1. Leadership In a Standards-Focused Middle-Level School

2. Overview What does a leader look like? What are leadership barriers? Examples of Strategies Action Planning

3. What does a leader look like? Traditional leadership New demands on school leadership The Essential Elements

4. Traditional Leadership Task: On the roll-paper, draw a picture of the traditional leader

5. New demands on school leadership Choose an article Read it, discuss Summarize for group Update your leader picture

6. Essential Elements of Standards-Focused Middle-Level Schools and Programs

7. Essential Element 1: Philosophy and Mission A philosophy and mission that reflect the intellectual and developmental needs and characteristics of young adolescents.

8. Essential Element 2: Educational Program An educational program that is comprehensive, challenging, purposeful, integrated, and standards- based.

9. Essential Element 3: Organization and Structure An organization and structure that support both academic excellence and personal development.

10. Essential Element 4: Classroom Instruction Classroom instruction appropriate to the needs and characteristics of young adolescents provided by skilled and knowledgeable teachers.

11. Essential Element 5: Educational Leadership Strong educational leadership and a building administration that encourages, facilitates, and sustains involvement, participation, and partnerships.

12. Essential Element 6: A Network of Academic and Personal Support A network of academic and personal support available for students.

13. Essential Element 7: Professional Training and Staff Development Professional training and staff development that are ongoing, planned, purposeful, and collaborated.

14. Essential Elements Activity Task: make a poster Take a walking tour of essential elements Update your leader picture

15. What does a leader look like? Traditional leadership New demands on school leadership The Essential Elements

16. What are the barriers to leadership?

17. Task: Brainstorm a list of barriers to leadership in a standards-based environment Round-robin report out

18. Lunch

19. Examples of Strategies District Perspective Building Perspective

20. District Strategies Marzano Danielson Martin-Kniepp Supervision and Evaluation

21. Building Strategies: Staff Meetings Building Assessment Data-analysis Standards-Based Planning Leading the Learning

22. Action Planning Given a scenario, generate an action plan Report out

23. Closure What does a leader look like? What are the barriers to leadership? Examples of Strategies Action Planning

24. Leadership In a Standards-Focused Middle-Level School