1. Instructional Leaders in Brevard County
(In keeping with the theme of the conference….trees as background…leaders the backbone of supporting student achievement)
Developing
Instructional Leaders
in Brevard County

2. Coaching and Mentoring
Build leadership and job-related capacity at every level of the organization.

3. Teacher Leadership – From PD to Practice
B.E.S.T.
Analyzing Rubrics
Peer Coaching
Clinical Educator Training (CET)
VIPS
CTQ Virtual Collaboratory
Build Site-Based Capacity
Teacher led professional development
Building site-based capacity to provide teacher led professional development and to support the implementation of best practices

4. Brevard Leadership Academy
General Leadership: An introduction to district leadership roles for instructional and non-instructional staff
In general….
We ALSO have a pathway for NON-Instructional personnel
VIPs/Peer Coaching (will hear more about this at FASDLC in concurrent session)
Teacher Convening—January and next September—teachers teaching teachers
Negotiating “career ladder” concept for performance pay

5. Brevard Leadership Academy
Administrative Pipeline: An introduction to district leadership roles as well as preparation for the role of school leader - prioritizing decisions with in-basket exercises and simulations
Encouraged shadowing of different levels, conducted in feeder chain groups, inter-rater reliability and effective feedback
Introducing another aspect of serving as “administrator for a day” for those participants who are NOT administrators

6. Leadership Pathway Admin 100 AP Academy Mentoring for Administrators
Observations and Effective Feedback
Evaluation Training
Certification
In ADDITION to LTMs where professional growth is provided monthly; changed focus of monthly meetings to be instructional, rather than compliance; principals sit with their feeder chain principals.

7. ADMIN. 100 First and second year Assistant Principals
Collaboration with Area Coordinators
Experienced mentors
Meetings 4-5 times a year
Although voluntary, we have 100% participation.
Community Circles
Meet with district personnel
Meet whole group then in elem./secondary groups then with mentor
Agendas customized to meet needs.
Most important time-community circle—an atmosphere of trust that allows for them to ask questions, seek clarification, or even just seek understanding and support in a safe environment
Survey results—100% found beneficial

8. AP Academy All Assistant Principals (required)
Simulations, cause-effect decision-making, professional readings, collaboration
Meetings 3-4 times a year
2 hrs. (1 in a.m., 1 in p.m. for each group each time, , to accommodate leaders/schools)
Agenda customized to meet needs
Addressing the need to cross-train our secondary AP’s, who have been operating in silos—curriculum, facilities, discipline
Focus on instructional leadership!—The Multiplier Effect (book study)

9. National Certification for Principal Mentors
Yearlong training for an 11 member team
NAESP Sponsored
Team supports first and second year principals
Team is developing a District Certification Program for Principal Mentors
Once complete training, district-certified to assist first/second year and/or struggling principals. Over half our principals are certified coaches.
Discuss project … the creation of a certification program
We added an update to the evaluation requirements, requiring those principals or APs who switch levels (e.g. elem to MS; MS to HS; secondary to elementary) will have a midterm evaluation for one year. This recognizes the unique nuances existing within each level.

10. Observations and Effective Feedback
Required once every three years (calibration and recalibration)
Whole day training for assistant principals; half day training for principals
Facilitated by Cambridge Education and HR Staff
Skill development for feedback conferences
SUPERVISOR’s perspective
Overview of requirements for formal/informal observations
Skills for pre and post conferencing
Skill Practices included using videos and/or scenarios based on district teachers’ observation instrument
Also useful for conferencing with APs, other adults
Jennifer Abrams-Having Hard Conversations

11. Just as a note, some of the feedback given is that the training to administrators over the last two years has been the best they’ve had (especially for those veteran administrators).
“The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.”
John Maxwell