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 * //Part A of the Comprehensive Final Report: Career and Leadership Goals //**
 * Overview **
 * Overview **

You have now entered your last course of the Superintendent Certification program – congratulations. This course focuses on your development of a Comprehensive Final Report that will help you review and assess your accomplishments and culminate in the development of a 3 Year Professional Development Plan. Learning Outcome


 * Gain insight into your growth during the Lamar University Superintendent Preparation Program by reviewing your SBEC Pre and Post Self Assessment results.
 * Examine Career and Leadership Goals

Performance Outcomes


 * Assess your strengths and weaknesses as a Superintendent by completing the SBEC Post Self Assessment, determine the number of competencies you scored S, C or I; compare the results with your SBEC Pre Self Assessment, identify your areas of growth and your areas needing additional improvement, reflect on the results in relation to your total Superintendent Preparation Program experience, post all of your results to your blog, your Electronic Portfolio and comment/question the blogs of two other students.
 * Describe your career and professional goals in a clear, concise statement.
 * Begin the process of reporting all required forms, applications and reports to your blog, the professor’s cohort blog, the TK20 Electronic Portfolio and compare your submissions to those of two other students.

Use the rubric below to guide your work. ** ê ** ||  **Accomplished ** The evidence suggests that this work is a “Habit of Mind.” The educator is ready to mentor others in this area. 45 POINTS  ||  **Proficient ** The evidence suggests that performance on this work matches that of a strong educator. 31 POINTS  ||  **Needs Improvement ** The evidence does not yet make the case for the educator being proficient at this task. <span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">20 POINTS  ||  **<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Unacceptable ** <span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">There is no evidence of the candidate being proficient at this task. <span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">0 POINTS  || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">writes a brief paragraph describing the career position he or she would like to pursue in the next five years; <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">describes how this career path aligns with other long term career goals; <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">describes why these career goals are significant to his or her leadership goals. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">writes a brief paragraph describing the career position he or she would like to pursue in the next five years; <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">describes how this career path aligns with other long term career goals; <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">describes why these career goals are significant to his or her leadership goals. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Updated vita; <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Course and District Supervised Logs; <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Updated intern plan. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Updated vita; <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Course and District Supervised Logs; <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Updated intern plan. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Updated vita; <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Course and District Supervised Logs; <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Updated intern plan. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">**3 Points** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Responses are relevant to course content; few errors in grammar, spelling, or punctuation. **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">SBEC Superintendent Competencies ** **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Self-Assessment ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">For each indicator, enter S, C, or I. The “//S, C, or I//” will indicate your assessment of your experience with each indicator. <span style="font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';"> C= I feel __competent__ in this area of knowledge and skill <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> I = This is an area on which I would like to focus and __improve my knowledge and skill__ //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">When you complete the self-assessment, review your responses, **compare your responses to your answers in the first course, EDLD 5396,** identify your strengths //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> //and be sure to include and __identify any areas needed for improvement, and **include these in your 3 Year Professional Development Plan for Week 5’s Assignment.**__//
 * Rubric **
 * **<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Tasks **
 * **<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Post SBEC Self-Assessment and Reflection ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Student completes assessment of all 10 competencies and provides a reflection that discusses identified strengths, areas of competent knowledge and skills, and areas in need of improvement. Student earns 3 points for completing the Self-Assessment – all 3 Domains and 10 competencies; and can earn three points for reflecting on
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">S for Strengths
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">C for Competent responses
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">I for Areas needing improvement
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">20 Points ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Student completes the assessment of eight of the competencies but does not complete all areas of the reflection.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">15 Points ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Student partially completes the assessment and reflection.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">10 Points ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Student demonstrates no effort to complete this activity.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">0 Points ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Blog Comments ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Student follows directions and posts his or her reflection on the Post Assessment and comments on at least two other students’ assessment relfections.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">6 Points ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Student follows directions and posts his or her reflection on the Post Assessment and comments on one other students’ assessment relfections
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">4 Points ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Student follows directions and posts his or her reflection on the Post Assessment but doess not comment on other students’ assessment relfections
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">2 Points ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Student fails to post reflections to his or her blog.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">0 Points ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Career and Leadership Goals ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Student writes a brief paragraph describing the career position he or she would like to pursue in the next five years. Please describe how this career path aligns with other long term career goals. Provide a brief explanation describing why these career goals are significant to his or her leadership goals.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">10 Points ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Student does two of the following tasks:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">6 Points ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Student does one of the following tasks:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">3 Points ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Student does not complete any of the tasks.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">0 Points ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Review of Portfolio Documents ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Student follows directions and identifies important documents included in his or her portfolio, including:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">6 Points ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Student identifies **two** of the following from his or her portfolio:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">4 Points ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Student identifies **one** of the following from his or her portfolio:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">4 Points ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Student fails to review his or her portfolio
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">0 Points ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Assignment Mechanics ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Responses are relevant to course content; no errors in grammar, spelling, or punctuation.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">2 Points ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Responses do not reflect knowledge of course content, lack clarity and depth, and/or include multiple errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">1 Point ** ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Week One Assignment, Part 1 – Post SBEC Self-Assessment and Reflection **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Please follow the directions for completing the following assessment: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Directions: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Below you will find the SBEC Superintendent Competencies as revised in the Fall of 2010. Each competency is supported by indicators. The indicators are guides to identify knowledge and skills Superintendents should be practicing.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Key to scoring: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">S = I consider this a __strength__, I could lead in this activity.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The superintendent knows how to: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ serve as an advocate for all children. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ model and promote the highest standard of conduct, ethical principles, and integrity in decision making, actions, and behaviors. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ exhibit understanding and implement policies and procedures that promote district personnel compliance with //The Code of Ethics and Standard Practices for Texas Educators//. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ monitor and address ethical issues impacting education. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ apply laws, policies, and procedures in a fair and reasonable manner. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ interact with district staff, students, school board, and community in a professional and ethical manner. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The superintendent knows how to: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ establish and support a district culture that promotes learning, high expectations, and academic rigor for self, students, and staff. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ facilitate the development and implementation of a shared vision that focuses on teaching and learning and ensures the success of all students. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ implement strategies for involving all stakeholders in planning processes and for facilitating planning between constituencies. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ use formal and informal techniques to monitor and assess district/school climate for effective, responsive decision making. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ institute procedures for monitoring the accomplishment of district goals and objectives to achieve the district's vision. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ facilitate the development, use, and allocation of all available resources, including human resources, to support implementation of the district's vision and goals. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ recognize and celebrate contributions of staff and community toward realization of the district's vision. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ maintain awareness of emerging issues and trends affecting public education and communicate their significance to the local educational community. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ encourage and model innovative thinking and risk taking and view problems as opportunities. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ promote multicultural awareness, gender sensitivity, and the appreciation of diversity in the educational community. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ understand and support educational programs for all student populations, including students with special needs. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The superintendent knows how to: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_serve as an articulate, effective communicator for the importance of public education in a free democratic society. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_develop and implement an effective and comprehensive internal and external district communications plan and public relations program. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_analyze community and district structures and identify major opinion leaders and their relationships to district goals and programs. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ establish partnerships with families, area businesses, institutions of higher education, and community groups to strengthen programs and support district goals. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ implement effective strategies for systematically communicating with and gathering input from all stakeholders in the district. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ communicate and work effectively with diverse groups in the district and community; i.e., social, cultural, political, ethnic, and racial group, so that all students receive appropriate resources and instructional support to ensure educational success. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ develop and use formal and informal techniques to gain an accurate view of the perceptions of district staff, families, and community members. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ use effective consensus-building and conflict-management skills. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ articulate the district's vision and priorities to the community and to the media. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ influence the media by using proactive communication strategies that serve to enhance and promote the district's vision. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ communicate effectively about positions on educational issues using effective writing, speaking, and active listening skills to ensure educational success for all students. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The superintendent knows how to: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ analyze and respond to political, social, economic, and cultural factors affecting students and education. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ provide leadership in defining superintendent-board roles and establishing mutual expectations. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ communicate and work effectively with board members in varied contexts, including problem-solving and decision-making contexts. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ work with the board of trustees to define and consistently adhere to mutual expectations, policies, and standards. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ access and work with local, state, and national political systems and organizations to elicit input on critical educational issues. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ use legal guidelines to protect the rights of students and staff and to improve learning opportunities. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ prepare and recommend district policies to improve student learning and district performance in compliance with state and federal requirements
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Domain I—Leadership of the Educational Community – Competencies 1 - 4 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Competency 1 Area: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The superintendent knows how to act with integrity, fairness, and in an ethical manner in order to promote the success of all students. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Competency 2 Area: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The superintendent knows how to shape district culture by facilitating the development, articulation, implementation, and stewardship of a vision of learning that is shared and supported by the educational community. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Competency 3 Area: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The superintendent knows how to communicate and collaborate with families and community members, respond to diverse community interests and needs, and mobilize community resources to ensure educational success for all students. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Competency 4 Area: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The superintendent knows how to respond to and influence the larger political, social, economic, legal, and cultural context, including working with the board of trustees, to achieve the district's educational vision. **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The superintendent knows how to: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ facilitate effective curricular decision making based on an understanding of pedagogy, curriculum design, cognitive development, learning processes, and child and adolescent growth and development. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ implement planning procedures to develop curricula that achieve optimal student learning and that anticipate and respond to occupational and economic trends. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ implement curriculum design and delivery systems to ensure instructional quality, appropriate depth of learning, and alignment across the district. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ develop and implement collaborative processes for systematically assessing and renewing the curriculum to meet the needs of all students and ensure appropriate scope, sequence, content, and alignment. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ use assessment to measure student learning, diagnose student needs, and determine effectiveness of the curriculum to ensure educational accountability. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ evaluate district curricula and provide direction for improving curricula based on sound, research-based practices. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ facilitate the integration of technology into the school district curriculum to enhance learning for all students <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ facilitate the effective coordination creative thinking, critical thinking, and problem solving by appropriate school district staff and other individuals involved in curriculum design and delivery. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ facilitate the effective coordination of district and campus curricular and extracurricular programs. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ ensure that staff members have a working knowledge of the accountability system and are monitoring its components to increase student performance. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The superintendent knows how to: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ apply knowledge of motivational theories and strategies to encourage staff, students, families/caregivers, and the community to strive to achieve the district's vision. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ facilitate the implementation of sound, research-based theories and techniques of classroom management, student discipline, and school safety to ensure a school district environment conducive to learning. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ facilitate the development of a learning organization that encompasses high student engagement and learning with academic rigor through the use of effective planning and lesson design. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ facilitate the ongoing study of current best practice and relevant research and encourage the application of this knowledge to district/school improvement initiatives. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ implement and support student services and activity programs to address developmental, scholastic, social, emotional, cultural, physical, and leadership needs. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ establish a comprehensive school district program of student assessment, interpretation of data, and reporting of state and national data results for improvement of student learning <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ apply knowledge of special programs to ensure that students are provided with appropriate resources and effective, flexible instructional programs and services. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ analyze instructional resource needs and deploy instructional resources effectively and equitably to enhance student learning. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ analyze the implications of various organizational factors (e.g., staffing patterns, class scheduling formats, school organizational structures, student discipline practices) for teaching and learning. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ develop and use appropriate change processes to improve student and adult learning. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ ensure responsiveness to diverse sociological, linguistic, cultural, psychological, and other factors that may affect student development and learning and create an environment in which all students will learn. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The superintendent knows how to: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ improve teaching and learning by participating in quality relevant professional development activities and studying current professional literature and research. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ develop, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive professional development plan to address identified areas of district, campus, and/or staff need. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ facilitate the application of adult learning principles to all professional development activities, including the use of support and follow-up strategies to facilitate implementation. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ implement strategies to enhance the expertise and skill of staff at the district and campus levels. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ work collaboratively with other district personnel to plan, implement, and evaluate professional growth programs. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ deliver effective presentations and facilitate learning for both small and large groups. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ implement effective strategies for the recruitment, selection, induction, development, evaluation, and promotion of staff. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ develop and implement comprehensive staff evaluation models that include both formative and summative assessment and appraisal strategies. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ assess and support the organizational health and climate by implementing necessary strategies to improve the performance of all staff members.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">DOMAIN II—INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP – COMPETENCIES 5 - 7 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Competency 5 Area: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The superintendent knows how to facilitate the planning and implementation of strategic plans that enhance teaching and learning; ensure alignment among curriculum, curriculum resources, and assessment; use the current accountability system; and promote the use of varied assessments to measure student performance. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Competency 6 Area: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The superintendent knows how to advocate, promote, and sustain an instructional program and a district culture that are conducive to student learning and staff professional growth. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Competency 7 Area: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The superintendent knows how to implement a staff evaluation and development system and select appropriate models for supervision and staff development to improve the performance of all staff members. **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The superintendent knows how to: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ apply procedures for effective budget planning and management. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ work collaboratively with board of trustees and appropriate personnel to develop district budgets. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ facilitate and evaluate effective account auditing and monitoring that complies with legal requirements and local district policy. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ establish district procedures for accurate, effective, ethical purchasing and financial record keeping and reporting. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ acquire, allocate, and manage resources according to district vision and priorities, including obtaining and using funding from various sources. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ use district and staff evaluation data for personnel policy development and decision making. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ apply knowledge associated with personnel management, including requirements related to certifying, recruiting, screening, selecting, evaluating, disciplining, reassigning, and dismissing personnel. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ manage one's own time and the time of others to enhance district operations. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ develop and implement plans for using technology and information systems to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of school district operations. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ apply legal concepts, regulations, and codes as required. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_use revenue forecasting and enrollment forecasting to address personnel and budgetary needs accurately. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The superintendent knows how to: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ apply procedures for planning, funding, renovating, and/or constructing school facilities to support the district’s mission and goals. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ implement strategies that enable the district's physical plant, equipment, and support systems to operate safely, efficiently, and effectively. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ apply strategies for ensuring the safety of students and personnel and for addressing emergencies and security concerns. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ develop and implement procedures for emergency planning and for responding to crises. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ apply procedures for ensuring the effective operation and maintenance of district facilities. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ implement evaluate appropriate procedures to ensure efficient, effective district transportation services, food services, health services, and other services. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ apply legal concepts, regulations, and codes as required. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The superintendent knows how to: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ implement appropriate leadership skills, techniques, and group process skills to define roles, assign functions, delegate effectively, and determine accountability for goal attainment. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ implement processes for gathering, analyzing, and using data for informed decision making to attain district goals. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ identify, analyze, and resolve problems using appropriate problem-solving techniques and decision-making skills. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ use strategies for working with others, including the board of trustees, to promote collaborative decision making and problem solving, facilitate team building, and develop consensus. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ encourage and facilitate positive change, enlist support for change, and overcome obstacles to change in varied educational contexts. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ analyze and use political influences to benefit the educational organization.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">DOMAIN III—ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIP – COMPETENCIES 8 – 10 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Competency 8 Area: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The superintendent knows how to apply principles of effective leadership and management in relation to district budgeting, personnel, resource utilization, financial management, and technology application. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Competency 9 Area: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The superintendent knows how to apply principles of leadership and management to the district's physical plant and support systems to ensure a safe and effective learning environment. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Competency 10 Area: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The superintendent knows how to apply organizational, decision-making, and problem-solving skills to comply with federal and state requirements and facilitate positive change in varied contexts. **
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Self-Assessment Reflection: __**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Review your responses to the 10 Competency Self-Assessment, and write a reflection discussing your strengths, areas where you consider yourself competent but not yet a strength, and areas needing improvement. Be sure to reflect on all S, C and I responses because you will be expected to certainly include areas for improvement and competent areas in your Intern Plan. Write your reflection on the next page <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">.

<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 9px;"> My reflection for EDLD 5399 week 1 Reflection: I feel that I have strengths and weaknesses in all of the ten competencies. The courses in our superintendent cohort have really opened my eyes to what I do and do not know about the educational system concerning the central office administration duties. In order to become a better principal and possibly a superintendent, I will have to continue to be a student of the educational process. __Domain 1__ is about leadership of the educational community. In __Competency 1__ I feel the area that I am strongest in is being a model and promote high standard of conduct and interact with district staff, students, school board, and community in professional and ethical manner. I feel that the areas I need to most improve on will be to continue to learn and keep up-to-date with laws, policy and procedures that are always changing or being interpreted according to legislation or public perception. In __Competency 2__ I feel the area that I am strongest in is to establish and support a district culture that promotes learning, high expectations, and academic rigor for self, students, and staff. I feel that the area I need to most improve on will be to maintain awareness of emerging issues and trends affecting public education and communicate their significance to the local educational community. In __Competency 3__ I feel the area that I am weakest in is to analyze community and district structures and identify major opinion leaders and their relationships to district goals and programs. I have to learn how to implement effective strategies for systematically communicating with and gathering input from all stakeholders in the district. I feel that the area I am strongest, but continually must improve on is communication. Remembering the importance of public education in a free democratic society, or it falls is key to growing. In __Competency 4__, I feel the area that I am strongest in is to provide leadership in defining superintendent-board roles and establishing mutual expectations, and communicate and work effectively with board members in varied contexts, including problem-solving and decision-making contexts.I feel that the area I need to most improve on will be to access and work with local, state, and national political systems and organizations to elicit input on critical educational issues. In __Domain 2__, Instructional Leadership begins with __Competency 5__. I see my major strength in ensuring that staff members have a working knowledge of the accountability system and are monitoring its components to increase student performance. Curriculum is my weakest area. I am always trying to find what will work for students and teachers before the “pendulum” swings back the other way. Education is an ever changing organism. In __Competency 6__ my major strength is encouraging staff and students, families/develop and use appropriate change processes. I have to continue to improve in several of these competencies such as, implement research-based theories, ongoing study of best practices and interpretation of data. __Competency 7__ includes several areas that I feel confident in such as developing professional development plans, facilitate adult learning, and staff evaluation models. I am good at supporting the organizational health and climate by implementing necessary strategies to improve the performance of all staff members. __ Domain 3 __ - Administrative Leadership is where I find that I have to grow every year, even if I feel it is a strength. In __Competency 8__ I would need some more training on school budget. I have looked into central office positions that control large parts of the district budget. Using state resources and others like TexasISD.com are super important for doing it correctly. Honesty and integrity are two of my best assets. I know that who I surround myself with is super important in this part of education. In __Competency 9__ the area that needs most improvement for me is renovation and construction/or bond issues. I have the knowledge and experience for the emergency planning and responding to crises and applying procedures to ensuring the effective operation and maintenance of facilities. I feel very competent in this area. __Competency 10__ indicates that superintendents know how to apply organization, decision-making, and problem-solving skills to comply with federal and state requirements and facilitate positive change in varied contexts. I feel I have a lot of help in implementing appropriate leadership skills and processes because of the “network” of colleagues in my Lamar cohort, along with other educators that I have been blessed with over the past thirty years in education.

This lesson really made me look at what direction and vision a superintendent must have when making daily decisions. They will always affect kids, teachers, communities and our world.

As part of the development of your 5 Part Comprehensive Final Report, we begin with Section A. Position Goal: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">1. Write a brief paragraph describing the career position(s) you would like to pursue. I would like continue to have the opportunity to work in a small school district. In the next five years I would like to have moved from the high school principal position and into the assistant superintendent position over maintenance, transportation and food services. I feel like I can really help any district provide better services to our “stakeholders” because of my knowledge and experience in dealing with these programs during my tenure as a teacher, trainer and administrator.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Blog Follow-Up: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Be sure to post your above reflection to your blog, and read and comment on at least two other students’ assessment reflections.
 * Week One Assignment, Part 2 **
 * Section A: Career Position and Leadership Goals ** **Statement** (1/2 to 1 page):

<span style="color: #943634; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">2. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Include positions that may lead to your ultimate career position. For example, you may desire to move up by holding positions such as grade-level or department chair, site council member, assistant principal, principal, and ultimately, superintendent <span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">. I have had a number of positions that I feel prepared me for my role as an assistant superintendent. I have been a licensed athletic trainer for almost thirty years while teaching students from fourth to twelfth grade. Getting my masters in education allowed me to get into administration. I continue to drive buses when needed and work closely with the superintendent and director of finances of our district.

3. Include a brief rationale for why you believe it important to move through these positions. I know that as an educator I am learning everyday how to make a difference in kids, teachers, parents and community member’s lives. From picking up trash, taking a special education student to the rest room or analyzing data from AEIS reports, I am gaining knowledge that will help me be a better servant to our school district no matter what position I am in. Leadership Goal – 1. Write one or more paragraphs describing why you want to lead. This goal addresses the purpose or motivation for leading versus obtaining a specific position. You should consider the following in developing this: 2. What do I hope to accomplish as a leader? 3. What educational needs underlie my motivation to lead? 4. What personal needs underlie my motivation to lead? 5. How did the accomplishments, during my internship, prepare me to lead school improvement?

I like helping people in the school setting. As a leader I feel accomplished when a student feels like they are cared for, or a teacher can use something I have said or done to help teach students learn. As a leader I want to make my Mother and Father proud of their son. I actually have followed in my Father’s footsteps in education. My family gives me the motivation to be a leader with integrity, honesty and all with a positive attitude toward others. My internship is preparing me by teaching me skills that will build relationships with current students, staff and community members. The future is really exciting because of all the cohort members that I now have as “network” partners to help do a better job in any district I am employed in.


 * Week One Assignment, Part 3 **

Students should review key documents and update them in your portfolio. Please indicate your review of the following documents **__and indicate if you have made any revisions:__**
 * Portfolio Review **


 * ** Vita- My resume will be updated if I pass the **** certification **
 * ** Intern Plan **** - Have made an intern plan **
 * ** Course and District Supervised Logs **** -Working with Dr. Creel on getting logs in order **


 * By the conclusion of this course, you will be checking for completion of several forms, including your District Supervisor’s Internship Summative Evaluation – all will be added to your portfolio, along with the following sections of your Comprehensive Final Report as developed into your weekly assignments: **

//<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">The Educational Leadership faculty has developed a template for each candidate to develop a three year professional development plan. Based on the lessons learned during their internship, the candidates are asked to complete the following Template: //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Part A of the Comprehensive Final Report: Career and Leadership Goals //**
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Week Two – Part B of the Comprehensive Final Report: Summarizing Leadership Experiences in each of the SBEC Superintendent Competencies //**
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Week Three – Part C of the Final Report: District Improvement and Recommendations //**
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Week Four – Part D of the Final Report: Reflections on Reflective Leadership //**
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Week Five – Part E of the Final Report: Three Year Professional Development Plan //**

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Competency and Domain || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Objective //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">(What do you want to improve?) // || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Course Work/Book/ <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Workshops //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">(How do you want to improve?) // || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Mentor <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Professional Support //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">(Who will help you improve?) // || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Date of <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Completion || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Evaluations //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">(How will you know you have improved?) // ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Goal ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">TExES


 * //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Part A of the Comprehensive Final Report: Career and Leadership Goals //**
 * Overview **
 * Overview **

You have now entered your last course of the Superintendent Certification program – congratulations. This course focuses on your development of a Comprehensive Final Report that will help you review and assess your accomplishments and culminate in the development of a 3 Year Professional Development Plan. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Learning Outcome


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Gain insight into your growth during the Lamar University Superintendent Preparation Program by reviewing your SBEC Pre and Post Self Assessment results.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Examine Career and Leadership Goals

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Performance Outcomes


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Assess your strengths and weaknesses as a Superintendent by completing the SBEC Post Self Assessment, determine the number of competencies you scored S, C or I; compare the results with your SBEC Pre Self Assessment, identify your areas of growth and your areas needing additional improvement, reflect on the results in relation to your total Superintendent Preparation Program experience, post all of your results to your blog, your Electronic Portfolio and comment/question the blogs of two other students.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Describe your career and professional goals in a clear, concise statement.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Begin the process of reporting all required forms, applications and reports to your blog, the professor’s cohort blog, the TK20 Electronic Portfolio and compare your submissions to those of two other students.

Use the rubric below to guide your work. ** ê ** ||  **<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Accomplished ** <span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">The evidence suggests that this work is a “Habit of Mind.” The educator is ready to mentor others in this area. <span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">45 POINTS  ||  **<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Proficient ** <span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">The evidence suggests that performance on this work matches that of a strong educator. <span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">31 POINTS  ||  **<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Needs Improvement ** <span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">The evidence does not yet make the case for the educator being proficient at this task. <span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">20 POINTS  ||  **<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Unacceptable ** <span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">There is no evidence of the candidate being proficient at this task. <span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">0 POINTS  || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">writes a brief paragraph describing the career position he or she would like to pursue in the next five years; <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">describes how this career path aligns with other long term career goals; <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">describes why these career goals are significant to his or her leadership goals. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">writes a brief paragraph describing the career position he or she would like to pursue in the next five years; <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">describes how this career path aligns with other long term career goals; <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">describes why these career goals are significant to his or her leadership goals. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Updated vita; <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Course and District Supervised Logs; <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Updated intern plan. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Updated vita; <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Course and District Supervised Logs; <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Updated intern plan. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Updated vita; <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Course and District Supervised Logs; <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Updated intern plan. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">**3 Points** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Responses are relevant to course content; few errors in grammar, spelling, or punctuation. **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">SBEC Superintendent Competencies ** **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Self-Assessment ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">For each indicator, enter S, C, or I. The “//S, C, or I//” will indicate your assessment of your experience with each indicator. <span style="font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';"> C= I feel __competent__ in this area of knowledge and skill <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> I = This is an area on which I would like to focus and __improve my knowledge and skill__ //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">When you complete the self-assessment, review your responses, **compare your responses to your answers in the first course, EDLD 5396,** identify your strengths //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> //and be sure to include and __identify any areas needed for improvement, and **include these in your 3 Year Professional Development Plan for Week 5’s Assignment.**__//
 * Rubric **
 * **<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Tasks **
 * **<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Post SBEC Self-Assessment and Reflection ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Student completes assessment of all 10 competencies and provides a reflection that discusses identified strengths, areas of competent knowledge and skills, and areas in need of improvement. Student earns 3 points for completing the Self-Assessment – all 3 Domains and 10 competencies; and can earn three points for reflecting on
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">S for Strengths
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">C for Competent responses
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">I for Areas needing improvement
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">20 Points ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Student completes the assessment of eight of the competencies but does not complete all areas of the reflection.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">15 Points ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Student partially completes the assessment and reflection.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">10 Points ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Student demonstrates no effort to complete this activity.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">0 Points ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Blog Comments ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Student follows directions and posts his or her reflection on the Post Assessment and comments on at least two other students’ assessment relfections.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">6 Points ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Student follows directions and posts his or her reflection on the Post Assessment and comments on one other students’ assessment relfections
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">4 Points ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Student follows directions and posts his or her reflection on the Post Assessment but doess not comment on other students’ assessment relfections
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">2 Points ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Student fails to post reflections to his or her blog.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">0 Points ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Career and Leadership Goals ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Student writes a brief paragraph describing the career position he or she would like to pursue in the next five years. Please describe how this career path aligns with other long term career goals. Provide a brief explanation describing why these career goals are significant to his or her leadership goals.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">10 Points ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Student does two of the following tasks:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">6 Points ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Student does one of the following tasks:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">3 Points ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Student does not complete any of the tasks.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">0 Points ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Review of Portfolio Documents ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Student follows directions and identifies important documents included in his or her portfolio, including:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">6 Points ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Student identifies **two** of the following from his or her portfolio:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">4 Points ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Student identifies **one** of the following from his or her portfolio:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">4 Points ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Student fails to review his or her portfolio
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">0 Points ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Assignment Mechanics ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Responses are relevant to course content; no errors in grammar, spelling, or punctuation.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">2 Points ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Responses do not reflect knowledge of course content, lack clarity and depth, and/or include multiple errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">1 Point ** ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Week One Assignment, Part 1 – Post SBEC Self-Assessment and Reflection **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Please follow the directions for completing the following assessment: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Directions: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Below you will find the SBEC Superintendent Competencies as revised in the Fall of 2010. Each competency is supported by indicators. The indicators are guides to identify knowledge and skills Superintendents should be practicing.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Key to scoring: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">S = I consider this a __strength__, I could lead in this activity.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The superintendent knows how to: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ serve as an advocate for all children. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ model and promote the highest standard of conduct, ethical principles, and integrity in decision making, actions, and behaviors. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ exhibit understanding and implement policies and procedures that promote district personnel compliance with //The Code of Ethics and Standard Practices for Texas Educators//. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ monitor and address ethical issues impacting education. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ apply laws, policies, and procedures in a fair and reasonable manner. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ interact with district staff, students, school board, and community in a professional and ethical manner. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The superintendent knows how to: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ establish and support a district culture that promotes learning, high expectations, and academic rigor for self, students, and staff. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ facilitate the development and implementation of a shared vision that focuses on teaching and learning and ensures the success of all students. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ implement strategies for involving all stakeholders in planning processes and for facilitating planning between constituencies. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ use formal and informal techniques to monitor and assess district/school climate for effective, responsive decision making. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ institute procedures for monitoring the accomplishment of district goals and objectives to achieve the district's vision. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ facilitate the development, use, and allocation of all available resources, including human resources, to support implementation of the district's vision and goals. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ recognize and celebrate contributions of staff and community toward realization of the district's vision. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ maintain awareness of emerging issues and trends affecting public education and communicate their significance to the local educational community. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ encourage and model innovative thinking and risk taking and view problems as opportunities. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ promote multicultural awareness, gender sensitivity, and the appreciation of diversity in the educational community. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ understand and support educational programs for all student populations, including students with special needs. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The superintendent knows how to: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_serve as an articulate, effective communicator for the importance of public education in a free democratic society. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_develop and implement an effective and comprehensive internal and external district communications plan and public relations program. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_analyze community and district structures and identify major opinion leaders and their relationships to district goals and programs. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ establish partnerships with families, area businesses, institutions of higher education, and community groups to strengthen programs and support district goals. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ implement effective strategies for systematically communicating with and gathering input from all stakeholders in the district. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ communicate and work effectively with diverse groups in the district and community; i.e., social, cultural, political, ethnic, and racial group, so that all students receive appropriate resources and instructional support to ensure educational success. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ develop and use formal and informal techniques to gain an accurate view of the perceptions of district staff, families, and community members. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ use effective consensus-building and conflict-management skills. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ articulate the district's vision and priorities to the community and to the media. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ influence the media by using proactive communication strategies that serve to enhance and promote the district's vision. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ communicate effectively about positions on educational issues using effective writing, speaking, and active listening skills to ensure educational success for all students. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The superintendent knows how to: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ analyze and respond to political, social, economic, and cultural factors affecting students and education. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ provide leadership in defining superintendent-board roles and establishing mutual expectations. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ communicate and work effectively with board members in varied contexts, including problem-solving and decision-making contexts. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ work with the board of trustees to define and consistently adhere to mutual expectations, policies, and standards. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ access and work with local, state, and national political systems and organizations to elicit input on critical educational issues. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ use legal guidelines to protect the rights of students and staff and to improve learning opportunities. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ prepare and recommend district policies to improve student learning and district performance in compliance with state and federal requirements
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Domain I—Leadership of the Educational Community – Competencies 1 - 4 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Competency 1 Area: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The superintendent knows how to act with integrity, fairness, and in an ethical manner in order to promote the success of all students. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Competency 2 Area: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The superintendent knows how to shape district culture by facilitating the development, articulation, implementation, and stewardship of a vision of learning that is shared and supported by the educational community. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Competency 3 Area: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The superintendent knows how to communicate and collaborate with families and community members, respond to diverse community interests and needs, and mobilize community resources to ensure educational success for all students. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Competency 4 Area: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The superintendent knows how to respond to and influence the larger political, social, economic, legal, and cultural context, including working with the board of trustees, to achieve the district's educational vision. **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The superintendent knows how to: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ facilitate effective curricular decision making based on an understanding of pedagogy, curriculum design, cognitive development, learning processes, and child and adolescent growth and development. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ implement planning procedures to develop curricula that achieve optimal student learning and that anticipate and respond to occupational and economic trends. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ implement curriculum design and delivery systems to ensure instructional quality, appropriate depth of learning, and alignment across the district. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ develop and implement collaborative processes for systematically assessing and renewing the curriculum to meet the needs of all students and ensure appropriate scope, sequence, content, and alignment. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ use assessment to measure student learning, diagnose student needs, and determine effectiveness of the curriculum to ensure educational accountability. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ evaluate district curricula and provide direction for improving curricula based on sound, research-based practices. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ facilitate the integration of technology into the school district curriculum to enhance learning for all students <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ facilitate the effective coordination creative thinking, critical thinking, and problem solving by appropriate school district staff and other individuals involved in curriculum design and delivery. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ facilitate the effective coordination of district and campus curricular and extracurricular programs. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ ensure that staff members have a working knowledge of the accountability system and are monitoring its components to increase student performance. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The superintendent knows how to: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ apply knowledge of motivational theories and strategies to encourage staff, students, families/caregivers, and the community to strive to achieve the district's vision. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ facilitate the implementation of sound, research-based theories and techniques of classroom management, student discipline, and school safety to ensure a school district environment conducive to learning. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ facilitate the development of a learning organization that encompasses high student engagement and learning with academic rigor through the use of effective planning and lesson design. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ facilitate the ongoing study of current best practice and relevant research and encourage the application of this knowledge to district/school improvement initiatives. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ implement and support student services and activity programs to address developmental, scholastic, social, emotional, cultural, physical, and leadership needs. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ establish a comprehensive school district program of student assessment, interpretation of data, and reporting of state and national data results for improvement of student learning <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ apply knowledge of special programs to ensure that students are provided with appropriate resources and effective, flexible instructional programs and services. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ analyze instructional resource needs and deploy instructional resources effectively and equitably to enhance student learning. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ analyze the implications of various organizational factors (e.g., staffing patterns, class scheduling formats, school organizational structures, student discipline practices) for teaching and learning. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ develop and use appropriate change processes to improve student and adult learning. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ ensure responsiveness to diverse sociological, linguistic, cultural, psychological, and other factors that may affect student development and learning and create an environment in which all students will learn. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The superintendent knows how to: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ improve teaching and learning by participating in quality relevant professional development activities and studying current professional literature and research. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ develop, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive professional development plan to address identified areas of district, campus, and/or staff need. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ facilitate the application of adult learning principles to all professional development activities, including the use of support and follow-up strategies to facilitate implementation. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ implement strategies to enhance the expertise and skill of staff at the district and campus levels. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ work collaboratively with other district personnel to plan, implement, and evaluate professional growth programs. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ deliver effective presentations and facilitate learning for both small and large groups. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ implement effective strategies for the recruitment, selection, induction, development, evaluation, and promotion of staff. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ develop and implement comprehensive staff evaluation models that include both formative and summative assessment and appraisal strategies. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ assess and support the organizational health and climate by implementing necessary strategies to improve the performance of all staff members.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">DOMAIN II—INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP – COMPETENCIES 5 - 7 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Competency 5 Area: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The superintendent knows how to facilitate the planning and implementation of strategic plans that enhance teaching and learning; ensure alignment among curriculum, curriculum resources, and assessment; use the current accountability system; and promote the use of varied assessments to measure student performance. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Competency 6 Area: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The superintendent knows how to advocate, promote, and sustain an instructional program and a district culture that are conducive to student learning and staff professional growth. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Competency 7 Area: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The superintendent knows how to implement a staff evaluation and development system and select appropriate models for supervision and staff development to improve the performance of all staff members. **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The superintendent knows how to: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ apply procedures for effective budget planning and management. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ work collaboratively with board of trustees and appropriate personnel to develop district budgets. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ facilitate and evaluate effective account auditing and monitoring that complies with legal requirements and local district policy. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ establish district procedures for accurate, effective, ethical purchasing and financial record keeping and reporting. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ acquire, allocate, and manage resources according to district vision and priorities, including obtaining and using funding from various sources. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ use district and staff evaluation data for personnel policy development and decision making. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ apply knowledge associated with personnel management, including requirements related to certifying, recruiting, screening, selecting, evaluating, disciplining, reassigning, and dismissing personnel. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ manage one's own time and the time of others to enhance district operations. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ develop and implement plans for using technology and information systems to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of school district operations. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ apply legal concepts, regulations, and codes as required. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_use revenue forecasting and enrollment forecasting to address personnel and budgetary needs accurately. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The superintendent knows how to: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ apply procedures for planning, funding, renovating, and/or constructing school facilities to support the district’s mission and goals. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ implement strategies that enable the district's physical plant, equipment, and support systems to operate safely, efficiently, and effectively. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ apply strategies for ensuring the safety of students and personnel and for addressing emergencies and security concerns. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ develop and implement procedures for emergency planning and for responding to crises. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ apply procedures for ensuring the effective operation and maintenance of district facilities. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ implement evaluate appropriate procedures to ensure efficient, effective district transportation services, food services, health services, and other services. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ apply legal concepts, regulations, and codes as required. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The superintendent knows how to: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ implement appropriate leadership skills, techniques, and group process skills to define roles, assign functions, delegate effectively, and determine accountability for goal attainment. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ implement processes for gathering, analyzing, and using data for informed decision making to attain district goals. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ identify, analyze, and resolve problems using appropriate problem-solving techniques and decision-making skills. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ use strategies for working with others, including the board of trustees, to promote collaborative decision making and problem solving, facilitate team building, and develop consensus. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ encourage and facilitate positive change, enlist support for change, and overcome obstacles to change in varied educational contexts. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif';">C <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">_ analyze and use political influences to benefit the educational organization.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">DOMAIN III—ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIP – COMPETENCIES 8 – 10 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Competency 8 Area: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The superintendent knows how to apply principles of effective leadership and management in relation to district budgeting, personnel, resource utilization, financial management, and technology application. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Competency 9 Area: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The superintendent knows how to apply principles of leadership and management to the district's physical plant and support systems to ensure a safe and effective learning environment. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Competency 10 Area: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The superintendent knows how to apply organizational, decision-making, and problem-solving skills to comply with federal and state requirements and facilitate positive change in varied contexts. **
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Self-Assessment Reflection: __**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Review your responses to the 10 Competency Self-Assessment, and write a reflection discussing your strengths, areas where you consider yourself competent but not yet a strength, and areas needing improvement. Be sure to reflect on all S, C and I responses because you will be expected to certainly include areas for improvement and competent areas in your Intern Plan. Write your reflection on the next page <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">.

<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 9px;"> My reflection for EDLD 5399 week 1 Reflection: I feel that I have strengths and weaknesses in all of the ten competencies. The courses in our superintendent cohort have really opened my eyes to what I do and do not know about the educational system concerning the central office administration duties. In order to become a better principal and possibly a superintendent, I will have to continue to be a student of the educational process. __Domain 1__ is about leadership of the educational community. In __Competency 1__ I feel the area that I am strongest in is being a model and promote high standard of conduct and interact with district staff, students, school board, and community in professional and ethical manner. I feel that the areas I need to most improve on will be to continue to learn and keep up-to-date with laws, policy and procedures that are always changing or being interpreted according to legislation or public perception. In __Competency 2__ I feel the area that I am strongest in is to establish and support a district culture that promotes learning, high expectations, and academic rigor for self, students, and staff. I feel that the area I need to most improve on will be to maintain awareness of emerging issues and trends affecting public education and communicate their significance to the local educational community. In __Competency 3__ I feel the area that I am weakest in is to analyze community and district structures and identify major opinion leaders and their relationships to district goals and programs. I have to learn how to implement effective strategies for systematically communicating with and gathering input from all stakeholders in the district. I feel that the area I am strongest, but continually must improve on is communication. Remembering the importance of public education in a free democratic society, or it falls is key to growing. In __Competency 4__, I feel the area that I am strongest in is to provide leadership in defining superintendent-board roles and establishing mutual expectations, and communicate and work effectively with board members in varied contexts, including problem-solving and decision-making contexts.I feel that the area I need to most improve on will be to access and work with local, state, and national political systems and organizations to elicit input on critical educational issues. In __Domain 2__, Instructional Leadership begins with __Competency 5__. I see my major strength in ensuring that staff members have a working knowledge of the accountability system and are monitoring its components to increase student performance. Curriculum is my weakest area. I am always trying to find what will work for students and teachers before the “pendulum” swings back the other way. Education is an ever changing organism. In __Competency 6__ my major strength is encouraging staff and students, families/develop and use appropriate change processes. I have to continue to improve in several of these competencies such as, implement research-based theories, ongoing study of best practices and interpretation of data. __Competency 7__ includes several areas that I feel confident in such as developing professional development plans, facilitate adult learning, and staff evaluation models. I am good at supporting the organizational health and climate by implementing necessary strategies to improve the performance of all staff members. __ Domain 3 __ - Administrative Leadership is where I find that I have to grow every year, even if I feel it is a strength. In __Competency 8__ I would need some more training on school budget. I have looked into central office positions that control large parts of the district budget. Using state resources and others like TexasISD.com are super important for doing it correctly. Honesty and integrity are two of my best assets. I know that who I surround myself with is super important in this part of education. In __Competency 9__ the area that needs most improvement for me is renovation and construction/or bond issues. I have the knowledge and experience for the emergency planning and responding to crises and applying procedures to ensuring the effective operation and maintenance of facilities. I feel very competent in this area. __Competency 10__ indicates that superintendents know how to apply organization, decision-making, and problem-solving skills to comply with federal and state requirements and facilitate positive change in varied contexts. I feel I have a lot of help in implementing appropriate leadership skills and processes because of the “network” of colleagues in my Lamar cohort, along with other educators that I have been blessed with over the past thirty years in education.

This lesson really made me look at what direction and vision a superintendent must have when making daily decisions. They will always affect kids, teachers, communities and our world.

As part of the development of your 5 Part Comprehensive Final Report, we begin with Section A. Position Goal: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">1. Write a brief paragraph describing the career position(s) you would like to pursue. I would like continue to have the opportunity to work in a small school district. In the next five years I would like to have moved from the high school principal position and into the assistant superintendent position over maintenance, transportation and food services. I feel like I can really help any district provide better services to our “stakeholders” because of my knowledge and experience in dealing with these programs during my tenure as a teacher, trainer and administrator.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Blog Follow-Up: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Be sure to post your above reflection to your blog, and read and comment on at least two other students’ assessment reflections.
 * Week One Assignment, Part 2 **
 * Section A: Career Position and Leadership Goals ** **Statement** (1/2 to 1 page):

<span style="color: #943634; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">2. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Include positions that may lead to your ultimate career position. For example, you may desire to move up by holding positions such as grade-level or department chair, site council member, assistant principal, principal, and ultimately, superintendent <span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">. I have had a number of positions that I feel prepared me for my role as an assistant superintendent. I have been a licensed athletic trainer for almost thirty years while teaching students from fourth to twelfth grade. Getting my masters in education allowed me to get into administration. I continue to drive buses when needed and work closely with the superintendent and director of finances of our district.

3. Include a brief rationale for why you believe it important to move through these positions. I know that as an educator I am learning everyday how to make a difference in kids, teachers, parents and community member’s lives. From picking up trash, taking a special education student to the rest room or analyzing data from AEIS reports, I am gaining knowledge that will help me be a better servant to our school district no matter what position I am in. Leadership Goal – 1. Write one or more paragraphs describing why you want to lead. This goal addresses the purpose or motivation for leading versus obtaining a specific position. You should consider the following in developing this: 2. What do I hope to accomplish as a leader? 3. What educational needs underlie my motivation to lead? 4. What personal needs underlie my motivation to lead? 5. How did the accomplishments, during my internship, prepare me to lead school improvement?

I like helping people in the school setting. As a leader I feel accomplished when a student feels like they are cared for, or a teacher can use something I have said or done to help teach students learn. As a leader I want to make my Mother and Father proud of their son. I actually have followed in my Father’s footsteps in education. My family gives me the motivation to be a leader with integrity, honesty and all with a positive attitude toward others. My internship is preparing me by teaching me skills that will build relationships with current students, staff and community members. The future is really exciting because of all the cohort members that I now have as “network” partners to help do a better job in any district I am employed in.


 * Week One Assignment, Part 3 **

Students should review key documents and update them in your portfolio. Please indicate your review of the following documents **__and indicate if you have made any revisions:__**
 * Portfolio Review **


 * ** Vita- My resume will be updated if I pass the **** certification **
 * ** Intern Plan **** - Have made an intern plan **
 * ** Course and District Supervised Logs **** -Working with Dr. Creel on getting logs in order **


 * By the conclusion of this course, you will be checking for completion of several forms, including your District Supervisor’s Internship Summative Evaluation – all will be added to your portfolio, along with the following sections of your Comprehensive Final Report as developed into your weekly assignments: **

//<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">The Educational Leadership faculty has developed a template for each candidate to develop a three year professional development plan. Based on the lessons learned during their internship, the candidates are asked to complete the following Template: //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Part A of the Comprehensive Final Report: Career and Leadership Goals //**
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Week Two – Part B of the Comprehensive Final Report: Summarizing Leadership Experiences in each of the SBEC Superintendent Competencies //**
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Week Three – Part C of the Final Report: District Improvement and Recommendations //**
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Week Four – Part D of the Final Report: Reflections on Reflective Leadership //**
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Week Five – Part E of the Final Report: Three Year Professional Development Plan //**

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Competency and Domain || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Objective //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">(What do you want to improve?) // || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Course Work/Book/ <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Workshops //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">(How do you want to improve?) // || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Mentor <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Professional Support //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">(Who will help you improve?) // || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Date of <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Completion || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Evaluations //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">(How will you know you have improved?) // ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Goal ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">TExES