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ASPIRE Identifying Future Educational Leaders
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ASPIRE. Identifying Future Educational Leaders. Group Four Members. Scott Ballantyne Kelly Barton Kent Chrisman Erin Connolly Joseph Hood Rich Hug Mary Kropiewnicki Andrea Malmont. This Proposal will address the need to: Ensure the availability of effective - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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ASPIRE
Identifying Future Educational Leaders
Group Four Members
Scott BallantyneKelly BartonKent ChrismanErin ConnollyJoseph HoodRich HugMary KropiewnickiAndrea Malmont
This Proposal will address the need to:
Ensure the availability of effectiveschool leaders at the P-12 level
Environment
The challenges facing education demand qualified, inspired leadership
The pool of committed candidates needs to be expanded to meet this need
Obstacles to identifying and advancing good educational leaders must be removed
The Elements of Effective Educational Leadership?Curriculum and InstructionStudent Assessment/AchievementFamily/Parental InvolvementPersonnel ManagementResource ManagementSpecialized Skills (Technology, Special
Education, etc)
Obstacles to Retention
Certification RequirementsLack of StatusComparatively Low Salary Compared
to IndustryInsufficient MentoringMeager Support
Challenges
Leadership vs. ManagementQuality of LifeMandatesLitigious Nature (Entitlement)Perception of Administration
Emergent LeadersP.G. Northouse, Leadership Theory and Practice, 2004
While some grow and support prospective educational leaders, we propose a program to remove the obstacles to recruitment to identify and start future administrators on the path to school and district leadership
Existing Leadership Programs
Pennsylvania Inspired Leadership (PIL)Leadership and Excellence for
Administrators in Pennsylvania Schools (LEAPS)
Local and Regional Leadership Programs
ASPIREIdentifying and Supporting Pennsylvania’s
Future Educational Leadership
Introducing…
Step Up to Leadership
•SUPPORT (PIL)
•GROW (PIL), LEAPS
•ASPIRE
ASPIRE would concentrate its services at the DISTRICT
LEVEL assisting them in reaching the following goals
Program Goals
Identify Prospective Leaders
Program Goals
Provide In-District Resources to Assist Educators in Their Decision to Take on
Leadership Roles
Program Goals
Mentor and Monitor Certification Process
Program Goals
Improve Administrator Status and Quality of Life
Program Goals
Develop and Implement Effective Mentoring and Internship Programs
Program Goals
Guide Qualified Candidates to Employment in Administrative
Positions
ASPIRE Would…
Enlarge the pool of qualified, committed educational professionals who have the data necessary to make informed career decisions
ASPIRE Would…
Equip district decision makers with strategies to enhance the status of administrators and improve their quality of life
ASPIRE Would…
Enhance the value and impact of building and district leaders
ASPIRE Would…
Close the support gap between educators who are not yet committed to becoming administrators and other programs which support committed educational professionals
ASPIRE Would…
Create a foundation for advocacy to…
– Ensure the availability of strong administrator and leadership programs
– Support legislation that improves the quality of life for administrators
…by providing data and resources to the Pennsylvania Department of Education and the Legislature
ASPIRE Would…
Celebrate the important role administrators have to play in the education of students
Evaluation
An increased pool of qualified, effective educational leaders placed in positions which positively impact student achievement
The establishment of district level programs which identify talented professionals for leadership roles
Our children deserve the very
best we can give…
ASPIRE
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