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**3a. Focus on Collaborative Work Environment**: The school executive understands and acts on the understanding of the positive role that a collaborative work environment can play in the school’s culture.

Internship Activities
 * Participated in planning meetings with teachers including grade-level planning with principal and instructional coach
 * Led staff meetings on team building
 * Participated in PLC meetings

Coursework, Trainings and Readings
 * Site visit to Gaston College Preparatory: KIPP; presentation of methods used for ensuring collaboration among teachers
 * Distinguished Leadership in Practice assignments on cultural leadership
 * Bolman, L. G., & Deal, T. E. (2003). Reframing organizations: Artistry, choice, and leadership. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass
 * Senge, P. M. (1994). The Fifth discipline fieldbook: Strategies and tools for building a learning organization. New York: Currency, Doubleday.
 * Militello, M., Rallis, S. F., & Goldring, E. B. (2009). Leading with inquiry & action: how principals improve teaching and learning. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
 * Tschannen-Moran, Megan. (2004). Trust matters. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Selected Artifacts

Assignment where I had to asses the culture of internship school and reflect on how I would become Distinguished in this standard.




__**Artifact #2- 3a. Focus on Collaborative Work Environment**__
I planned a team-building activity and facilitated a meeting for the entire staff. Listed below is the agenda for the meeting. media type="custom" key="22873886"

__**Artifact #3- 3a. Focus on Collaborative Work Environment**__
Example of an e-mail that I sent to the staff complimenting them on their awesome collaboration.

**3b. School Culture and Identity**: The school executive develops and uses shared vision, values and goals to define the identity and culture of the school.

Internship Activities > Coursework, Trainings and Readings
 * ====Completed a thorough analysis of internship site school in order to examine the vision, values and goals of the school. This process also helped me define the identity and culture of the school. ====
 * ====Completed a digital story which defines the identity and culture of the school. ====
 * Reading and application of principles from //How to Win Friends and Influence People// (Carnegie, 1981)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Reading and application of principles from article "Social Intelligence: The Biology of Leadership" (Goleman, 2010)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Digital Storytelling Retreat – community digital story on Segregated Schools
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Social Justice class sessions with Dr. Lynda Tredway from Berkeley University of California
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">DLP assignments and training that included discussion and evaluation of school culture

<span style="background-color: #f26464; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Selected Artifacts

__**Artifact #2 - 3b. School Culture and Identity**__
Video that I made to celebrate the culture and identity of Winstead Avenue Elementary School media type="custom" key="21645218" align="center"

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">**3c. Acknowledges Failures; Celebrates Accomplishments and Rewards**: The school executive acknowledges failures and celebrates accomplishments of the school in order to define the identity, culture and performance of the school.

<span style="background-color: #f26464; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Internship Activities
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Letters/notes/cards to teachers who go beyond regular job duties
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Participated in culture-building activities at school
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Created the WAVE blog to celebrate the accomplishments of the school

<span style="background-color: #f26464; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Coursework, Trainings and Readings
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Facilitative Leadership
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Crucial Conversations

<span style="background-color: #f26464; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Selected Artifacts

__**Artifact #2 - 3c. Acknowledges Failures; Celebrates Accomplishments and Rewards**__
This is the blog that I created to celebrate the accomplishments of the staff at Winstead Avenue. I update the blog when I observe good things that I see happening during classroom observations and walk-throughs.

<span style="background-color: initial; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em;">[|bloggingatthewave.blogspot.com]
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">**3d. Efficacy and Empowerment**: The school executive develops a sense of efficacy and empowerment among staff which influences the school’s identity, culture, and performance.

<span style="background-color: #f26464; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Internship Activities
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Analyzed internship school's Teacher Working Condition Survey for efficacy with mentor principal and select teachers as part of Distinguished Leaders in Practice
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Using established criteria, participated in informal observations to identify effective teachers and empower staff to implement best teaching practices
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Participated in teacher led functions held at internship site school (Kindergarten registration, PTA, Career Day, Math night, etc.)

<span style="background-color: #f26464; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Coursework, Trainings and Readings


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">DLP Training and assignments (assessing the effectiveness of the school’s PLCs using teacher survey and data from Teacher Working Conditions Survey)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">ELP 595 Special Problems: Transforming School Culture
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Bolman, L. G., & Deal, T. E. (2003). Reframing organizations: Artistry, choice, and leadership. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Senge, P. M. (1994). The Fifth discipline fieldbook: Strategies and tools for building a learning organization. New York: Currency, Doubleday.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Militello, M., Rallis, S. F., & Goldring, E. B. (2009). Leading with inquiry & action: how principals improve teaching and learning. Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Fullan, Michael.(2001). Leading in a culture of change. San Francisco,CA: Jossey-Bass
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Tschannen-Moran, Megan. (2004). Trust matters. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

<span style="background-color: #f26464; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Selected Artifacts

**Artifact #1 - 3d. Efficacy and Empowerment**
I attended and supported the career day at internship site that was organized by kindergarten teacher LaAlice Hopkins**.**

**Artifact #2 - 3d. Efficacy and Empowerment**
I worked at a station during kindergarten registration which was was organized by kindergarten teacher Theresa Nettnin. See registration station assignments below.

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