How To Get From AP to Principal: Best Practices for APs Dr. Joel Herbst, Area Director Marci Lindemann, Leadership Development, HRD Marie Wright, Intern Principal
Dec 25, 2015
How To Get From AP to Principal: Best Practices for APs
Dr. Joel Herbst, Area DirectorMarci Lindemann, Leadership
Development, HRDMarie Wright, Intern Principal
Assistant Principal
• FLDOE– Staff members assisting the administrative
head of the school.
• Online dictionary– Assistant principals are second in position
behind the principal in running the school. They often have specific responsibilities such as discipline while the principal has overall responsibilities for school functions.
Professional Development = Continuous Improvement
• FASA Resources - Summer Leadership Conference and Exposition
• William Cecil Golden School Leadership Development Program
• SREB Leadership Training• Florida School Leaders: Leadership Academies,
Assistant Principal Leadership Forums• Successful Practices Network• Secondary School Redesign Initiative • Continuing Education - District, University• Professional Journals, Online Resources and Tools
Florida School Leaders: SREB Leadership Training
• Building a High Performance Learning Culture• Prioritizing Mapping and Monitoring the
Curriculum• Data Analysis for School Leaders• Providing Focused and Sustained Professional
Development• Leading Change: Building and Maintaining a
Focused Drive Toward Student Achievement• Meeting the Standards: Looking at Teacher
Assignments• Leading Assessments and Instruction• Giving Leadership to Literacy
FLORIDASCHOOLLEADERS.ORG
• Classroom Walkthrough Training• The IBM Change Toolkit• The Microsoft School Leader Development
Program• Principal Leadership Standards Inventory• Individual Leadership Development Plan• Leadership Development Progress Log• Learning Library • … and more!
Florida Principal Leadership Standards
Instructional Leadership Sector
Operational Leadership Sector
School Leadership Sector
Instructional leadership
Decision Making Strategies
Vision
Managing the Learning Environment
Human Resource Development
Community and Stakeholder Partnerships
Learning, Accountability, and Assessment
Technology Diversity
Ethical Leadership
A Good Example
• Let’s take a look at how one Assistant Principal is moving up the Leadership Continuum towards the Principalship
Moving Beyond
• Literacy• Staff Development• FISH Focus for
students• FISH Focus for
teachers• Focus Teams• Spanish/Creole
initiatives• Integration of
technology
• Whisper Phones• Professional
development & affiliations
• 6:45 to 3:45• Grant Development• Magnet Program
Development• Construction
LITERACY
Writing across thecurriculum
Writing in English, SocialStudies and Foreign Language
Writing in English only
Staff Development
Create and implement a Data & Results Driven, Job-Embedded, Standards Based staff development model that will close the achievement gap as measured by state and
national exams through the creation of increased instructional capacity, program capacity and lead to greater
staff and student opportunities.
FOR TEACHERS – BY TEACHERS
FOCUS TEAMS
• LITERACY• PROFESSIONAL LEARNING• SMALL LEARNING COMMUNITIES (HS
Majors)• TRANSISTIONS (9th grade academy)• GUIDANCE (Paladin Parent)• CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION (RRR)• SCHOOL & COMMUNITY RELATIONS
Spanish/Creole Initiatives
• Special parent nights• Youth Co-Op program• Dedicated personnel for translation
assistance• Translation of key communications• Phone Robot• FCAT Phone Bank
Divergent SolutionsWhisper Phones
• Students report increased comprehension when they hear themselves read
• Wrote to FLDOE – approved for use during FCAT for ESE students
Professional Development & Affiliations
• Higher education - colleges and universities• FASA - Florida Association of School Administrators
• FAPA - Florida Assistant Principals Association • NASSP - National Association of Secondary School Principals
• NAESP - National Association of Elementary School Principals
• SSRI - Secondary School Redesign Initiative• AASA - American Association of School Administrators• ASCD - Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
• BAPA - Broward Assistant Principals Association
Building the Resume
• Skill Sets (Hard & Soft)• Professional Organizations (FASA)• Continuing Education (Doctoral Program)• Community Involvement (CRI)• Mentoring & Modeling (Staff)• Literature (Education, Business &
Leadership)• District Committees
Please contact us for further information:
• Joel Herbst, South Central Area Director, Broward County Public Schools (Past President, FASA)
• Marci Lindemann, Coordinator, Leadership Development, HRD, Broward County Public Schools (President, FAPA)
[email protected]• Marie Wright, Intern Principal, South Plantation
High School, Broward County [email protected]