October+Completed+Activities

// Review and compare two district vision statements. Note strengths and weaknesses of each and make recommendations for my district. Include recommendations in e-portfolio/blog/Wiki. // // Serve on the strategic development, monitoring or evaluation team for my district. Cite significant learning and recommendations in e-portfolio/blog/Wiki. // // Review board policy and administrative regulations regarding data collection, assessment, and evaluation. Write a reflective statement about ways the leader would seek to improve compliance in this area. // // Review and analyze the processes the district uses to monitor ongoing communication between parents and the district and faculty. Include critique in e-portfolio/blog/.Wiki. // // Meet with a current leader involved in implementing district change. Find out why the change was made and the steps taken to make the change. Following this, survey several persons the change affected, and assess the support or nonsupport for the change. // // Meet with administrators at the district level and gather information on staff turnover and reasons for leaving. Gather any information from exit interviews. Assess the turnover rate, actions taken to address concerns, and any additional recommendations for improvement. Include assessment and recommendations in notebook. // // Interview one or more persons involved with district public relations. The interview should include eliciting strategies for effective communication to and from the community and the issue of community politics. Include a summary of the interview in notebook. // // Examine the current policy and procedures for parent involvement in the district, in particular, a plan for involving hard-to-reach parents. Include a brief summary of district initiatives in parent involvement in notebook. // // Obtain a copy of the job description and evaluation instrument used for the principal. Analyze the correlation between the requirements listed in the job description and the performance standards of the evaluation. Include a copy of the job description, evaluation, and analysis in notebook. //  // Choose interpersonal skills that are to be developed during the school year. List includes sharing self with others, seeking to know and understand others, encouraging others to participate, and attempting to resolve conflicts constructively. // //Submit a brief professional development plan. It should include deficiencies cited during the internship in the various learning areas. The plan should also include ongoing development with membership in and service to pertinent organizations cited in activity B (visiting the NAESP or NASSP websites). Include plan in notebook. // //Compile a list of books, publications, training, manuals and district or state publications used or recommended for the principal. The list should include resources of the highest quality and relevance to the position and to educational leadership. Include list in notebook. // 
 * This page contains reflections or tasks for activities completed during the month of October 2012.**
 * Activity 1B: Vision/Mission**
 * Activity 2C: Strategic Plan**
 * Activity 3B: Data Collection and Analysis**
 * Activity 4F: Effective Communication**
 * Activity 15B: Change Process **
 * Activity 23E: Personnel Procedures **
 * Activity 25A: Community / Public Relations **
 * Activity 26B: Parent Involvement **
 * Activity 29A: Position Goals and Requirements **
 * Activity 32A: Interpersonal Relationships**
 * Activity 37C: Professional Affiliations and Resources **
 * Activity 38A: Professional Library**