Los Angeles Principal Residency Network Fieldwork Log

Your fieldwork log documents your leadership experiences outside of the cohort meetings. To the extent that you both broaden and deepen your administrative activities, you will prepare yourself for the role of an educational leader. Breadth will be fairly easy for you to monitor; make certain you include experiences in each of the five LA PRN Strands. Depth will depend on the leadership skill you use while participating with each activity. Leading a group of stakeholders requires greater skill than participating as an observer. You will be given a rubric for self assessment, so that you can monitor the leadership level of your work at your school. Directions 1. Remember always that the LAPRN mission is to transform schools for social justice. Stay focused on that purpose as you work with your Mentor Principal to design leadership experiences. 2. Review your Strengths/Needs Assessment regularly to maintain your focus on the areas you need to develop. Work with your Mentor Principal to design leadership experiences that will develop your needs. 3. Record entries in the fieldwork log, daily, weekly or monthly. 4. Reference the LA PRN rubric to ensure that you are deepening your leadership experiences. 5. Reflective practice leads to personal transformation. Reflect after each Fieldwork Log entry. Celebrate your successes as you develop stronger leadership skills and/or redesign your planned activities for greater depth. 6. Review your log periodically with your mentor principal. 7. Submit your log to Albert Jones and Irene Herrera-Stewart three times a year: December, March and June.

STRAND: Leadership and Vision: Vision Development Ensure that your experiences during your residency replicate or mirror some of the examples noted below. Shadow an administrator and interview two administrators (one site administrator and one district administrator). Participate in a strategy for the development of shared vision with the school community. Facilitate the development of a shared vision for the achievement of all students based upon data from multiple measures of student learning and relevant qualitative indicators. Identify and address barriers to accomplishing the vision. Develop a strategy to sustain personal motivation, commitment, energy, and health by balancing professional and personal responsibilities. Prepare a professional development session on research and learning theories and models in relation to planned change. REPORTING MONTH: Date or time period
8-9-12 September to December 2012

Experience

Evidence/Documents Including journal entry or part of journal entry related to experience when appropriate
This experience was recorded through a reflection in my PRN journal.

Related research and reading and/or resources, including skilled practitioners

Rubric Level

Met with two principals and two LAUSD Operations administrators to review discipline policy and logistics for coming year. Meet every Monday with teachers and staff during lunchtime as part of Individual Learning Project.

There are agendas, sign-in sheets and weve even written some reflections on the roles of Youth Mentors. 3 Our principal has agendas for every meeting. We also communicate and networking through email. We also have to signin at every meeting. As part of the Instructional Cabinet and Shared Decision Making committees, weve met several times to discuss this process and component. Weve kept records of this with agendas, emails and sign-in sheets.

September to November 2012 January to March 2013

Met with Instructional Cabinet to plan, organize and prepare for initial WASC visit.

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We are part of Public School Choice and we have been under close monitoring. This process helps to identify and address barriers to accomplishing our schools vision.

August to present 2013

I am part of our schools Hiking Club and DJ Club; this is part of the culture building efforts of our brand new school finest and most dedicated

I am the host for the DJ club and one of the requirements for hosting a club in school is to create a constitution and budget. We also require members to write a composition on why they want to

teachers. It not only provides an alternative and positive outlet for our urban and disenfranchised youth, but it also provides me an opportunity to relax and enjoy two of my favorite things in life, nature and melody. January 2013 During one of the Mentoring Club meetings, I shared CST data on our two target student subgroups that reflected Far Below Basic scores in ELA & MATH. This was a precursor to an intervention strategy we came up with to help these struggling students

be part of either club. There are applications to fill out as well, and when we go on field trips, we make sure to have field trip slips filled out with pertinent information in case of an emergency.

In order to prepare for this professional development session, we had to generate reports from our Secondary Information System (SIS). We aggregated data that was tailored to the two particular sub groups of students.

January March 2013

In an effort to participate and contribute to our schools shared vision and for the achievement of all of our students, I shared qualitative data on where many of our students are struggling and what is working for them in the classroom.

The qualitative data are surveys/notes that are filled out by the students themselves. These notes indicate where and what students are struggling with and what they like about their classes. This information was provided to our entire faculty and was also shared with them via email.

Aspiring Principal Signature Mentor Principal Verification Signature(s) ___________________________________________________ Mentor Principal Name (please print) DR. JONATHAN SISON School MAYA ANGELOU COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL Phone # (323) 846-4741 E-mail JMS5829@LAUSD.NET

STRAND: Leadership and Vision: Vision Implementation Ensure that your experiences during your residency replicate or mirror some of the examples noted below. Act on a mission of the school as a standards-based educational system. Design and execute a project at your school site where you assume the role of change agent. Coordinate school programs, plans, and activities to ensure integration, articulation, and consistency with the vision

Utilize technology to foster effective and timely communication to all members of the school community. Facilitate constructive conversations about how to improve student learning and achievement.

REPORTING MONTH: Date or time period

August 2012 to present

Experience
Met with Mentor Principal and school faculty to share ILP. This was a precursor to the beginning/execution of ILP.

Evidence/Documents Including journal entry or part of journal entry related to experience when appropriate
I have met with my MP many times through out the year to review and revisit my ILP. At the beginning of our current school year, I met with the faculty and provided a brief professional development session where I shared student discipline data from last year. I also invited everyone to work with me towards meeting our schools vision. There were agendas, emails exchanged and a ppt. presentation. Part of being a Dept. Chair and Special Ed. Coordinator requires that I prepare agendas for our weekly PD sessions. With this responsibility, Im also responsible for preparing ppt. presentations and for making sure that all of the teachers in our department take part in the PD sessions. This is verified and carried on with sign-in sheets. I had to prepare an agenda, and made sure that everyone who attended signed in and was accounted for. I had to prepare for the PD by having the website ready and making sure that the video clips were readily accessible for viewing. During and after the PD, all teachers and staff had to fill out a mandatory reflective piece that helped insure that everyone understood their role with the EL population. Every professional development session requires an agenda and sign-in sheet. However, Special Education is vastly legal matters and is often accompanied by district memos and references. In the effort to review and revisit student data on an ongoing basis, Ive also accessed and used My Data to aggregate and disaggregate CST, EL and SLD data. Ive also had to provide this during our WASC visitations. The logistics of this operation were done in person and also via email. Reports were generated from SIS to ensure that only the students who met the testing requirements were selected to participate in the test. Careful consideration was given to coordinating school meals for our testing groups so that they did not waste time and energy. This was done with the support of our paraprofessionals and our Cafeteria Manager.

Related research and reading and/or resources, including skilled practitioners

Rubric Level

August to present (2013)

I have served as our schools Special Education Chair and Coordinator. This role has given me the opportunity to coordinate our schools special education program.

December 4, 2012

I facilitated English Learner Professional Development for the Special Education Dept. using the internet and through the use of an LCD projector.

August to present 2013

As Special Education Coordinator, Ive provided several PD opportunities where constructive conversations about how to improve student learning and achievement took place.

March 12 & 13, 2013

I coordinated with our schools Academic counselor, Testing Coordinator, Title 1 and EL Coordinator to ensure that our Special Education student population received the necessary supports needed and required during our CAHSEE testing.

March 12 2013

The Instructional Cabinet has been meeting regularly and in this date, we discussed how we would act and follow up on one of the schools mission; which is to implement an academic / learning strategy that is designed to support students and teachers in every classroom. We also discussed how Core k12 will be part of LAUSD starting next year and how it will affect our supporting efforts in the classroom

The instructional cabinet met after school in the collaboration room. This meeting took place after our weekly PD meeting. Our ppt. presentation had data on Road Show and our E cast for next years enrollment. Our discussion led us to a consensus on following up on our schools learning strategy (READING APPRENTICESHIP)

February 2013

Facilitated qualitative data to our entire faculty from a students perspective on where they are struggling and what they appreciate is working in their classes. This opened the door for constructive conversations about how to improve student learning and achievement.

Our entire school, including our director, superintendent of instruction and our local support unit staff, were emailed and informed about this initiative. There were two files shared; which were recommended to use by everyone that welcomed student input and or feedback. Several stakeholders, including our superintendent responded with positive remarks and compliments, as well as parents.

Aspiring Principal Signature Mentor Principal Verification Signature(s) ___________________________________________________ Mentor Principal Name (please print) DR. JONATHAN SISON School MAYA ANGELOU COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL Phone # (323) 846 - 4741 E-mail JMS5829@LAUSD.NET

STRAND: Research and Inquiry: Data-Based Decision-Making Ensure that your experiences during your residency replicate or mirror some of the examples noted below. Analyze the data from multiple measures of student learning and relevant qualitative indicators. Use technology to manage multiple types of databases within a school. Develop a plan for school-wide use of new technology. REPORTING MONTH: Date or time period Evidence/Documents Including journal entry or part of journal entry related to experience when appropriate
There were reports generated that were specific to grade level, gender, ethnic background and also for students with IEPs. Several reflections were written and discussed on this, as part of my ILP. There were two presentations given, one in the Fall of 2012 and one in the Spring of 2013 on findings and progress of ILP. 3

Experience

Related research and reading and/or resources, including skilled practitioners

Rubric Level

August 2012 Present

Aggregated student discipline data using LAUSDs data banks (My Data, S.I.S., Welligent) as research for the beginning faces of my inquiry based project (ILP). The focus was on student suspensions and it targeted African American students and students with Learning Disabilities.

December 3, 4, 5 and 6th of 2012

Worked with SJS Mentoring Club to aggregate and analyze CST data for our African American students and Students with Learning Disabilities.

The reports generated were specifically for our two targeted subgroup of students, but that had a FBB on ELA and MATH of the previous year. Our Mentoring Club has enough members, which gave way for members to work with a partner. Each couple of mentors tackled a grade level. Our project also aggregated and analyze CST data for potential student mentors. Separate reports were generated that targeted PROFICIENT AND ADVANCE levels on CST ELA and MATH. The databases (systems) I work with on a regular basis are MY DATA, S.I.S. I.S.I.S, and WELLIGENT. Ive had to present power point presentations to our faculty. There are agendas and sign-in sheets for all professional development sessions.

August 2012 to present

I currently have full access (admin. Access) to both schools on campus. This allows me to monitor and support our Special Education program and students. It also allows me to support at risk students who may benefit from RTI and or 504 plans. As part of the Leadership team at my school, we are in the process of developing and implementing a plan for school-wide use of new technology. We are part of a pilot program that will be providing Ipads to every student. As part of the Instructional

January and February 2013

Every teacher has been provided with an I-pad at our school. There has been PD with this. As part of my leadership role, Ive also made myself available to any teacher who needs help installing and navigating their new technology. We have agendas, sign-in sheets and power point presentations on file for teachers who need step-

Cabinet, our meetings have focused on logistics and best possible use for this type of technology. So far, weve managed to provide networking accessories which have and will ensure the best possible use for the this type of technology.

by-step support. Weve also distributed Apple TVs to every teacher, which will again; help revolutionize the way we deliver instruction. Its also an efficient way to use and capitalize the new technology we are privy to pilot.

February 2013

Ive collaborated with our neighbor/sister school on a qualitative data project. This project required that students share their concerns with their teachers via Im struggling Notes. This strategy has been used by several Mentor teachers as a way to inform the rest of the faculty on where specifically, their students are struggling and what they believe would best help them. This has been discussed at our faculty meetings and also via email.

Our entire school, including our director, superintendent of instruction and our local support unit staff, were emailed and informed about this initiative. There were two files shared; which were recommended to use by everyone that welcomed student input and or feedback. Several stakeholders, including our superintendent responded with positive remarks and compliments, as well as parents.

Aspiring Principal Signature Mentor Principal Verification Signature(s) ___________________________________________________ Mentor Principal Name (please print) DR. JONATHAN SISON School MAYA ANGELOU COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL Phone # (323) 846 - 4741 E-mail JMS5829@LAUSD.NET

STRAND: Research and Inquiry: Program Evaluation Ensure that your experiences during your residency replicate or mirror some of the examples noted below. Utilize multiple assessment measures to evaluate student learning to drive an ongoing process of inquiry focused on improving the learning of all students. Use research and site-based data to design, implement, support, evaluate and improve instructional programs and to drive professional development of staff. Evaluate instructional programs using qualitative and/or quantitative research methods, incorporating technological tools. REPORTING MONTH: Date or time period Evidence/Documents Including journal entry or part of journal entry related to experience when appropriate
All of our weekly professional development meetings have agendas and sign-in sheets. This time, we also had PDF files with the API and other current school data. 2 This Professional Development session was about the proper use of I-pads. Every teacher will be getting one and this PD would show teachers the basics on how to operate it. Attended a conference/seminar on Transformative Connected School System. This is a data-proven system that has the potential evaluate, support and improve our schools instructional programs and to help drive professional development with and for our staff. We participated in a web-based training around the WASC process. We met in Ms. Alonzo's classroom (2-203). We followed along with the presentation handouts and took notes electronically to save paper. This helped us evaluate our instructional program prior to our WASC visitation. We also took a greener approach and incorporated technological tools (desktop pc and ipads) to give way to a wider access to our schools quantitative data and demographics. There were several Apple representatives at our school site to provide support. There was a power point presentation used to showcase the features and practical uses of the I-pad in the classroom. We also had agendas, sign-in sheets and several reflections were made about the pros and cons.

Experience

Related research and reading and/or resources, including skilled practitioners

Rubric Level
2

October 18, 2012

We just received last years API data and we met as a faculty to review it. This conversation opened the door for growth ideas and also areas of improvement.

October 30, 2012

February 13, 2013

As part of this conference/seminar, we received agendas, a binder filled with the systems overview and a book. There was also a sign-in sheet and several reflections/conversations during and afterwards. This was also part of our PRN cohort meetings.

Transformative School Culture, How to Overcome Staff Division by Anthony Muhammad

June 5, 2012

There were Agendas prepared and sent out electronically via email; We had PDF files with our schools WASC plan and everything pertinent to this initial visit. Everyone signed in and participated in open dialogue about questions or concerns about the process and expectations.

Aspiring Principal Signature Mentor Principal Verification Signature(s) ___________________________________________________ Mentor Principal Name (please print) DR. JONATHAN SISON School MAYA ANGELOU COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL Phone # (323) 846 - 4741 E-mail JMS5829@LAUSD.NET

STRAND: Instructional Leadership Ensure that your experiences during your residency replicate or mirror some of the examples noted below. Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment Participate in the design, implementation, and evaluation of instructional programs that serve the diverse learning styles and needs of all students. Develop a plan to support the use of state-adopted learning materials and a wide array of learning strategies to support student learning. Create an accountability system of teaching and learning based on student learning standards. Special Education Participate in the development and/or implementation of two different IEP instructional programs. Facilitate the development of an Individualized Educational Program (IEP) for student. Faculty Development Complete needs assessment plan for in-service training. Supervise teachers through classroom visitation. Plan and conduct a series of faculty meetings.

REPORTING MONTH: Date or time period Evidence/Documents Including journal entry or part of journal entry related to experience when appropriate
Our principal typically facilitates our meetings but because we are all Lead teachers/ Dept. Chairs, we are all expected to be ready to share on our specific dept.s progress. We are always prepared with agendas, sign-in sheets and with data. 3 The curriculum is being used by the RSP teachers in the Learning Centers. November 2012 to present Using supplementary curriculum provided by LAUSD to support the learning of students in Resource program.

Experience

Related research and reading and/or resources, including skilled practitioners

Rubric Level

August of 2012 to present

Ive met with our schools Instructional Cabinet at least once a month for a collaborate effort to design, implementation and evaluation of our instructional programs that serve our diverse student population and their diverse learning needs/styles.

July 2011 to present

Im the Special Education Coordinator for our school. This role is comprehensive and entails the lead role of monitoring and supporting the Special Education program and most importantly, our student population with Learning Disabilities. As the RSP teacher and Special Ed. Coordinator, Ive been responsible for the facilitation and

As Sped. Coordinator, Ive led efforts to ensure compliance of the special education program. Ive also served as Administrative Designee for many IEP meetings.

July 2011 to

Our school has a large Special Education student population. Our students cumulative folders contain their current/up to date IEPs

present

implementation over 80 IEPs in the last two years at our school.

(green folder). Ive managed to keep my caseload in compliance and have also contributed to other caseloads that are behind and out of compliance.

August 2012 to present

As part of my leading coordinating role with Special Education, Ive been able to supervise some teachers through classroom visitations. This has also been part of my role as member of our schools Instructional Cabinet. We are also in our 2nd year of Public School Choice, and have to ensure our entire faculty is ensync and ready for the PSC visitations.

There is a DVR checklist that is provided by LAUSD as an E-file that serves as a guide to inform us about Sped. Compliance and policy. The items on the checklist have to be met by our entire school, but more specifically, our sped teaching faculty. The checklist is signed by our principal and submitted and kept on file for LAUSDs review.

Aspiring Principal Signature Mentor Principal Verification Signature(s) ___________________________________________________ Mentor Principal Name (please print) DR. JONATHAN SISON School MAYA ANGELOU COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL Phone # (323) 846 - 4741 E-mail JMS5829@LAUSD.NET

STRAND: School Governance Ensure that your experiences during your residency replicate or mirror some of the examples noted below. Personnel Establish a procedure for or assist in evaluating substitute teachers. Observe substitute teachers and submit evaluation. Design questions for interviews for a teacher, custodian, and instructional aide. Construct a schedule of classes and teacher assignments for a new semester/year/track. Budgeting Participate in the budget committee on your school site. Review categorical program budgets. Understand and know how to facilitate purchase orders. School/District Policies Review the schools current handbook and make recommendations for its improvement. Develop and schedule security for adequate and continuous supervision of students during school day. Hear and handle parents with complaints.

REPORTING MONTH: Date or time period Evidence/Documents Including journal entry or part of journal entry related to experience when appropriate
There was a survey provided to teachers regarding the substitute coverage. Substitutes were also asked to fill out a small survey and also to write notes on their days work.

Experience
Ensured substitute coverage was provided for Special Day Program teachers and for myself. I also provided feedback to our principals.

Related research and reading and/or resources, including skilled practitioners

Rubric Level

August 2012 to present

July 2011 to present

Coordinated efforts with our two schools and ordered supplies for our Special Education departments.

There are purchase orders on file; requisition forms filled out by department chairs, signed by title one coordinators, dept. chairs and by our principal. Ive also met with our principals to discuss expenditures and teacher requests.

August 2012

Created a Special Education paraprofessional schedule to support our general education teachers and to ensure our resources were used efficiently and effectively. As part of my job description, Ive held several parent conferences where Ive heard and handled parents with comments, questions, concerns and complaints. Some have been individually, some with other teachers and some at the front desk.

There is a paraprofessional schedule. It was provided to both principals, all paraprofessionals and to general education teachers. It is posted in our special education office. Every IEP meeting goes on record via the IEP document. We also require sign-in sheets. Most recently, Ive had to resort to implementing a schedule system due to a higher level of assigned duties. On another level, parents concerns are documented in writing and referred to our principals for revision. These efforts have been coordinated with several stakeholders that provide specialized services/supports. They include our PSW, PSA, SSA, EL & TITLE 1, Program Specialists, LRE specialist, DHH, V.I. specialists.

August 2011 to present

November, December 2012 and January 2013

As Special Education Coordinator, and because we were lost two Special Day Program teachers, I was part of the interview committee to hire new teachers. I was also part of the hiring committee for two schools which hired four new teachers. We were all tasked with designing interview questions and to be ready to ask them during the interviews.

Our principals emailed us resumes of potential candidates ahead of time for us to review. We also shared our questions ahead of time. We met prior and after the interviews to review and debrief.

Dept. Chairs of every content were invited to these interviews.

Aspiring Principal Signature Mentor Principal Verification Signature(s) ___________________________________________________ Mentor Principal Name (please print) DR. JONATHAN SISON School MAYA ANGELOU COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL Phone # (323) 846 - 4741 E-mail JMS5829@LAUSD.NET STRAND: Community, Family and Youth Development: Ensure that your experiences during your residency replicate or mirror some of the examples noted below. Understanding the Community Interview various groups of diverse family and community members to find out their goals and aspirations. Develop a series of guidelines for fostering desirable school-community relations, including suggestions for implementing each guideline in the school-community where you are working. Develop an inventory of community agencies that could be of assistance to your school and/or students and their families. Community Engagement Engage with a community agency to learn about its services and how it could help your school or how the school could help the agency. Prepare news release for significant aspects of the regular school program. Represent the school in a community organization. REPORTING MONTH: Date or time period Evidence/Documents Including journal entry or part of journal entry related to experience when appropriate
Social Justice Schools School Plan; PD sessions, ptt on our community partners and available resources.

Experience
As part of our school design plan, we discussed the community agencies we work to ensure we provide the necessary services our students need to succeed. This was an instrumental component of our schools plan, and as we undergo PSC and WASC review.

Related research and reading and/or resources, including skilled practitioners

Rubric Level
2

2011 to 2012

May 2011

I met with Mark Jutabah, to discuss West Eds role

I have kept communication open with Mr. Jutabah via emails. We also have a school climate survey that was prepared and conducted

and support information. This was done purposefully to engage with our community partner/agency to learn about their services and how they could help our school. 2011 to present As part of the IEP protocols, parents are given a survey to fill out. Parents are also interviewed to find out what their goals and aspirations are for their children and to help improve our sped program.

by him and the other West Ed. Weve also had several reflection exercises with our entire faculty and staff.

Surveys are confidential and sent to the districts special ed division. The reflections and comments are shared with our special education departments in our professional development meetings.

Aspiring Principal Signature Mentor Principal Verification Signature(s) ___________________________________________________ Mentor Principal Name (please print) DR. JONATHAN SISON School MAYA ANGELOU COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL Phone # (323) 846 - 4741 E-mail JMS5829@LAUSD.NET