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About Me:
Age: 35
Home Town: Saguache Colorado
Employer: Denver Public Schools
Location: South High School
Assignment: Assistant Principal of Curriculium and Instruction
Duties: Advanced Placement, Assessment Programs, Attendance, Class Coverage, Curriculum, Data Teams, Grades\Transcripts, Excursions, Intervention Programs, New Teacher Mentoring, Student Teachers, Substitute Teachers, Athletic/Student Supervision, AVID, EXCELerator Program, School Improvement Planning, Staff Appraisals, Professional Development.
Departments: English, Math, Newcomer Center
Education:
Western State College - 1991-1993
Adams State College - 1993-1997
B.A. Liberal Arts, B.A. Psychology, B.A. Elementary Education
Denver University - 2006-Present
Ritchie Cohort 4- Prinicpal Licensure (2007)
M.A. Educational Leadership ( In progress)
Professional Experience:
Adams 12 (1997-1998)
Kindergarten Teacher
Denver Public Schools (1998-Present)
Harrington Elementary (1998-2000)
ECE Teacher
McGlone Elementary (2001-2006)
ECE Teacher
Farrell B. Howell K-8 (2006-2007)
Student Advisor
South High School (2007-Present)
Assistant Principal
South High Teacher Resources
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Essential Questions:
· How can the leader support teacher effectiveness to improve student achievement
· What is a 21st Century school/district/teacher/administrator?
Your Next Steps
Identify “next steps” that you want to take in each of the six identified educational leader standards and the three strand areas to create your own personal action plan. Be sure to identify any resources you have identified during the session that you want to use or explore further. Use the template that follows this page.
Strand 1 – Basic Technology Skills and Applications
What skills, experience, and/or willingness can an administrator model in regards to using technology without having to be an “expert”?
NETS- A – III Productivity and Professional Practice
Educational leaders apply technology to enhance their professional practice and to increase their own productivity and that of others.
Strand 2 – Leadership Skills
How will you, as a leader and facilitator, help others focus on a vision that improves student achievement and facilitates continuous professional growth?
NETS A –I Leadership and Vision
Educational leaders inspire a shared vision for comprehensive integration of technology and foster an environment and culture conducive to the realization of that vision.
NETS A –II Learning and Teaching
Educational leaders ensure that curricular design, instructional strategies, and learning environments integrate appropriate technologies to maximize learning and teaching.
NETS A –IV Support, Management, and Operations
Educational leaders ensure the integration of technology to support productive systems for learning and administration.
NETS A –V Assessment and Evaluation
Educational leaders use technology to plan and implement comprehensive systems of effective assessment and evaluation
Strand 3 – Social, Legal and Ethical
What systems and resources do you need in place to ensure that available technologies support and enhance the learning environment?
NETSA -VI Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues
Educational leaders understand the social, legal, and ethical issues related to technology and model responsible decision-making related to these issues.
Some questions to consider while you develop you own action plan (set of next steps) to help you lead to effectively integrate ICT into your school.
Describe your greatest strength in helping to integrate ICT into practice in your school
Describe your greatest weakness in helping to integrate ICT into practice in your school
Describe your greatest “personal” staff development need(s) in the area of ICT
Describe what you believe to be the greatest staff development need(s) of teachers in your school in the area of ICT
Technology Tools you want to explore (software, hardware, Web 2.0, etc.)
School resources and support you will need
Comments (1)
Dan Morris said
at 9:27 pm on Aug 14, 2008
Good job. Good luck this year
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