Standard+VI

**__ Selected Artifacts __** **External Development Leadership ** A school executive will design structures and processes that result in community engagement, support, and ownership. Acknowledging that schools no longer reflect but, in fact, build community, the leader proactively creates with staff, opportunities for parents/guardians, community, and business representatives to participate as “stockholders” in the school such that continued investment of resources and good will are not left to chance.



**6a. Parent and Community Involvement and Outreach**: The school executive designs structures and processes which result in parent and community engagement, support and ownership for the school.

**__Experiences__**
 * Introduced to School Community by Principal during PTO meeting
 * Attended and participated in PTO meetings, School-wide Talent Show, Open House, Fall Festival, Hispanic Night, Spirit Night, and Technology/Science Night
 * Interviewed various parents and community members to determined their thoughts about the school
 * Visited the homes of students with school counselor
 * Organized First Staff Home Visit Event and Facilitated PLC after session
 * Parent meetings and conferences; maintained a monthly parental contact log
 * Planned and facilitated the distribution of Computer Give-away Day for students
 * Participated in Awards Day Recognition and Principal Breakfast
 * Several meetings with Title VII (Indian Education) teacher and local artist to write a grant for the North Carolina Arts Council to fund an art teacher for next school year for fourth graders
 * Planned and co-facilitated weekly Distinguished Leaders meeting
 * Recruited and organized parent presenters for Distinguished Leaders events
 * Assisted with the planning of field trip to UNC for Distinguished Leaders
 * Community Internship

**__ Coursework __**
 * Operation NELA
 * Internship Site Assets Video
 * School District Digital Story
 * Community Organization Grant Proposal
 * Community Internship
 * Problem of Practice
 * Legal Lesson Plan Assignment

__ **Specialized Training** __
 * Community in Schools - Community Schools Learning Lab, Seattle, WA
 * Ruby Payne
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Crucial Conversations
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Facilitative Leadership
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Llano Grande Digital Storytelling Workshop
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">School Visits: KIPP Gaston, AB Combs, Bertie Middle School
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Social Justice
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">DLP Training
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">IEL Federal Policy Institute
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Special Education Workshop - NC Department of Public Instruction
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">School Finance and Law Class

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">**__Related Readings__** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**__ Selected Artifacts __**
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Payne, R. K. (2009). A framework for understanding poverty. Moorabbin, Vic: Hawker Brownlow Education.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Steele, C. (2010). Whistling Vivaldi: And other clues to how stereotypes affect us. New York: W. W. Norton & Company.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Wood, C. 92007). Yardsticks: Children in the classroom, ages 4-14. Turners Falls, MA: Northeast Foundation for Children.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Theoharis, G. (2009). The school leaders our children deserve: Seven keys to equity, social justice, and school reform. New Yrork: Teachers College Press.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Daniels, D. H., Beaumont, L. J., & Doolin, C.A. (2008). Understanding children: An interview and observation guide for educators. Boston: McGraw-Hill Higher Education.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Patterson, K. (2002). Crucial conversations: Tools for talking when stakes are high. New York: McGraw-Hill.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Meece, J. L., & Daniels, D. H. (2008). Child and adolescent development for educators. Boston: McGraw-Hill Higher Education.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Convey, S. R. (2004). The 7 habits of highly effective people: Restoring the character ethic. New York: Free Press.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17.5px;">**6b. Federal, State and District Mandates**: The school executive designs protocols and processes in order to comply with federal, state, and district mandates.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">**__Experiences__**
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">Attended and participated in district-level Principal and Assistant Principal meetings
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">Attended NC Future-READY Core Training
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">Participated in North Carolina Association of School Administrators Conference
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">Attended Race to the Top professional development with schools in DPI Turnaround Model
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">Co-facilitated with Principal Mentor NC Future-READY Core Information local school

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**__ Coursework __**
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">DLP 1, 4, 5
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Weekly and monthly logs
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Developmental Projects
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Principal Interview
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Legal Lesson Plan (Development and delivery)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Special Education Legal Literacy Assignment
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Spring 2011 Assessment Day: Letter Home re: School Safety

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">__ **Specialized Training** __
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Governor Beverly Perdue Charge to NELA Co-hort
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Common Core Overview
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Special Education and the Media
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">IEL Federal Policy Institute
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Teacher Evaluation Instrument
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">DPI Special Education Day
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"> Data Boot Camp with NELA (EVAAS, DPI, Metametrics, NC Falcon)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">Common Core training for school leaders
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">Informational sessions with Dr. Bill Harrison, State Board of Education Chairman

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">**__Related Readings__**
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Lane, K. E. (2005). The Principal's legal handbook. Dayton, Ohio: Education Law Association.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Schimmel, D., Militello, M., & Eckes, S. (2010). Principals teaching the law: 10 legal lessons your teachers must know. Thousand Oaks, Calif: Corwin Press.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Huefner, D. S. (2006). Getting comfortable with special education law: A framework for working with children with disabilities. Norwood, Mass: Christopher-Gordon Publishers.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Guthrie, J. W. (2007). Modern education finance and policy. Boston: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**__ Selected Artifacts __**