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EDA 6061: Exam Review. Dr. Rob Anderson Spring 2011. Agenda. Course Review Prep for exam. Topics we have covered this semester. School culture Developing a vision Curriculum development and implementation Teaching and learning Professional Development Student Services.
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EDA 6061: Exam Review Dr. Rob Anderson Spring 2011
Agenda • Course Review • Prep for exam
Topics we have covered this semester • School culture • Developing a vision • Curriculum development and implementation • Teaching and learning • Professional Development • Student Services • Organizational Structure • Managing Change • Data driven decision making • Communications and public relations • School Politics • Professional Ethics
School Culture • Professional Learning Communities (PLC’s) • Maintaining a Positive School Culture • Aligning Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment • Common Core State Standards • PARCC
Developing a Vision • Creating a systemic vision • Mission Statement • Curriculum • Professional Development • School Improvement Plan/Data • Maintaining/monitoring progress towards the vision • Performance Management
Curriculum Development and Implementation • 21st Century Curriculum Model • Critical Thinking • Communication • Collaboration • Creativity • Rigor/Relevance Framework • Transition to Common Core and PARCC
Teaching and Learning • Robert Marzano and iObservation • FLDOE Value-Added Model
Professional Development • 10 principles of effective professional development • Stay current • Know where it is you are as a school and where you aspire to be • Understand your own needs as well as the needs of your teachers
Student Services • Role of the school counselor • ESE and ELL services • Response to Intervention • Amount of Resources • Intensity of Student Need
Organizational Structure • Transactional vs. Transformational Leadership • Site Based Management • Total Quality Management • Shortcomings of Ineffective Administrators
Managing Change • External vs. Internal Forces • Kurt Lewin Change Theory • Unfreezing • Moving • Refreezing • Key Behaviors that Promote Change
Data Driven Decision Making • The decision making process • Problem Solving Decision Making process • SWOT analysis • Decision Tree • Developing a data driven strategy for improment
Communications and Public Relations • Types of Communication • Internal – Within the School • Organizational – Within the District • School Community • External • Public Relations
School Politics • Politics - Interests competing for limited resources • All about the allocation of resources
Professional Ethics • FLDOE Code of Ethics • Follow it – period.
To Prepare for the Exam • Take the topics that we have covered and apply them to a hypothetically situation • What would you do and why? • Will put you in the principal chair and empower you to make and defend decisions • Combine what you have learned and what you believe
Thank You!!! • For being such a great class!!!!! • Be sure to complete the SPI form for the course on the UCF Portal to provide feedback