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All individual and team activities are designed to assist PTLI participants to apply information
presented in workshops in actual practice.
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Competencies/Standards addressed in these activities |
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CPS
Principal Competency - Develop and Articulate Belief System through Voice and Actions: Engage staff, students, parents, local school council and community
to work
toward developing and implementing a common vision. Have ability to engage broad
representation of school in strategic planning. Lead by example, exhibiting high ethics and moral leadership and a strong
belief that all children can learn
CPS Principal Competency - Assess the Quality of Classroom
Instruction: Know
and have the ability to direct the implementation of successful literacy and mathematic strategies school-wide. Possess expert
knowledge of a range of effective learning theories and practices, with the ability to model practice, and coach and assist
teachers to support instructional improvement. Be able to use data to improve instruction and student achievement.
NETS*A Standard 1 - 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 Standard 3 - Productivity and
Professional Practice: Educational leaders apply technology to enhance their professional practice and to increase their own productivity
and that of others.
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Activity Objectives |
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Objective 1.5: Each principal will
develop a personal vision statement about how instructional technology will be used to lead to the enhancement of literacy
and mathematics priorities at his/her site.
Objective 3.1: Each
professional learning community will list data elements, other than gains in standardized achievement
data, that constitute evidence of growth in using and integrating technology and evidence of impact on student learning.
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Individual Activity–Personal Vision Statement
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Required Reading |
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Making
Technology Standards Work for You: A Guide for School Administrators (Chapter 1)
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Suggested Resources |
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Self-Assessment
Activities for School Administrators
(Chapter 1, activity 2)
The Electronic Briefcase for Administrators (Chapter 1, possible activities: Articulating
a Vision)
101 Best Web Sites for Principals (Possible resource sections: General, Professional Reading)
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Activity
- Complete the required reading.
- Review the suggested resources and select one of the
templates for writing a personal vision statement.
- Using the information presented in the October workshop
and the readings, compose you own personal vision statement about
how instructional technology will be used to lead to the enhancement of literacy and mathematics priorities at your site,
support implementation of the site’s SIPAAA, and incorporate the Power of 2+2 initiative.
- Save your statement as a Word file and bring it to the December workshop.
Team Activity–List of 8-10 data elements for monitoring progress
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Required Reading |
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Making
Technology Standards Work for You: A Guide for School Administrators (Chapter 1)
SIPAAA Quarterly Update
High School Scorecard Directory
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Suggested Resources |
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Self-Assessment
Activities for School Administrators
(Chapter 1, activity 7)
The Electronic Briefcase for Administrators (Chapter 1, possible activities: Evaluation
Plan Overview, and/or Data Library)
101 Best Web Sites for Principals (Possible resource sections: General, Professional
Reading)
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Activity
- Complete the required reading.
- Review the suggested resources.
- Meet face-to-face or virtually with team to complete
the list of 8-10 data elements (other than gains in standardized achievement data) that
will be used to monitor evidence of growth in using and integrating technology and evidence of
impact on student learning. Refer to the SIPAAA Quarterly Update template and High School Scorecard Directory
during this activity.
- Save your list as a Word file and bring it to the December workshop.
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