EDA 6061: Exam Review Dr. Rob Anderson Spring 2011

Agenda Course Review Prep for exam

Topics we have covered this semester School culture Developing a vision Curriculum development and implementation Teaching and learning Professional Development Student Services Organizational Structure Managing Change Data driven decision making Communications and public relations School Politics Professional Ethics

Florida Professional Leadership Standards StandardDescription 1Student Learning Results 2Student Learning as a Priority 3Instructional Plan Implementation 4Faculty Development 5Learning Environment 6Decision Making 7Leadership Development 8School Management 9Communication 10Professional and Ethical Behaviors

School Culture Professional Learning Communities (PLC’s) Maintaining a Positive School Culture Aligning Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment – Common Core State Standards – PARCC

Developing a Vision Creating a systemic vision – Mission Statement – Curriculum – Professional Development – School Improvement Plan/Data Maintaining/monitoring progress towards the vision – Performance Management

Curriculum Development and Implementation 21 st Century Curriculum Model – Critical Thinking – Communication – Collaboration – Creativity Rigor/Relevance Framework Transition to Common Core and PARCC

Teaching and Learning Robert Marzano and iObservation FLDOE Value-Added Model

Professional Development 10 principles of effective professional development – Stay current – Know where it is you are as a school and where you aspire to be – Understand your own needs as well as the needs of your teachers

Student Services Role of the school counselor ESE and ELL services Response to Intervention – Amount of Resources – Intensity of Student Need

Organizational Structure Transactional vs. Transformational Leadership Site Based Management Total Quality Management Shortcomings of Ineffective Administrators

Managing Change External vs. Internal Forces Kurt Lewin Change Theory – Unfreezing – Moving – Refreezing Key Behaviors that Promote Change

Data Driven Decision Making The decision making process – Problem Solving Decision Making process – SWOT analysis – Decision Tree Developing a data driven strategy for improment

Communications and Public Relations Types of Communication – Internal – Within the School – Organizational – Within the District – School Community – External Public Relations

School Politics Politics - Interests competing for limited resources All about the allocation of resources

Professional Ethics FLDOE Code of Ethics – Follow it – period.

To Prepare for the Exam Take the topics that we have covered and apply them to a hypothetically situation What would you do and why? Will put you in the principal chair and empower you to make and defend decisions Combine what you have learned and what you believe

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