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School executives set high standards for the professional practice of 21st century instruction and assessment that result in a no nonsense accountable environment. The school executive must be knowledgeable of best instructional and school practices and must use this knowledge to cause the creation of collaborative structures within the school for the design of highly engaging schoolwork for students, the on-going peer review of this work, and the sharing of this work throughout the professional community.



**2a. Focus on Learning and Teaching, Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment**: The school executive leads the discussion about standards for curriculum, instruction and assessment based on research and best practices in order to establish and achieve high expectations for student.
 * Experiences **
 * The elementary, middle and high school developmental projects provided me the opportunity to collaboratively work not only with other NELA fellows but to work directly to the administrators, teachers, and students of all grade levels as we gather data on the different developmental stages. This project helped me understand the physical cognitive, language and literacy, self-concept, identity, and motivation; and peer relations and moral development of K-12 students.
 * Collaborated and solicited all NELA fellows suggestions on how to develop a process for Online PLC for our district's Enhancement teachers. Sean Murphy shared his google documents which I modified to address the needs and concerns of our district.
 * Used learning walkthroughs, class observations, pre- and post- observation conference, students and parents perception by conducting a survey; EOG, ClassScape, Case 21, and DIBELS results to identify areas of strength and weakness in learning, teaching, curriculum, and instruction. Analysis of the results helped me developed processes on how to address some weaknesses in these areas. Through collaboration with the teachers involved in the implementation of co-teaching and inclusion strategies, we were able to adopt a template for lesson planning.
 * Worked with the teachers and administrative team to systematically focus on the alignment of learning, teaching, curriculum, instruction, and assessment to maximize student learning. One of the assignments in Distinguished Leadership in Practice helped me better understand "How Much Does a School Leader Need to Know About Teaching and Learning in Order to be an Effective School Leader" and "Helping Teachers to Improve their Effectiveness is the Most Important and Challenging Task Instructional Leaders Face.
 * Utilized different sources of data for the improvement of instruction especially in the implementation of co-teaching model and inclusion strategies - Special educators' caseload and co-teaching/pull out schedule, regular teachers class rosters and surveys. Results of the survey indicated that co-teaching positively impact teaching and learning. In working with all the teachers especially with the teachers working in inclusion and with K-1 teachers; collaborating with ESL and AIG teachers, observing the speech pathologist, media specialist, P.E. and Music teachers, I was able to help create a culture in which it is the responsibility of all staff to make sure that students are successful.
 * Through analysis of the Evaluation Co-Teaching Survey, Learning Walkthroughs, Classroom Observations, Co-teachers schedule, Special Educators' Caseload, I was able to suggest some trainings for the successful implementation of co-teaching model.
 * Helped organize targeted opportunities for teachers to learn how to teach their subjects well with engaging lessons. Documented teachers good practices in and shared it to all teachers.
 * Attended Flipping The Classroom Training and was able to create video in collaboration with other teachers from Roanoke Rapids Graded School District and Weldon City Schools
 * Conducted learning walkthroughs everyday and conducted at least 2-6 classroom observations per month. Shadowed the principal and the assistant principal in conducting classroom observations. Sit with the principal and assistant principal as they conduct per-and post observation conference. Conducted breakthrough and had debriefed with the principal and assistant principal for several weeks until we agreed that we are using the same lenses in conducting learning walkthroughs before conducting learning walkthroughs. Our school uses MCREL power walkthroughs. Very powerful tool that I always bring in observing teachers is the graph of Bloom's Taxonomy and Strategy Questions.
 * Provided short note/feedback to teachers after classroom visits. I give teacher recognition at every opportunity. This, I think build them up and motivate them. I always bring with me the New North Carolina Teacher Evaluation Rubric so that I have basis of the practices
 * Developed Math instructional module in collaboration with one of the local businesses in Roanoke Rapids. The module aims to enable teachers to bridge the gap between the classroom and real-world applications of math.
 * Conducted Technology survey for teachers in response to a teacher's email suggesting to "plan and schedule a formal session for the teachers who could benefit from technology."
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">Worked with teachers, teacher assistants and volunteers in integrating the use of technology in instruction. I conducted the session on online book publishing during students recess time and during after school tutorial. This provided opportunities for students to learn and utilize best practices in the integrated use of technology.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">Conducted Early Warning Indicator one-on-one heart to heart conversation with students who have failing grades.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">Worked with different grade level in planning for the school-wide intervention.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Coursework **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Aspiring Leader Self-Assessments
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">High School Developmental Project
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Internship Project / Problem of Practice (Possible artifacts: PPT deck created for Dr. Corn’s class; slide created for poster; logic model; evaluation plan; video of students/teachers engaging in program)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Distinguished Leadership in Practice assignments: 2
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">High School Turnaround Case Study
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Weekly Internship Logs
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Formal Teacher Evaluations
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Flipped” Classroom Video
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Middle School Developmental Project
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Fall 2011 Assessment Day: - Video reflection on school culture - Triad role plays re: teacher interactions - Action plan for teacher
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Upper Elementary School Developmental Project
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Special Education Legal Literacy Assignment
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Clinical Supervision Assignment
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Spring 2011 Assessment Day: - Letter home re: safety incident at school - Role plays re: teacher / student issues - Essay on articles (I probably wouldn’t include that on Wiki)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Pre-K / Early Elementary Developmental Project
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Specialized Trainings **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Data Day: EVAAS, ACRE, Metametrics, NC WISE
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Literacy
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Common Core Overview (the one we had on mock interview day)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Understanding by Design
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Schooling by Design
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">IEL Federal Policy Institute
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">School Visits: KIPP Gaston, Bertie Middle School
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mathematics Common Core Trajectories
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Assistments
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Teacher Evaluation Instrument
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ruby Payne
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">DPI Special Education Day
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Various Conferences - Community Schools Learning Lab, Seattle, WA - Add others here ..
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Related Readings **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Tyack, D. B. & Cuban, L. (1995). //Tinkering toward utopia: A century of public school reform//. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">//Carr, P.J., & Kefalas, M. (2010).// Hollowing out the middle: The rural brain drain and what it means for America//. Boston, Mass. : Enfield: Beacon.//
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">Chenoweth, K. (2009), //How it's being done//. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard Education Press.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">Meece, J. L., & Daniels, D. H. (2008). Child and adolescent development for educators. Boston: McGraw-Hill Higher Education.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">Florida, R. L. (2004). //The rise of the creative class: And how it's transforming work, leisure, community and everyday life//. New York: Basic Books.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">Friedman, T. L. (2007). //The world is flat: A brief history of the twenty-first century.//New York: Picador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
 * <span style="background-color: #f6f6f7; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Militello, M.,ing by design: Mission, action, and achievement. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ruby Payne RTI
 * <span style="background-color: #f6f6f7; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Robinson, K. (2011). Out of our minds: Learning to be creative. Chichester: Capstone.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">90-90-90 Article
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Bell Curve
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Why Reading by 3rd Grade Matters
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Creating the Opportunity to Learn, Nogero and Boykin

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;"> **2b. Focus on Instructional Time**: The school executive creates processes and schedules which protect teachers from disruption of instructional or preparation time. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Schooling by Design <span style="color: #972323; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">media type="custom" key="16492288" <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">This video was created by our group during the Common Core Training. media type="custom" key="15308170" <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px;">media type="custom" key="15304070" <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;"> These project helped me understand the physical cognitive, language and literacy, self-concept, identity, and motivation; and peer relations and moral development of K-12 students. media type="custom" key="16156194" <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;"> Accomplishing this project had helped me worked with the teachers and administrative team to systematically focus on the alignment of learning, teaching, curriculum, instruction, and assessment to maximize student learning. media type="custom" key="16156812" <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">I was able to develop these recommendations after thorough analysis of the Evaluation Co-Teaching Survey, Learning Walkthroughs, Classroom Observations, Co-teachers schedule, and Special Educators' Caseload for the successful implementation of co-teaching model. media type="custom" key="16157780" <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">Through analysis of the Evaluation Co-Teaching Survey, Learning Walkthroughs, Classroom Observations, Co-teachers schedule, Special Educators' Caseload, I was able to suggest some trainings for the successful implementation of co-teaching model. media type="custom" key="16158194" <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">This video encouraged and inspired teachers to flip their classrooms. Watching this video make them feel excited on how they can create exciting activities for their students. media type="custom" key="16158978" <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">I always bring this graph of Bloom's Taxonomy and Strategy Questions every time I conduct learning walkthroughs and classroom observations. Some teachers find this material "busy". By constantly and consistently communicating to them how this graph align to the best practices of which we want to see in their classes, hopefully they can make the connections and will find this graph useful. media type="custom" key="16160348" <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">Sample of my notes to teachers. media type="custom" key="16161354" <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;"> I developed this Math instructional module in collaboration with one of the local businesses in Roanoke Rapids. This module aims to enable teachers to bridge the gap between the classroom and real-world applications of math. For more <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">instructional modules visit: http://www.ecu.edu/cs-acad/techmath/modules.cfm media type="custom" key="16162124" <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">Worked with teachers, teacher assistants and volunteers in integrating the use of technology in instruction. I conducted the session on online book publishing during students recess time and during after school tutorial. This provided opportunities for students to learn and utilize best practices in the integrated use of technology. media type="custom" key="15930302" media type="custom" key="16163108" <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This template that I developed is designed <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">to ensure that the majority of the planning meeting is spent on curriculum and instruction. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This process/protocol will maximizes staff input and address diverse student learning needs. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px;">media type="custom" key="15386804"
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Experiences **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Collaborated with special educators, AIG teacher, ESL coordinator and general educators to gather data that would help to facilitate clustering of students so that it would be easier for teachers to implement co-teaching and inclusion strategies. Data collected will inform how to create a Master Schedule that would provide teachers with collaborative to planning to promote student learning.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;"> Reviewed scheduling processes and protocols that maximizes staff input and address diverse student learning needs. Provided teachers with sample agenda for a co-teach planning meeting to ensure that the majority of the planning meeting is spent on curriculum and instruction
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">Shared a Lesson Plan template that would maximize the input of general educators and special educators and address the diverse students learning needs.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">Works with others to help implement processes to protect instructional time.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Coursework **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Aspiring Leader Self-Assessments
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Internship Project / Problem of Practice (Possible artifacts: PPT deck created for Dr. Corn’s class; slide created for poster; logic model; evaluation plan; video of students/teachers engaging in program)??
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Distinguished Leadership in Practice assignments: 2
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">High School Turnaround Case Study
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Weekly Internship Logs
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Specialized Trainings **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Related Readings **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">Senge, P.M. (1994). //The Fifth discipline fieldbook: Strategies and tools for building a learning organization//. New York: Currency, Doubleday.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">Lane, K.E. (2005). //The Principal's legal handbook//. Dayton, Ohio: Education Law Association.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">Guthrie, J.W. (2007). //Modern education finance and policy//. Boston: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">North Carolina General Statutes, Chapter 115
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">Chenoweth, K. (2009). How it's being done. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard Education Press.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">Fullan, M. (2006). What's worth fighting for in the principalship?. New York: Teachers College Press.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">Wiggins, G. P., & McTighe, J. (2007). Schooling by design: Mission, action, and achievement. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">Chan Kim, W., Mauborgne, Renee A. //Harvard Business Review: TIpping Point Leadership//. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard Education Press.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">90-90-90 Article
 * <span style="color: #972323; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">Artifacts and Documentations **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This is the template I used in conducting one-on-one heart to heart conversation with students who have failing gradesmedia type="custom" key="17183752". <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">media type="custom" key="17185222" <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This is one of the examples of my work in collaborating with grade level intervention teams. It looks simple but it took me several sleepless nights to do this because I have to find the names of students in two different lists. media type="custom" key="17187524"