EDA 6061: Exam Review

Dr. Rob AndersonSpring 2011

Agenda• Course Review• Prep for exam

Topics we have covered this semester• School culture• Developing a vision• Curriculum

development and implementation

• Teaching and learning• Professional

Development• Student Services

• Organizational Structure• Managing Change• Data driven decision

making• Communications and

public relations• School Politics• Professional Ethics

Florida Professional Leadership Standards

Standard Description

1 Student Learning Results

2 Student Learning as a Priority

3 Instructional Plan Implementation

4 Faculty Development

5 Learning Environment

6 Decision Making

7 Leadership Development

8 School Management

9 Communication

10 Professional and Ethical Behaviors

School Culture• Professional Learning Communities (PLC’s)• Maintaining a Positive School Culture• Aligning Curriculum, Instruction and

Assessment– Common Core State Standards– PARCC

Developing a Vision• Creating a systemic vision– Mission Statement– Curriculum– Professional Development– School Improvement Plan/Data

• Maintaining/monitoring progress towards the vision– Performance Management

Curriculum Development and Implementation

• 21st Century Curriculum Model– Critical Thinking– Communication– Collaboration– Creativity

• Rigor/Relevance Framework• Transition to Common Core and PARCC

Teaching and Learning• Robert Marzano and iObservation• FLDOE Value-Added Model

Professional Development• 10 principles of effective professional

development– Stay current– Know where it is you are as a school and where

you aspire to be– Understand your own needs as well as the needs

of your teachers

Student Services• Role of the school counselor• ESE and ELL services• Response to Intervention– Amount of Resources– Intensity of Student Need

Organizational Structure• Transactional vs. Transformational Leadership• Site Based Management• Total Quality Management• Shortcomings of Ineffective Administrators

Managing Change• External vs. Internal Forces• Kurt Lewin Change Theory– Unfreezing– Moving– Refreezing

• Key Behaviors that Promote Change

Data Driven Decision Making• The decision making process– Problem Solving Decision Making process– SWOT analysis– Decision Tree

• Developing a data driven strategy for improment

Communications and Public Relations

• Types of Communication– Internal – Within the School– Organizational – Within the District– School Community– External• Public Relations

School Politics• Politics - Interests competing for limited

resources • All about the allocation of resources

Professional Ethics• FLDOE Code of Ethics– Follow it – period.

To Prepare for the Exam• Take the topics that we have covered and

apply them to a hypothetically situation• What would you do and why?• Will put you in the principal chair and

empower you to make and defend decisions• Combine what you have learned and what you

believe

Thank You!!!– For being such a great class!!!!!

– Be sure to complete the SPI form for the course on the UCF Portal to provide feedback