Domain+I



DOMAIN I—SCHOOL COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP Competency 001 - The principal knows how to shape campus culture by facilitating the development, articulation, implementation, and stewardship of a vision of learning that is shared and supported by the school community.

I have found that I have spent approximately 36 hours in this competency from both my Campus Supervised Log and Course Embedded Log. I would say my level of mastery is proficient. I still need improvement on improving campus culture and consensus building strategies. I especially find that consensus building can be hard to do if not approached properly.

One activity lead me to grow was conducting a data-based needs assessment to create a campus action plan to address the needs. I believe it lead my growth because before I did this, I’m not sure I would have known how to go about creating a campus action plan. I had served on my campus committee before, which worked on our campus improvement plan. This had been several years ago, and my principal did most of the work. Now, we have a new principal and the plan is written differently than when I served on the committee. In this activity, I learned to mine data and look for areas of weakness. There were various aspects of creating a campus action plan such as professional development, budget allocation, defining resources to support the plan, and tools needed for improvement. This activity required a lot of time and creative thinking of how to address the needs. When developing such a plan, you also must be knowledgeable of professional development needed and available in your region. This activity made an impression on me because I know how important a campus action plan is. It’s not something that is taken lightly; it drives and designates specific goals and strategies to accomplish the goals for the school year.

Competency 002 - The principal knows how to communicate and collaborate with all members of the school community, responds to diverse interests and needs, and mobilizes resources to promote student success.

When looking back on all my activities there was one that stuck out as an activity that made both an impression on me and created growth. The activity was an assignment in 5326 where I was required to develop a plan for a family school-partnership to increase student achievement. I feel that this engrained a lot of growth for me because I haven’t really seen this done in my school. I had no previous knowledge or experience in this activity. I was required to do a lot of deep and creative thinking as well as research what other schools do to achieve this goal. I found that you don’t want to set precedence, instead you want to do something that another school similar to yours has done successfully. You then make minor changes to make it your own so that it is unique for your campus. Through this experience, I gained confidence. I feel that even though this can be a difficult task, I have walked through the process and now I have a better idea of what steps to take to be successful.

I believe that I am reaching a level of proficiency in this competency. I find it challenging, at times, to develop programs that involve the family and community to increase student achievement. I have spent approximately 37 hours in this competency from both my Campus Supervised Log and Course Embedded Log added together.

Competency 003 The principal knows how to act with integrity, fairness, and in an ethical and legal manner.

Approximately 31 hours were completed in this competency from both my Campus Supervised Log and Course Embedded Log combined. I believe I am exemplary in this competency because my personality along with ethics I was brought up with cause me to hold a high standard as well as a love for following rules to a “t”.

The activity that made a big impression on me was to list my principles for ethical behavior that I currently employ then interviewing a school and business leader to solicit the principles they employ. I found that all the principles were consistent; this finding was very important to me, especially in the unethical and corrupt world that we live in today. This activity led me to reflect upon my personal life, because both the school leader and business leader stated that they conducted business as they do their personal life. I thought about their personal life to see if it reflected one of good character, integrity, and moral, or was it one of poor character, manipulation, and deceit. Not many people would support a school or business if it were conducted in the later description. Through reflection of my own life, I was encouraged because my findings revealed that I shared many of the ethical behaviors and beliefs of the people I interviewed. I then came to the conclusion that these behaviors and beliefs have a positive impact on others when their leaders are modeling them. I think it rubs off on people and it creates a sense of safety among a group of people when they know their leader has those qualities.