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Designing the School Leader's Portfolio

Second Edition
By: Mary E. Dietz

Foreword by Linda Lambert

Build a professional community that fosters learning, reflection, and collaboration!

Professional portfolios help school leaders share knowledge and facilitate school change. The author offers practical, data-based strategies for leading a professional learning community in developing action plans, advancing goals, and documenting achievements. Aligned with ISLLC standards, this second edition provides a CD-ROM with a rich collection of resources and templates and gives educators the tools to:

Link leadership growth to school improvement goals
Design a data-based leadership growth plan
Foster collaborative efforts among staff members
Develop a comprehensive system for continuous individual and schoolwide improvement

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Product Details

Grade Level: PreK-12
ISBN: 9781412948968
Published By: Corwin
Year: 2008
Page Count: 136
Publication date: March 04, 2008

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"The book's style and format allows the busy person to use the tasks easily. The tools can be used in workshops with school staff to provide a clear framework of operation, giving sound reasons for the activities involved and defining the purpose for and the nature of involving of others in the portfolio process."
—Shirley O'Neill, Associate Professor of Education
University of Southern Queensland, Australia

Build a professional community that fosters learning, reflection, and collaboration!

Professional portfolios give educational leaders a structure for sharing knowledge and viewing themselves as learners, collaborators, and facilitators of community learning. Drawing from her experience in working with schools across the country, Mary E. Dietz guides educators in the highly rewarding process of designing and implementing a leadership portfolio.

This practical guide provides a four-part system for leading a professional learning community in developing action plans, advancing goals, and documenting achievements. The second edition has been updated to align with ISLLC standards and includes a rich collection of resources, tools, and templates on a CD-ROM. Educational leaders will learn how to:

Link leadership growth to school improvement goals
Design a data-based leadership growth plan
Foster collaborative efforts among staff members
Develop a comprehensive system for continuous individual and schoolwide improvement

Designing the School Leader's Portfolio, Second Edition, helps principals, district administrators, and staff developers build a professional community that works and learns together.

Key features

Practical guide to developing data and goal based leadership growth plan
Links leadership growth to school improvement goals
Tools for developing collaborative learning community assessment and goals

Author(s)

Mary E. Dietz

Mary Dietz is an international consultant specializing in assisting educators in building capacity to establish and facilitate learning communities. She is also co-founder of LearnCity, an educational technology firm offering a web-based solution for designing, implementing, and assessing standards-based instruction, K-12. Her work is focused on coaching educational systems through the design and implementation of school reform efforts. Much of her work with educators has been in the areas of continuous improvement, professional development, coaching, and alternative performance assessments for educators. She established the Portfolio Network for the National Staff Development Council (NSDC), dedicated to promoting the portfolio process for professional learning. She has coached teachers, administrators, school boards, and communities in establishing the relationships necessary for systemic change. Most recently she served as designer and facilitator of an online Knowledge Management System for managing standards-based instruction in California.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Linda Lambert

How to Use This Book

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Introduction

1. The Role of the Leadership Performance System in Accelerating Student Achievement

The Role of the Leadership Performance System

The LPS Process

The Benefits of the LPS

The Importance of Leaders as Learners

Getting Ready to Design and Implement Your LPS

LPS Portfolio

2. Establishing a Purpose for the LPS

The First Phase of the LPS

Establishing a Purpose for the LPS

Leadership Standards and Expectations

Defining the LPS Purpose and Function

Defining One's Theory of Action

Summary of LPS Contents

3. Focusing the LPS

The Convergence of Goals and Professional Development

Determining Goals in the LPS

The Focused Leader

Involving School Staff

Determining Performance Benchmarks

Identifying Success Indicators

Establishing a Banner Question

Refining the Banner Question

Summary of LPS Contents

4. The Process and Structures for Collaborations

Establishing Professional Structures for Collaborations

Identifying an LPS Partner

Benefits of Peer Collaboration

Scheduling Roundtable Sessions

Sumamry of LPS Contents

5. Outcomes for Action Planning and Reporting Results

Taking Action

Creating a Professional Performance Plan

Outcomes - Reporting Results

Summary of LPS Contents

6. Technology and the LPS Process

Employing Electronic Support

Appendices

Appendix A: LPS Resource Matrix

Appendix B: Steps in the LPS Process

Appendix C: Templates of LPS Tools

Appendix D: Sample Completed LPS Tools

Appendix E: Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) Standards for School Leaders

References

Index

Reviews

"The book's style and format allows the busy person to use the tasks easily. The tools can be used in workshops with school staff to provide a clear framework , giving sound reasons for the activities involved and defining the purpose for and the nature of involving others in the portfolio process."

Shirley O'Neill, Associate Professor of Education
University of Southern Queensland, Australia

"The theoretical framework behind the development of the portfolio is very powerful, and the organization of the book is great."

Steve Hutton, Area Coordinator
Kentucky Center for Instructional Discipline, KY

Other Titles in: Professional Learning Communities | Principalship | Leadership

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