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**4a. Professional Development/Learning Communities:The school executive ensures that the school is a professional learning community**.

Internship Activities
 * Participation in planning sessions with teachers during PLCs.
 * Organized and Led PLC initiative for teacher assistants to build capacity in the school. Provided monthly training to core team of TA's in order to prepare them to facilitate weekly teacher assistant PLC's.
 * Participation in PLC meetings and department meetings
 * Participated in Webinar entitled: "What Works in Flipped Classrooms".
 * Organized year-long professional development for beginning teachers based on results from a survey I sent them.
 * Conducted PD with staff on Google DOCS, Animoto, Wiki Spaces, Blog, Digital Storytelling

Coursework, Trainings and Readings


 * Facilitative Leadership Training: Practice and Reflection (Design Pathways to Action)
 * Distinguished Leadership in Practice Assignment - Assessing Professional Learning Teams in Your School
 * Clinical supervision/classroom evaluation assignments
 * Observed functioning PLC during site visit to Garner Webb Middle Magnet School.

Selected Artifacts

**Artifact #1 - 4a. Professional Development/Learning Communities**
I created and led the initiative for the beginning teachers at Winstead Avenue Elementary. This is the survey that I sent out to get their input regarding their professional development needs.

[|Beginning Teacher Survey]

**Artifact #2 - 4a. Professional Development/Learning Communities**
I led a professional development on Goggle DOCS and Edmodo for the entire staff. media type="custom" key="22571840"

**Artifact #3 - 4a. Professional Development/Learning Communities**
This is the e-mail that I sent to my mentor principal letting her know that I had concluded the professional development initiative that I led for beginning teachers. 

**Artifact #4 - 4a. Professional Development/Learning Communities**
I led and organized Professional Learning Communities for teacher assistants at internship site. This is the e-mail that I sent to the core team.

=== DLP Assignment # 2 - Teacher Working Conditions - What Works Worksheet - I used this worksheet to summarize what is working at internship site vs. what is not working and developed a plan of action to address needs of the school. === media type="custom" key="22571818"

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">**4b. Recruiting, Hiring, Placing and Mentoring of staff**: The school executive establishes processes and systems in order to ensure a high-quality, high-performing staff.

<span style="background-color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Internship Activities
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Served on hiring team for new 1st grade teacher
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Mentored four beginning teachers; provided them with year-long professional development
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Reinforced teachers’ self-confidence (acknowledge them for specific accomplishments via personal notes, post-conference forms with teacher strengths listed)

<span style="background-color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Coursework, Trainings and Readings
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Facilitative Leadership (Coach for)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">DLP Training on using the coaching method
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">NELA Assessment Day – Teacher Improvement Plan

<span style="background-color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Selected Artifacts

__**Artifact #1 - 4b. Recruiting, Hiring, Placing and Mentoring of staff**__
I reflected on the importance of recruiting, hiring, and mentoring my staff. I also reflected on what practices I can continue in order to assure life-long learning in my school. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">

__**Artifact #2 - 4b. Recruiting, Hiring, Placing and Mentoring of staff**__
I attended the transfer fair that was held by the district. During the fair, I witnessed my mentor principal talk to prospective employers about obtaining employment at Winstead Avenue Elementary.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">**4c. Teacher and Staff Evaluation**: The school executive evaluates teachers and other staff in a fair and equitable manner with the focus on improving performance and, thus, student achievement.

<span style="background-color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Internship Activities


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Observed pre-conferences, teacher evaluations, and post conferences; participated in giving feedback
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Participated in debrief sessions with principal and assistant principal following evaluations and observations
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Performed daily walk through observations and provided feedback to teachers regularly.

<span style="background-color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Coursework, Trainings and Readings


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Teacher Evaluation Practice and Reflection assignment for Teacher Evaluation training/class
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Conducted peer evaluations using NC Teacher Evaluation Instrument as a teacher
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Crucial Conversations and Conflict Resolution training

<span style="background-color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Selected Artifacts

__**Artifact #1 - 4c. Teacher and Staff Evaluation**__
This is a reflection paper that I wrote after completing two observations. I was amazed at my growth from the 1st observation to the 2nd. media type="custom" key="22572194"

__**Artifact #2 - 4c. Teacher and Staff Evaluation**__
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">I created a classroom observation form that I use during walk throughs and formal observations. I use this data to help monitor classroom instruction and teacher practices. I conduct walk-throughs on a daily basis and have conducted numerous observations at internship site.

@https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ast_WJs9Tc2zdFktS0Q3RVdWeGc2cUloMjFadS1HUnc&usp=sharing

Video of Pre-Conference with Teacher
media type="custom" key="22777990"