NISD Assistant Principal Development: Preparing Leaders for the Future NISD Board of Trustees November 11, 2013

NISD Assistant Principal Development: To provide learning opportunities that ensure the continuous development of NISD assistant principals as visionary, strategic, and instructional leaders.

Continuum of Training YearActivities Leadership Experiences for Aspiring Principals (LEAP) Year Leadership Experiences for Advanced Development(LEAD) Year Assistant Principal Professional Learning Communities (AP PLC) New Administrator Boot Camp Coaching for Results Interview Boot Camp Team Campus Visits

Assistant Principal Professional Learning Communities Monthly Meeting Past Experiences –Book Studies The Assistant Principal Fierce Conversation Soup Instructional Rounds

Assistant Principal Professional Learning Communities Leadership Development –Transformation of assistant principals from managers to leaders –Discipline updates –Employee supervision updates –Special Ed/504 updates –Policy updates –Grading/grading guidelines updates

Coaching for Results All current Assistant Principals have participated or will participate Curriculum focus for helping leaders improve skills: –System for creative thinking and solution finding –Focus on language that builds trust, confidence, and competence –Effective communication, such as committed listening powerful paraphrasing, presuming positive intent, and reflective feedback

Interview Boot Camp Offered in spring of 2012 for current Assistant Principals Voluntary Required preparation by participants Components –Mock interview –15-20 minute prepared presentation –Self analysis of interview (required to view video)

New Administrator Boot Camp Offered each summer Training focus includes: –Quality Defined process –Role of administrators in campus PLCs –Administrator Discipline Guide –Principals toolkit –Staff Development and Curriculum Overview

Problem of Practice Observation of Practice Observation Debrief Next Level of Work School identifies a problem of practice that Observable Actionable Connects to a broader strategy of improvement Observation teams collect specific data related to the problem of practice Observation teams discuss the data identifying Patterns Contrasts Evidence that supports the problem of practice Questions for the campus Information from the Instructional Rounds process is shared with the campus administrator(s) so the campus can determine next steps for their work. Instructional Rounds

Evidence of Success 13 of our campuses are led by Principals who came through one or more training components provided to our Assistant Principals 2 Executive Directors came through the training components provided to our Assistant Principals

Stories of Success Twila Kelcourse Assistant Principal, Medlin Middle School Leigh Anne Romer Principal, J.C. Thompson Elementary