Module 1—Culture and Climate

• Working in a standards-based system
• Understanding school culture and climate
• Navigating the first days on the job
• Assessing school culture and climate
• Using history to shape future work
• Preparing for first meetings
• Establishing relationships

Module 2—Professional Learning Communities

• Defining Professional Learning Communities and their use
• Determining the need for a PLC
• Identifying the conditions necessary for success
• Utilizing the Cycle of Continuous Improvement as an integral part of a PLC
• Understanding the theory and practical applications of an effective PLC

Module 3—Time Management and Delegation

• Recognizing the barriers to effective time management
• Understanding Covey’s Four Quadrants as a means of maximizing time management
• Using Delegation and Work Flow to effectively manage responsibilities
• Managing your daily, weekly and monthly calendar

Module 4—Decision Making

• Understanding the different levels of decision-making
• Implementing effective decision making strategies
• Utilizing differentiated strategies for a variety of meeting purposes

Module 5—Meeting Facilitation

• Assessing meetings in your work place
• Designing successful meetings
• Using powerful facilitation strategies
• Handling disruptive meeting behavior
• Assessing meetings

Module 6—Using Data

• Understanding the types and uses of data
• Analyzing participants' current understanding and use of site level data
• Implementing data-driven decision-making
• Planning for site use of data

Module 7—Supervision: Formative Assessment
Module 8—Evaluation: Summative Assessment
These two intersectional modules are presented in two consecutive sessions.

• Understanding formative and summative processes
• Defining the differences, roles and responsibilities between supervision and evaluation practices
• Distinguishing formal processes from informal processes
• Using Quick Visit walk-through strategy
• Using feedback to shape improved classroom practices
• Writing summative evaluations that make a difference

Module 9—Vision and Leadership Style

• Defining and understanding vision and its role in on going school improvement efforts
• Creating a shared vision
• Understanding leadership style and its role in building successful leadership experiences
• Examining emotional intelligence as a tool to professional and personal success

Module 10—Recruitment, Staffing and Working with New Teachers

• Linking recruitment, staffing and working with new teachers to school improvement efforts
• Scheduling new teacher support that makes a difference
• Interviewing and selecting the right candidates
• Providing orientation for retention of the nest candidates
• Focusing on supporting new teachers