Journal 3 pages about Curriculum Leadership

Journal 2: 250 word As you review the 8 components of the School Improvement plan in your text, and you examine your own school improvement plan, discuss how the implementation of the components align with the mission and vision of your district. How aware are your faculty of the mission and vision as the guiding principles of your school improvement plan? What change initiatives do you have in place that are a result of your school improvement plan? ( the school is Queen Bee DS 16) Journal 3: 250 word Based on your areas of need, post your needs assessment topic and 4-5 related dimensions (see Figure 3.7, pg. 81 of Leading School Change) that will help you design specific needs assessment statements. Comment on your peers’ topic and the degree to which you feel that the dimensions clarify the scope of the needs assessment. This will be extremely helpful for your data collection and analysis. Explain why you have chosen this topic, and how it relates to need change for improvement efforts in your school/community. Include at least 2 sample needs assessment statements in your posting so that you can receive feedback from your peers and check each other for bias or leading statements. ( write about strategy 5: High performing Teams in Queen Bee DS16) Journal 4 : 250 word Change leaders go through a development process as described in Chapter 2 of your text (Leading School Change). Explain the “formal and informal” roles of change leadership as they relate to the instructional program. What skills does the leader need to avoid conflict yet be prepared to address it as changes for improvement take place? Journal 5: 250 word After completing the Leadership Style Assessment and reviewing leadership models: distributed, moral, shared, transformational, situational, and servant in your text (Leading School Change), and readings discuss your personal assessment of your leadership style. How does leadership style impact school culture and climate? What did you learn about yourself and observe in other leaders in your school that impacts the ability to lead changes in the curriculum and instruction? (Authoritarian leadership is my style) . Journal 6: 250 word As you review the Herdrich model, the Leading Change Handbook and Chapters 3 and 5 in your text you now can understand the process of change involves assessing and breakdown specific tasks depending on the stage of change the initiative requires, and the level of engagement of the stakeholders. Choose one of the models and relate it to the process tools you would use when working with a group to plan, implement, train, or sustain a change initiative. Explain the process tool in preparation for Assignment 3. What reaction do you expect from the group as you facilitate the tool? How will working with adults (fellow colleagues) be different than what you may have experienced in the classroom? Rubric Detail The student clearly demonstrates evidence of preparedness through thoughtful discussion, high level of questioning reflecting connections to readings and other course resources, and/or use of authentic examples.