 Jeanne Cowan  Janet Hensley SDI+ / PIRLL Partnership for Improvement in Rural Leadership and Learning July 27, 2010

PIRLL - Partnership for Improvement in Rural Leadership and Learning  Objective 1: To provide intensive professional development for 60 practicing principals and assistant principals that is embedded in their local practice and responsive to the needs of students served and the culture of their community.  Objective 2: To recruit, instruct and support 50 aspiring school leaders who will become prepared and credentialed to serve high needs schools.

Principal Survey Comments:

Having someone who has been in the principal’s office to provide some feedback and perspective. The visits and discussions were most helpful. Face to face meetings has been the best part of the experience. Having a positive relationship with a mentor you can trust and respect has had a positive impact. The feedback and discussion with my mentor was the most valuable part of my mentoring experience. Meeting face-to-face with my mentor on a regular basis has been really helpful to me. These meetings have allowed me to discuss, process, clarify, and reflect on school situations; the time to reflect has had the most impact.

 Principal accountability guide and checklist

Lead a collaborative PLC (BLT) with a focus on improved teaching and learning. – Brochure SDI+ – Graphic – Building Leadership Team – Packet Overview of BLT process

Gathers information from at least three perspectives: principals teachers principals’ supervisors Principals Teachers Supervisors Enables principals to identify differences in their self-assessed leadership behaviors and the perceptions of their staff members and supervisors.

NASSP Will be completed during the second semester and again at the end of the grant period. "Our research on school leaders makes it clear that principals can have a profound impact on student achievement. This survey answers the increasingly loud call for research-based guidance to help school leaders become more effective in helping all students achieve.” T im Waters, McREL President and CEO

Balanced Leadership Framework

AffirmationInvolvement with CIA Change AgentKnowledge of CIA CommunicationMonitor/Evaluate Contingent RewardsOptimize CultureOrder DisciplineOutreach FlexibilityRelationships FocusResources Ideals/BeliefsSituational Awareness InputVisibility Intellectual Stimulation

At your table, discuss briefly: – The leadership responsibility – The associated leadership practices – Possible activities

The Balanced Leadership Profile is an online feedback tool based on the leadership practices identified in Marzano’s School Leadership that Works Responses give principals, including assistant and aspiring principals, valuable information about leadership related to a specific change initiative. FREE Directions provided in handout. We’ll log on and take today. Balanced Leadership Profile

McRel Leadership Profile benefits The profile will assist you in identifying and working on your personal areas of growth (with the assistance of your mentor). The profile will be used in generic form by the evaluation team for PIRLL.

Upcoming Date: September 28 – Leadership Academy Cedar Shore, Chamberlain, South Dakota (Running concurrently with the Indian Education Summit)

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