EDLD5333+Reflections

EDLD 5333 Reflections-Leadership for Accountability

In this course, we looked at how to be a leader who makes data-based decisions in order to reach accountability goals that you set for yourself as well as those imposed by the state. We examined AYP indicators for different subjects, as well as AYP data that was specific to our campuses. It was good to look at this data overall, as well as the disaggregated data to see how the different groups were broken down. This is a great tool to be able to compare the standards to the true data from your campus or district. This information is helpful to any leader in making decisions for how to improve their campus and to help it move toward the standards of the state. After looking at these sets of data, we began to formulate our own visions of leadership. We articulated our own leadership vision and discussed how we can use that to improve our campuses or districts, and how we can reach our accountability standards. We also looked at a need to be addressed within our campus that was based on our AYP data. This need would be addressed in light of our leadership vision. We created SMART goals for this area of need and identified strategies to be used in addressing the need. After creating goals within a specific area of need, we created a campus action plan. We made longer term goals for our campus (or district), identifying specific objectives, timelines, and how success would be evaluated. In order to prepare those on our campus who would be respnsible for implementing the action plan, we put together professional development plans that would be used in order to reach the goals that we set. This was helpful to me in order to see the step by step way to approach campus improvement based on real data and state standards. I had examined much of the data specific to my campus prior to this, but it was helpful to then compare it side by side with the state standards. I had also already articulated my own philosophy of leadership already, but it was helpful to create professional development with this in mind. Looking at areas of need in the data and creating your own leadership vision causes you to look at the improvement process in a way that it all comes together. It is also helpful to look at how to get others in your campus to buy in to the improvement process, whether they are on board or resistant to the changes that you want to make. There are times when people remain resistant, and this is something that I would like to continue to look at. I would like to learn more about working with teachers or others who are resistant to change and how to help them to be willing to work with the group toward improvement.