Standard+I

=Standard I: Strategic Leadership = School executives will create conditions that result in strategically re-imaging the school's vision, mission, and goals in the 21st century. Understanding that schools ideally prepare students for an unsen but not altogether unpredictable future, the leader creates a climate of inquiry that challenges the school community to continually re-purpose itself by building on its core values and beliefs about its preferred future and then developing a pathway to reach it. =__Standard 1a: School Vision, Mission, and Strategic Goals __= **Proficient**: //Works with others to develop a shared vision and strategic goals for student achievement that reflect high expectations for students and staff; maintains a focus on the vision and strategic goals throughout the school year.//

//__Activities__//:

 * Worked with Belmont's School Leadership (SLT) and School Improvement (SIT) Teams on re-evaluating our school's mission, vision, and core values, and to develop a working knowledge of "How We Do Business Here"
 * Worked with Belmont's School Progress Management Team (SPMT) to help lead teachers and staff members in investigating the results of the //2012 NC Teacher Working Conditions Survey//, and how to improve our school's areas of challenge in way that aligns with our strategic goals

__Artifacts: __

 * Samples from work with SPMT in deconstructing the 2012 NC Teacher Working Conditions Survey results

=__Standard 1b: Leading Change __= **Proficient:** //Works with others to systematically consider new and better ways of leading for improved student achievement for all students and engages stakeholders in the change process.//

//__Activities__//:

 * Worked with administration to help implement and organize scheduling around a new district literacy and math program, SuccessMaker
 * Worked with administration and School Leadership Team to design and implement a school-wide bullying intervention plan, with clear steps for handling each offense and interventions/supports for both the bullied and the bully

__//Artifacts //__:

 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Notes from development and finalization of school-wide Bullying Intervention Plan

=__<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Standard 1c: School Improvement Plan __= <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Proficient:** //Works with others to incorporate principles of continuous improvement and 21st century concepts into the School Improvement Plan; works with others to systematically collect, analyze, and use data regarding the school's progress toward attaining strategic goals and objectives.//

=__<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Standard 1d: Distributive Leadership __= <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Proficient**: //Works with others to create opportunities for staff to demonstrate leadership skills by empowering them to assume leadership and decision-making roles; works with others to encourage teachers and support staff to assume leadership and decision-making roles in the school.//

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> //__Activities__//:

 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Worked with School Leadership and School Improvement Teams to decide on an avenue for my internship project's "Problem of Practice," as well as to encourage their decision-making around strategies to use throughout the process
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Worked with administration and School Leadership Team to design and implement a school-wide bullying intervention plan; garnered and incorporated feedback from SLT to finalize all phases of this plan

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">//__Artifacts__://

 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Process and documents related to determining my "Problem of Practice"
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Notes from development and finalization of school-wide Bullying Intervention Plan