Northeast Leadership Academy Highlights of Fall 2012

1. Northeast Leadership AcademyHighlights of Fall 2012 Leadership, Respect, Generosity…Own It!

2. “GETTING TO KNOW YOU”

3. “READERS ARE LEADERS”

4. UNDERSTANDING BY DESIGN (UBD)“Begin with the end in mind.” • Desired Outcomes What long term goals are targeted? • Evidence What performances and products will reveal evidence of meaning-making and transfer? • Learning Plan What activities, experiences, and lessons will lead to achievement of the desired results and success at the assessments?

5. DEALING WITH CONFLICT Conflict Resolution & Crucial Conversation Training

6. “DIGITAL STORYTELLING”“A picture is worth a thousand words.”

7. Northeast Leadership AcademyHighlights of Spring 2012 Zachary Marks

8. What Books Did We Read? • Tinkering Toward Utopia • Leading with Inquiry & Action • Out of Our Minds • The Fifth Discipline • Reframing Organizations • Emotional Intelligence • Child & Adolescent Development

9. Operation NELA Periodically throughout the spring, we participated in role play scenarios called “Operation NELA.” We were given realistic scenarios that administrators face. We would act these scenarios out and were given feedback on how we performed.

10. Individual Leadership Plan The Individual Leadership Plan (also referred to as the Professional Growth Plan) is based upon how each individual fellow views their strengths and weaknesses as a leader. The ILP also addresses how we plan to continually grow as leaders. • Part I: Personal Narrative: We discussed our careers in education thus far and shared our educational philosophy based upon our core beliefs, values, and passions. We also discussed any leadership experiences we had as teachers. • Part 2: Leadership Readiness Assessment: We completed a self assessment of our areas of “strengths” and areas of “needed improvement” in leadership. • Part 3: Baseline Graphs: We completed a graph to show where we are currently at in each of the NCDPI Standards for School Executives. These graphs will be used as valuable data as we progress throughout the program. • Part 4: Competencies: We rated ourselves (Developing, Proficient, Distinguished, Accomplished) on each of the 21 Competencies and add how we plan to grow in each area.

11. Facilitative Leadership For 3 days, the NELA fellows underwent Facilitative Leadership training under the guidance of Dr. Fran Riddick. Dr. Riddick is a Human Resource Development Director for Johnston County Public Schools. Who is a Facilitative Leader? A facilitative leader…. • Asks specific questions. • Prefers dialogue over debate. • tends to offer sets of related answers rather than one answer. • respectfully elicits the insights, creativity, and wisdom from others.

12. Developmental Project In groups of 3, we researched and created a report on emotional and physical development of PreK-2nd Grade students. We also created separate products (pamphlets, handouts, etc) that could be shared with educators and parents . The main areas of interest were: • District Context • *District Programming • *Curriculum Guides • *Community Agencies • Child Development • *Physical • *Mental • Data Collections • *Observations • Reflections • *How will we apply this information?

13. Distinguished Guests On March 20th, Dr. Bill Harrison, the chairman for the NC State Board of Education, spoke to us. He answered any questions we had and spoke about the importance of education in rural NC. On April 24th, Dr. June Atkinson, the Superintendent for Public Instruction, spoke to us. She shared with us some of her memories of growing up in a rural area and how administrators in rural communities play an important role in the retention and development of quality teachers.

14. DATA DAY! On February 21st, the NELA fellows underwent DATA day. We listened to speakers and worked on activities. The 4 major areas addressed on DATA DAY were: • NC WISE • EVASS • ACRE • METAMETRICS

15. A Visit with PBIS Correy Watkins PBIS Coordinator District 3 On May 2nd, Correy Watkins, the District 3 PBIS coordinator came and shared with us some data on PBIS. He shared strategies, templates, and data from exemplar schools.

16. Northeast Leadership AcademyHighlights of Summer 2012 Kendrick Alston

17. Summer Readings • Working Across Boundaries • Place and Community Based Education in Schools • The Law and Special Education • Grant Writing 101 • Principals Teaching the Law • Community: The structure of belonging • Linchpin

18. School Law • Session 1: Legal issues regarding school curriculum • Session 2: Students and the law • Session 3: Special education law • Session 4: Teachers and the law

19. Required Assignments • Education Law Memorandum • Principal Interview: Assessing Leading Legal Issues at the school level • Group Presentation of a Professional Development Lesson Plan

20. Test Your Knowledge • True or False: Is a student who wears a t-shirt to school that says, “Obama is the new Bob Marley!” protected under free speech.

21. School and Community Engagement

22. School and Community Engagement • Each NELA fellow will partner with a community agency in an effort build relationships and practice servant leadership. • Each NELA fellow will also submit a grant proposal based on an area of need of their respective community agency.

23. Community Digital Story • http://vimeo.com/channels/nelacohort1/31657787