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**1a. School Vision, Mission and Strategic Goals**: The school’s identity, in part, is derived from the vision, mission, values, beliefs and goals of the school, the processes used to establish these attributes, and the ways they are embodied in the life of the school community.

Internship Activities
 * Created a parent survey to get input concerning the school's vision and mission statements
 * Collected data from parent surveys concerning revamping vision and mission statements; prepared data for meetings with principal, parents and teacher
 * Presented at PTA meetings to get parent input and to give survey results

Coursework, Trainings and Readings
 * Letter of introduction to staff with personal vision statement incorporated
 * Visit to A.B. Combs Leadership Magnet Elementary School in Raleigh, NC
 * Visit to Bunn High School in Bunn NC - one of the "Turnaround" High Schools recognized by DPI for high student performance
 * Distinguished Leadership in Practice (DLP) assignment requiring collaborative collection and rating of internship school's vision and mission with mentor principal and select teachers
 * Applied PDCA cycle to study the processes used to establish vision and mission in the school
 * Evaluation of Teacher Working Conditions Survey results for internship school
 * //Schooling by Design// training that included protocols for creating and articulating mission and vision regularly in incorporating them into the daily operation of the school
 * //Facilitative Leadership// training including specific training on sharing a compelling vision, having maximum appropriate involvement and building consensus
 * Reading, discussion and application of vision setting from //Seven Habits of Highly Effective People// (Covey, 1987)

Selected Artifacts

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">[|Link to Parent Survey] <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">[|PTA Agenda] <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">[|Self Introduction Letter YW.doc] <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">[|Assessment of School's Vision and Mission - DLP]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">**1b. Leading Change**: The school executive articulates a vision, and implementation strategies, for improvements and changes which result in improved achievement for all students.

<span style="background-color: #f7827d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Internship Activities
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Internship Project - Literacy Through Technology
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Worked with principal on new initiatives (PLC meetings with neighboring school, staff introduction to Common Core, Race to the Top initiative in the district)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Designed and taught lessons in Science and Language Arts for fifth graders and fourth graders using technology
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Collaborated with principal and Exceptional Children's teacher to schedule and implement plans for inclusion

<span style="background-color: #f7827d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Coursework, Trainings and Readings
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">Digital Storytelling Retreat with Llano Grande in Nags Head, NC – <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 25px;">community digital story on Halifax County
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">Participated in NELA class on Culture and Change; read, discussed and presented on selected passages from //Leading Change// (Kotter, 2006) and //Leading in a Culture of Change// (Fullan 2001)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Analyzed Teacher Working Conditions (TWC) survey for Distinguished Leaders in Practice training
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Social Justice training with Dr. Lynda Tredway from Berkeley, California
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Reading and application of articles "The Bell Curve" (Gawande, 2004) and "Tipping Point Leadership" (Kim, Mauborgne, 2003)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Reading of //The World is Flat// (Friedman, 2007)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Reading of //Rise of the Creative Class// (Florida, 2004)

<span style="background-color: #f7827d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Selected Artifacts

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">[|Internship Project Logic Model.doc] <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">[|Assessing and Enhancing Your School's Identity - DLP] <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">[|Application of Readings (Bell Curve and Tipping Point).doc] <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Fourth Graders Using Technology during Principal Mentor and Intern Designed Lesson <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">**1c. School Improvement Plan**: The school improvement plan provides the structure for the vision, values, goals and changes necessary for improved achievement for all students.

<span style="background-color: #f7827d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Internship Activities
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 23px;">Served on School Improvement Team; attended several meetings
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 23px;">Assisted in the development of the School Improvement Plan
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Designed and implemented activities and structures based on School Improvement Plan including conducting regular classroom walk-through observations

<span style="background-color: #f7827d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Coursework, Trainings and Readings
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 23px;">Distinguished Leadership in Practice Training (PDCA cycle) and analysis of SIP and comparison with plans from other LEAs
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Operation NELA: Fellow Fishbowl – awarding of SIT grants to teacher innovations

<span style="background-color: #f7827d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Selected Artifacts

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">[|Instructional Leadership and SIP Process] <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Teacher Observation Tracking Chart <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">media type="custom" key="14161450"

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">**1d. Distributive Leadership**: The school executive creates and utilizes processes to distribute leadership and decision-making throughout the school.

<span style="background-color: #f7827d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Internship Activities
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Internship project to train 5th grade teachers and lab proctor on literacy tech tools
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Organized, supervised and coached a team of fifth grade students to serve as ambassadors for Career Day
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Internship project - creating<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> [|digital storybooks] and gathering data from main audience - second graders
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Creation of a student survey on the school's "Grab and Go" breakfast program to solicit student input
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Collaboration with Lab Proctor to administer survey to all students at school

<span style="background-color: #f7827d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Coursework, Trainings and Readings <span style="background-color: #f7827d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Selected Artifacts
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">//Facilitative Leadership// training including specific training on coaching for performance
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">//Crucial Conversations// training

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">[|Project Evaluation Plan] <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Student Ambassador for Career Day media type="custom" key="12916574" align="left"

media type="custom" key="14095374" <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Evaluation Video for Digital Storybooks

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Student Survey for Breakfast Program media type="custom" key="13706484"