Extra / Co-Curricular Education**
 * Activity 27B: Climate That Supports Cultural Diversity**
 * Activity 31A: Ethics **
 * Activity 33A: School Board Policies and Procedures / State and Federal Law**