The Essential Skills that participants will learn are the following:
• Identify the elements of an effective school that is focused on learning and constantly improving
• Develop strategies for bridging from mission, vision, and learning principles to day-to-day decisions
• Demonstrate the importance of a systematic process for the collection, analysis and use of data for school improvements
• Analyze how schools can be best organized to support learning in areas of teacher configuration and leadership roles, student grouping patterns, learning sequences and timing
• Apply an understanding of systematic change models to one’s school and determine leverage points
• Gain skills in human resource allocation for recruiting, hiring, retaining and developing quality staff, and in building relationships and incorporating parents into the school culture
• Develop strategies for creating an effective professional development program
• Deepen understanding about the role of culture and determine leadership activities to build and maintain a strong culture
• Develop a school improvement goal and action plan for student learning gains and increased school effectiveness
Badges will be earned by participants who demonstrate one or more of these skills.
