1.  87 th General Assembly Regular Session 2009

2.  November 8, 2011

3. Strengthen Arkansas Educational Leadership Development and Provide School Support

4. Three Purposes: 1. Serve as a central body to coordinate the leadership development system efforts across the state; 2. Assist the Department of Education, the Department of Higher Education, the Department of Workforce Education, the Arkansas Leadership Academy and other leadership and school support efforts; and 3. Aid in the development of model evaluation tools for use in the evaluation of school administrators.

5.  Mary Gunter, AASCD, Chair  Tom Kimbrell, ADE  Debbie Davis, ALA  Shane Broadway, ADHE  Rod Duckworth, ACE  Richard Abernathy, AAEA  Don Sharp, AREA  Frank Holman, ACEL  Kieth Williams, ARPEA  Becky Jester, ESC  Judy Harrison, AACTE  Dan Farley, ASBA  Rich Nagel, AEA

6. Educational leaders will create a culture of systems thinking which builds leadership capacity and results in student and adult growth, success and achievement.

7. To develop and recommend a state leadership system for public education in Arkansas.

8.  Collaboration  Continuous improvement  Student and adult growth and achievement  Leadership capacity building  Positive learning culture  Effective evidence-based strategies and practices

9.  Meetings: o December 10, 2010 o June 28, 2011 o August 11, 2011  Focus: o Principal Evaluation System and Rubric o New Superintendent’s Mentoring Program o School Leadership Programs

10.  First Report: September 28, 2010, Presentation to Joint Education Committee, Mena, Arkansas  Second Report: November 8, 2011, Presentation to Joint Education Committee, Little Rock, Arkansas  Purpose of Report  Identify: Deficient areas of school leadership, innovative programs to address deficient areas, progress made to improve school leadership, plans to improve school leadership

11. Deficient areas of school leadership: 1.Leadership recruitment 2.Principal mentoring 3.Superintendent mentoring Innovative programs to address deficient areas: 1.All organizations focused on recruitment 2.ADE is redesigning the principal’s mentoring program with input from a Task Force 3.AAEA is developing the superintendent’s mentoring program Progress made to improve school leadership: 1.Teacher evaluation rubric 2.Principal evaluation rubric Plans to improve school leadership: 1.Develop a strategic plan for an Arkansas Leadership System 2.Recommend a superintendent’s evaluation rubric and professional development for school boards 3.Support changes in licensure

12. Dr. Mary B. Gunter, Dean Graduate College Arkansas Tech University mgunter@atu.edu 479-498-6022