 Jeanne Cowan  Janet Hensley PIRLL Partnership for Improvement in Rural Leadership and Learning August 10, 2009

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.

Introductions Pairs Find out: Name Where from Administrative duties General background information One thing that no one else knows

An effective mentor: – respects confidentiality and a code of ethics in the mentor protégé relationship. – contributes to the body of knowledge as it pertains to principal and administrative mentoring. – fosters a culture that promotes formal and informal mentoring relationships.

Balanced Leadership Framework

1.There is a relationship between leadership and student achievement; leadership matters. 2.There are 21 leadership responsibilities, each with a statistically significant and positive relationship to student achievement. Three Findings from Meta-Analysis

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

Schedule information session during pre- service days. Verbally communicate that you value these programs... – National Board (Encourage leadership activities from these candidates) – Take One Make available necessary resources i.e. time, video, copying equipment

Survey - End of the year SDI+ Principals receive $ incentive 2009 Principal Survey Comments: Working with my mentor has given me ideas for reflecting on my administrative activities and professional growth. (Very True) 79.4% (27) Mostly True 20.6% (7) 0.0% (0) It has been valuable to have a mentor keep me on track with my goals. So many times we write goals and they go by the way side. It has helped to ensure progress. Through the McRel survey I have improved on the 21 responsibilities. There is always room for improvement and growth. Having a mentor has allowed for a confident. Simply being able to network with my mentor and share ideas, successes and frustrations from someone outside of the school district has been great! She has also been a great support person and has reinforced the fact that I shouldn't "beat myself up" over the struggles that our school experiences.

1. Profile – New Principals to the project profile results for the 21 leadership responsibilities to yourself and then to and your memtor. Print McRel profile results for your use. 2. Action Plan (Begin thinking of action plan.) a) Can discuss and work on with your mentor during the September visit. b) One goal will be ”Identify and implement 1 or 2 leadership responsibilities aligned with leading a purposeful learning community.” 3. Meet one to two times per month with your mentor. 4. Attend the Leadership Academy on Sept. 29 th at the Ramkota in Rapid City, SD. 5. Complete the survey at the end of

The Balanced Leadership Profile is an online feedback tool based on the leadership practices identified in School Leadership that Works Survey responses give principals, including assistant and aspiring principals, valuable information about leadership related to a specific change initiative. FREE Directions provided in handout. Balanced Leadership Profile New Principals ONLY

Principals need to take the profile. Mentors can add support. Change Initiative: Implementing Professional Learning Communities Principals will take again at the end of the school year. results to yourself and then forward to You must to yourself or your name won’t be attached to the profile. 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. Balanced Leadership Profiles – New Principals

Upcoming Date: September 29 – Leadership Academy Ramkota, Rapid City, South Dakota (Running concurrently with the Indian Education Summit) 8:30 – 3:00

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