My Vision as an Educational leader

Ensuring all students have knowledge, skills, and values to become

successful adults.
Preparing students to be contributing members of society. Help them
contribute positively to their local and global communities.
Maintain a willingness to continuously review my practices
Help create a clear vision and mission of school and then effectively
communicate it to staff, students, and community members.
The vision shapes the educational programs, plans, and actions.
Objectives and Strategies to achieve the vision and goals are clearly
articulated.
Assessment data related to student learning are used to develop the school
vision and goals.
Ways to achieve the goal are identified, clarified and addressed.
Needed resources are sought and existing resources are used to support the
school vision.
The vision, mission, and implementation plans are regularly monitored,
evaluated, and revised.
Student growth and development
Principles of effective instruction, measurement, evaluation.
The role of technology in promoting student learning and professional
growth
Establish and maintain a safe and productive learning environment
Uphold a model professional ethics, policies, and legal codes of professional
ethics
Student learning is the fundamental purpose of schools
All students can learn in a variety of ways, help them to become Lifelong
learners
Professional development is an integral part of school improvement with a
focus on student learning
Create a safe and supportive learning environment
Treat all individuals with respect and dignity and fairness
Acknowledge the responsibilities and contributions of each individual
Help make students and staff feel important
Create a culture of high expectations for self, student and staff
21st century technologies are used in teaching and learning
The school is organized and aligned for success
Curriculum deacons are made based on research, expertise of teachers, and
the recommendations of learning societies

School culture and climate are assessed on a regular basis

A variety of sources are used to make a decision
Student learning is assessed using a variety of techniques
Multiple sources of performance are used by both students and staff
Programs are developed to help meet the needs of students and their
families
High visibility not only in school but in the community
Sharing/ Collaborating/ Teamwork
Vision - ever changing but clear - every student can learn
When finding solutions and answers focus on them not problems - we all
have issues and problems
Continue to grow and develop - I am a lifelong learner
Asking Questions - traditions in education may not be the best
Modeling good character, ethics and morals as well as creativity, innovation
and excellence.
When making mistakes learn and grow
Persevere. Hard work dedication . giving up (not an option)
Encourage and help, reach out and make a difference
Everything is changing - the world, learners, the job market, technology,
access to information- but are school s are not.
Need to identify issues and map out collective responses and focus on
positive solutions.
Professional learning communities and encourage staff to form personal
learning networks
creating learning communities where students are engaged to innovative
thinking and problem solving.
Provide teachers freedom to fail as long as we reflect and learn from failures
Need to re-evaluate curriculum
Tools of the Future - Connectedness, project based learning, game-based
learning, Digital/Physical merge, Visual learning, Social Media,
personalization.
Skill set needed- creativity, communication, collaboration, critical thinking,
problem solving, technological proficiency, and global awareness.
Promote a collaborative learning culture
Acknowledge and value diversity
Engage parents and community members in the educational process and
use community resources to improve student learning
Innovate, effectively integrate technology, quality research based
professional development and keep an open mind.

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respect each other

try our best
are a team
learn from mistakes
create
celebrate each others success

My Goals in Administration:
Help create a shared vision and clear goals for school and ensure
continuous progress toward achieving goals
Everyday strive to get better
Lead the change process for continuous improvement
Build relationships and be consistent for discipline
Work effectively to help close achievement gaps
Document everything
Be in the halls, be in the lunch room, be visible, changes the culture and
eases discipline
Be fair and consistent
People need to see you be the first one they see. Make 1 st contact positive
with all students
Get your leadership team to buy in and don't promote dumb ideas
Good-leadership team a key surround yourself with good people
Work with struggling teachers
Do what you think is right be true to yourself
Always remember the kids and staff are the best part
When at home be home and communicate well with family
Take time for yourself (exercise, reading etc.) Stress relief
Media - stay away work through district person
Make sure to listen! Every situation is different.
Can't get angry make sure to listen
Dig deep into data understand, encourage and facilitate the effective use
of data by staff
Support staff planning and implementing research based professional
development
Collaboration

Ensure that all instructional content that is taught is aligned with the Ohio
academic content standards and curriculum priorities of the district
Allocate resources and manage school operations in order to create a safe
and productive learning environment
Engaging parents and community members in the educational process
Need to get to know people in order to get the best out of them
Each person has their own individual needs
Tell staff you don't work for me I work for you - what can I do to help you
Take care of the teachers who can then help the kids
Ongoing PD ask staff what they need
Have staff write 2-3 long range goals and short term goals and develop PD
according

First and last question in interview for potential new hires - Tell me who you
are?
Scenario question - I want someone who will fight for our kids