...Running head: ISLLC STANDARDS ISLLC Standards Final Paper Melissa Steffel Grand Canyon University Education: EDA 534 March 21, 2012 ISLLC Standards Final Paper The Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium’s standards assist to explain anticipated results and actions for successful school leaders. The standards were established to improve the excellence of education. Because of the No Child Left Behind Act, the standards were executed to encourage excellence in the professional planning of upcoming school administrators. These standards were put forth to make school leaders responsible for individual pupil accomplishment. Educational administration is an area within the study of education that explores the administrative philosophy and practice of education overall and educational organizations and educators specifically. The field preferably distinguishes itself from administration and management through its devotion to guiding theories of educational viewpoint (Wikipedia, 2012). The ISLLC standards are very vital to the growth of the school leader. An efficient leader is one who knows what to accomplish and how to achieve it. The school leader has to coach the teachers, students, and the community for the ideas that the education community has in store. With all the essential testing that is taking place within the education system; the school leader has to be equipped for the inconceivable. They have to be well-informed and adaptable for the unimaginable...
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... * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ISLLC Standards :1-6 * Kelly Barron * Grand Canyon University * Education Administration Foundation and Framework * EDA 534 * December 17, 2014 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Standard One: Lead With Vision- A school administrator is an educational leader who promotes the success of all students by facilitating the development, articulation, implementation, and stewardship of a vision of learning that is shared and supported by all stakeholders. ( ISSLLC 2008: 1ELCC1) | Knowledge | Skills | Enduring Understandings | Essential Questions | Administrators will know… | Administrators will be able to … | Administrators will understand that… | | An administrator will know how to communicate with his/her faculty. | collaborativelydevelop andimplement a sharedvision and mission (ISSLLC 2008:1ELCC1). Teachersand parents willrecognize the broadacademic andoperationalassurances of thevision, as well as itscommitment to itsstudents andcommunity. This willenable stakeholdersto apply the missionpromptly andcorrectly.Furthermore, create alinkage between theschool andcommunity. | Looking at Standard One, the administrators will develop a shared vision, plan and implement activities around their vision, allocate resources...
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...you to focus on your future developmental needs as an education leaders. The PDP will be a useful guide in your professional development throughout future EDA courses in general, and in particular will be used in conjunction with anNational Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) rated Reflective Essay that will be completed at the end of your internship. Your portfolio will in part focus on the National Policy Board for Educational Administration’s “Standards for Advanced Programs in Educational Leadership”and the New York State Standards.These standards called the ELCC (Educational Leadership Constituents Council) Standards and the NYS Standards form the basis for all coursework in Education Leadership at the College of Saint Rose. Part of the PDP will also include a self-evaluation instrument called the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC)“School Leadership Self Inventory.”The *ELCC standards are also correlated to the *College of Saint Rose School of Education Standards called “College...
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...superintendent, or school level administrator can be a difficult task when it comes to the budget aspects of any school district. Thus it is vital for any administrator or person involved in the various aspects of the budget examine the basis for budget making decisions and the key accounting principles to be followed by all school districts. These budgetary processes can be addressed with four keystone parts. In the first area of emphasis is to understand the school districts generally accepted accounting practices on which the budget is to be founded. From there it is also essential to identify the key roles of the superintendent in the budgetary process as well as the role of those sitting on the board as school board members. This paper will also examine the methods and accounting principals in place to ensure that the budget is balances as well as coordinated accurately. Finally we shall look at generally accepted timelines for a budget as well as projections for student enrollment and all necessary funding ideals that should be included. Generally Accepted Accounting Practices Regardless of the school, if there is to be a excellence in education, there is a requirement that the leaders have a vision and process for obtaining that vision (Bernhardt, 2013). The same can be said when designing a budget and working within the confines of the generally accepted accounting principles knows as GAAP. The main focus regardless of the changes that are sure to occur must be...
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...Review of Research School Leadership Study Developing Successful Principals Stephen Davis Linda Darling-Hammond Michelle LaPointe Debra Meyerson Stanford Educational Leadership Institute Commissioned by The Wallace Foundation SELI Stanford University School of Education 520 Galvez Mall Stanford, CA 94305-3084 Phone: 650.724.7384 Fax: 650.723.9931 Email: principalstudy@stanford.edu http://seli.stanford.edu This report was commissioned by The Wallace Foundation and produced by the Stanford Educational Leadership Institute in conjunction with The Finance Project. © 2005 Stanford Educational Leadership Institute (SELI). All rights reserved. Principals play a vital role in setting the direction for successful schools, but existing knowledge on the best ways to prepare and develop highly qualified candidates is sparse. What are the essential elements of good leadership? How are successful leadership development programs designed? What program structures provide the best learning environments? What governing and financial policies are needed to sustain good programming? “School Leadership Study: Developing Successful Principals” is a major research effort that seeks to answer these questions. Commissioned by The Wallace Foundation and undertaken by the Stanford Educational Leadership Institute in conjunction with The Finance Project, the study will examine eight highly developed pre- and inservice program models that address key issues in developing strong...
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... Newton County on December 10, 1836. It was hand-written on two pieces of notebook paper, front and back. By 1914, the Methodist Church was looking to create a university in the South, and Emory College was looking to expand. Asa Candler, founder of The Coca-Cola Company, wrote the "million-dollar letter" to offer seed money, and he sweetened the deal by donating land in Atlanta. Emory University received a DeKalb County charter to build at its present location in 1915. The soft drink company president's brother was Emory alumnus and former president, Methodist Bishop Warren Candler, who returned to serve as its first chancellor on the new campus. The Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Company has given rise to family fortunes for the Candlers, the Woodruffs, the Goizuetas and others who have been extraordinarily generous to Emory. The philanthropy of these and other donors has enabled Emory's growth and empowered its ambition to become one of the nation's leading universities. It's unofficially considered poor school spirit to drink other soda brands on campus. In a city known for growth and change, Emory carefully cultivates a creative blend of old and new on campus. And all students, professors and staff members become part of the university's uniquely wonderful heritage (Emory, n.d.). Vision and Mission The Emory University School of Medicine is a leading institution with the highest standards in...
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