1 SCHOOL LEADERS FOR COLORADO A project of School Leaders for America, Inc., a Colorado 501 C (3) Non Profit Corporation. Copyright 2010, All rights reserved.

2 OUR MISSION School Leaders For Colorado, Inc. is dedicated to the recruitment, training and development of traditional and non- traditional school leaders and leadership teams in a quality alternative principal licensure program that allows school districts to find home grown choices in leaders.

3 Our mission objectives are: To recruit a dynamic & diverse pool of qualified individuals to be school principals; To develop a new home grown breed of school principal willing to be publically measured and rewarded for performance; and To partner with school districts to fit the school leader to the culture of leadership in the school district school.

4 OUT WITH THE OLD WAYS In 2002, the Colorado Legislature, in SB 152 by Senator John Evans, ended “credentialing program” and replaced it with a performance based teacher and principal preparation program; In 2004, the Colorado Legislature, empowered the Colorado Department of Education to develop the alternative principal preparation; and School Leaders for America, Inc. has a working agreement with the Department of Education to implement the program for non- traditional leaders as well as traditional candidates.

5 In 2003, Dr. Evans assembled a “team” that created a new vision for a principal training program: Dr. Cal Frazier, Former State Commissioner of Education; Dr. Jerry Wartgow, Former Denver School Superintendent; Dr. John Evans, Former Professor of Educational Administration, State Board of Education Member, and State Senator; Chancellor Dan Ritchie, Formerly of the University of Denver and President of DCPA; Dr. Pat Grippe, Former Associate School Superintendent Douglas County Schools; Dr. David Hartenbach, Former Superintendent of Aurora Public Schools; and Dr. Bill Maloney, Former Colorado Commission of Education.

6 The Current Team David L. Hartenbach, Ed.D., Instructor: Planning and Organization; Retired Aurora School Superintendent. Judith M. Hilton, Ed.D., Instructor: Goal Setting, Assessments, Portfolio Evidence, Individualization of Instruction; Supervision of Student Conduct; and Design and Leadership Cadre Member; Retired High School Principal, Cherry Creek. Ellen Bartlett, M.A., Instructor: Supervision of Personnel; Retired Assistant Superintendent, Human Resources, Douglas County Schools; Sue Clark, M.A., Instructor: Contextual Understanding; Parent and Community Involvement; Retired Executive Director of Organizational Support, Aurora Public Schools; Shawn Colleary, M.A., Instructor: Management and Evaluation of Instruction; Individualization of Instruction, Staff Development Director, Cherry Creek Schools; Julie Fairley, M.A., Instructor: Foundation for Leadership, Retired, Executive Director of High Schools, Douglas County. Bruce Gorze, Outside Evaluator, Retired Central Office Administrator, Fort Collins Public Schools; Steve Hertzog, Ed.D., Instructor: School Site Safety and Maintenance; Resources and Fiscal Management; Acting Superintendent, Douglas County; James M. Hilton, Ed.D., Coach, Professor, Regis University, Retired Middle School Principal, Denver Public Schools; Nan Holt, M.A., Instructor: Content Knowledge Instruction; Retired STAR mentor Cherry Cheek Schools; Gregg Reed, Coach, Director, Teacher in Resident Program, Metro State College; Retired High School Principal, Aurora Public Schools; Ken Vedra, E.D., Instructor: Planning and Organization; Retired Superintendent, Air Academy School District;

7 Three year program option but most do it in two years Partner with School District to Place Candidates Instruction, Coaching and Feedback regarding Candidate’s performance Register online Background clearance, placement interview And program orientation College credit available

8 On the job performance based assessment An experienced faculty Applied on the job learning On the Job Coaching Professional Instruction An Alternative Licensure Program for Colorado

9 What is the cost? Tuition: $3,850 dollars per semester; Coaching Fee: $ per semester; Principal License after a performance based 32 credit hours; & Graduate credit with the University of Colorado, Denver.

10 What does a performance standard look like? The principal is knowledgeable about the elements of planning; plan implementation and organizational, change and time management. The principal will be able to: “Identify stakeholders who will be involved with the development of the school accountability plan and work with them to establish a statement of purpose to meet required standards, allocate resources and identify the elements of the plan as listed.”

11 Number of Candidates 2010: :20/ :20/20

12 Quality Home Grown Principals from Nontraditional Places “Leadership is the ability to translate vision into reality.” Warren Bennis