STANDARD THREE: Cultural Leadership
A leader must create a collaborative work environment and strengthen the school culture and identity. This includes acknowledging failures, celebrating and rewarding accomplishments and empowering staff.
Focus on Collaborative Work Environment
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Data Room
During my internship the two assistant principals and myself worked to create a usefull data room that could be utilized for staff professional development and PLC meetings. The data room environment provided information about students performance, the school's goals and protocols to use in discussion. Having this engaging and collaborative environment allowed teachers to work together. |
School Culture and Identity
Culture Audit
Prior to the start of our internship we were tasked with completing a culture audit on a school. I completed an audit on my former school, Creedmoor Elementary, which is also within Granville County. This audit allowed me to research the data, as well as community perceptions of a school building. Through teacher interviews, |
Acknowledges Failures; Celebrates Accomplishments and Rewards
Honor Roll and Student Recognition
Throughout the school year I worked with the sixth grade team, as well as the administrative team to complete video award ceremonies highlighting the success of students both academically and social-emotionally. These videos served to provide positive reinforcement to students who were working hard and reaching for success. In additional to the official award ceremonies, the teams provided rewards for students who completed their i-Ready learning path times and turned in work packets regularly. Each of these events helped to promote a positive school environment and encourage other students to reach for success. |
Efficacy and Empowerment
One of the ways that I encouraged efficacy this year was through the sixth grade PLC's. Prior to my arrival at NGMS the 6th grade team spent much of their PLC time casually discussing things that they were frustrated with and very little time digging in to data and student achievement. Upon my arrival I created a weekly agenda and outlined the topics for discussion. For our first meeting I gave them an information PD about what an effective PLC looked like. The second meeting we discussed our norms, goals and expectations for the group. From then on, we worked together to stay on topic and focus the majority of our time and conversations around specific data and how to improve student achievement. As the year went on, the team was able to add topics to the agenda that continue to match the group's norms and values.
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