National Educational Leadership Preparation (NELP) Standards

Question

Description

In this course, leadership theory will be applied through the use of individual assessment instruments, i.e., analysis of video tapes, case studies, article critiques, role playing and self-assessment critiques. The importance of style of leadership and influences that effect style will be emphasized. Other major concepts will be analyzed utilizing here using These concepts include the attributes and skills to facilitate the leadership process for managing a school building organization. The focus of this analysis is to help to assess the candidates acquisition of administrative attributes and skills in the context of school leadership.

NELP Standards addressed in the course: 1.1, 1.2, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 7.1

Standard 1: Mission and Vision,

Candidates who successfully complete a building-level educational leadership preparation program understand and demonstrate the capacity to promote the current and future success and well-being of each student and adult by applying the knowledge, skills, and commitments necessary to collaboratively lead, design, and implement a school mission, vision, and process for continuous improvement that reflects a core set of values and priorities that include data use, technology, equity, diversity, digital citizenship, and community.

Component 1.1 Program completers understand and demonstrate the capacity to collaboratively evaluate, develop, and communicate a school mission and vision designed to reflect a core set of values and priorities that include data use, technology, equity, diversity, digital citizenship, and community

Component 1.2 Program completers understand and demonstrate the capacity to lead improvement processes that include data use, design, implementation, and evaluation.

Standard 5: Community and External Leadership:

Candidates who successfully complete a building-level educational leadership preparation program understand and demonstrate the capacity to promote the current and future success and well-being of each student and adult by applying the knowledge, skills, and commitments necessary to engage families, community, and school personnel in order to strengthen student learning, support school improvement, and advocate for the needs of their school and community. Component

5.1 Program completers understand and demonstrate the capacity to collaboratively engage diverse families in strengthening student learning in and out of school.

5.2 Program completers understand and demonstrate the capacity to collaboratively engage and cultivate relationships with diverse community members, partners, and other constituencies for the benefit of school improvement and student development.  

5.3 Program completers understand and demonstrate the capacity to communicate through oral, written, and digital means within the larger organizational, community, and political contexts when advocating for the needs of their school and community.

Standard 7: Building Professional Capacity

Candidates who successfully complete a building-level educational leadership preparation program understand and demonstrate the capacity to promote the current and future success and well-being of each student and adult by applying the knowledge, skills, and commitments necessary to build the school’s professional capacity, engage staff in the development of a collaborative professional culture, and improve systems of staff supervision, evaluation, support, and professional learning. Component

7.1 Program completers understand and have the capacity to collaboratively develop the school’s professional capacity through engagement in recruiting, selecting, and hiring staff.

Student Learning Objectives

The major objectives of this Course are to enable the candidate to demonstrate an understanding of:

Principle-centered leadership.

How to create a shared vision for a school

Establishing a school culture

Quality teaching and learning

Creating Professional Learning Communities

Facilitating change within a school culture

Building productive partnerships with central office

Building partnership with school stakeholders

Leading with ethical and emotional intelligence

Balancing personal and professional responsibilities

ASSIGNMENT:

Students will complete a self-assessment of current understanding and capacity in the learning objectives of the course, using the NELP standards addressed in this course as a guide. Students will write a reflection for each of the NELP standards covered in the course (listed above), describing their current understanding and competency for each standard and identify areas of improvement. Students should describe steps they feel they can take to improve their understanding and competency for each of the standards, and students will need to find and cite at least one academic article/source which they feel could help them to improve their understanding and competency for each NELP standard. The assignment should be no more than 2000 words total and must follow APA formatting rules (6th edition or later).