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Thursday, October 10, 2013

District Strategic Planning

Leadership Pipeline

Principal Leadership

Development

Focused Academic Support

Technology Fluency

Accountability Systems

Student

Success

HCDE Five Year Strategic Plan

Principal Leadership Development

Leadership matters. In fact, it is second only to effective instruction among all

school related factors that contribute to student learning.

Leithwood (2004)

Principal Leadership Development

The Principalship – HCDE

Principals43% with less than 3 years experience in HCDE

Assistant Principals

62% less than 3 years experience in HCDE

Principal Leadership Development

Overall Goal: Every school in HCDE will

have an effective instructional, operational,

and community leader that has been

supported through a leadership pipeline

before and during their tenure as principal.

Principal Leadership Development

Sub-initiative #1

Implement systems of ongoing support for

existing principals to improve overall

effectiveness

Principal Leadership Development

Main Activities - Sub-initiative #1

Activity 1: Induction program with mentorship

Activity 2: Professional development catalog

Activity 3: Principal networks and PLCs

Activity 4: Implement coaching support

Principal Leadership Development

Sub-initiative #2

Implement systems to identify and grow aspiring

principal talent within HCDE in order to build a deep

leadership bench

.

Principal Leadership Development

Main Activities - Sub-initiative #2

Activity 1: Revise Leadership Fellows selection modelActivity 2: Implement a residency model

Activity 3: Principal Leadership Academy

.

Principal Leadership Development

Sub-initiative #3

Sustain continuous improvement of HCDE’s

administrator evaluation model to reflect

evolving district needs, priorities, and state

standards

Principal Leadership Development

Main Activities - Sub-initiative #3

Activity 1: Create HCDE principal evaluation model aligned with Project Coach

Activity 2: Develop survey models for evaluationprocess

Leadership PipelineBackground

• Working group formed

– HCDE and PEF staff

• Needs Assessment

– Surveys, demographic analysis, current programs

• Review of current literature

– Wallace Foundation

• Learn from successful initiatives in other districts

– Charlotte-Mecklenburg and Gwinnett County

• Partner with thought leader

– Joseph Murphy, Vanderbilt University

Leadership Pipeline

What has emerged?

A clear need to develop and support our next

generation of aspiring leaders.

Support the ongoing growth and development of

current leaders.

Leadership Pipeline

A vision taking shape…

Instructional expertise

Advocate for students and

families

Demonstrated leadership