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va-Lead: Programs Addressing ISLLC Standard #3

. . . A SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR IS AN EDUCATIONAL LEADER WHO PROMOTES THE SUCCESS OF ALL STUDENTS BY ENSURING MANAGEMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION, OPERATIONS, AND RESOURCES FOR A SAFE, EFFICIENT, AND EFFECTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.

<< ISLLC Standards

  1. Annual Middle and High School Assistant Principals Conference | Virginia Association of Secondary Principals (VASSP) (C/W)

  1. National Honor Society Advisors Workshop | Virginia Association of Secondary School Principals (VASSP) Division of Student Leadership Services (C/W)

  2. School Law Institute | Virginia Association of Secondary School Principals (VASSP) (L&M)

  1. Student Activities Advisors Workshop | Virginia Association of Secondary School Principals (VASSP) Division of Student Leadership Services (C/W)

  1. Student Handbook and Code of Conduct Workshop | Virginia Association of Secondary School Principals (VASSP) (C/W)

  1. Developmental Financial Leadership in Education (Post Masters Three Hour Online Graduate Course) | Virginia Commonwealth University and Virginia Association of Secondary School Principals (VASSP) (L&M)

  1. Metropolitan Educational Training Alliance (META) | Center for Teacher Leadership, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Education coordinates META (L&M)

  1. Education Finance | Leadership for Reform | Commonwealth Education Policy Institute, School of Education, Virginia Commonwealth University (L&M)

  1. What You See Can Improve What You Get: Observing and Coaching Teachers to Increase Student Learning | Dr. Anne Meek (C/M)

  2. Checking Your School Image | Dr. Anne Meek (L&M)

  3. Instructional Leadership: How're We Doing? | Dr. Anne Meek (III)

  1. A Toolkit of Brain-Compatible Strategies: What Every Principal Needs to Know | Sarah Armstrong, Ed.D. (III)

  1. SMART Tools for Creating Professional Learning Communities Assessment for Learning | Dr. Valerie Hastings Gregory (L&M)

  2. Assessment FOR Learning | Dr. Valerie Hastings Gregory (DA)

  1. Reflect What You Expect - Using Data to Focus School-wide Improvement? | Dan Mulligan and Lisa Meyers Simply Achieve, Inc. (DA)

  1. General Douglas MacArthur: A Practical Approach to Applying Leadership Skills to Learning Organizations | The General Douglas MacArthur Foundation (L&M)

  2. Solving Schoolwide Problems at the Root Cause Level | David Burgess, M.P.S. (L&M)

  1. The Lessons of Private Enterprise Can Strengthen Your Leadership | Dr. Robert Bender (L&M)

  1. Using the Read Aloud Accommodation with Students with Disabilities | Thelma Gray Smith (III)

  1. Conflict Resolution Training for Educators | Dr. Megan Tschannen-Moran (L&M)

  1. The Five Steps of Continuous Quality Improvement | Louisa Strayhorn & Associates (L&M)

  1. Leadership Skills for Changing to a High-Performing School District | Gordon Cawelti (L&M)

  1. School Money Matters: Avoiding Financial Landmines | Davida W. Mutter (L&M)

  2. Internal and External Community Relations | H. Joseph Lowenthal, Jr. (L&M)

  3. They Don't Speak English; They'll Ruin Our Scores! HELP! | Margaret Thiele (III)

  1. Addressing Bullying and Understanding the Law | The Virginia Center for School Safety at the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services in collaboration with the Virginia Department of Education, Office of Student Services, Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program (L&M)

  1. Continuing Program Approval for School Leadership Programs | Virginia Department of Education (L&M)

  2. A Model Curriculum for School Leaders | Virginia Department of Education (L&M)

  3. Implementing a Two-Tiered Licensure System for School Leaders | Virginia Department of Education (L&M)

  4. Program no longer available.

  5. Virginia Initiative for Technology and Administrative Leadership (VITAL) | Virginia Department of Education and a coalition of universities that focus on teacher education: The College of William and Mary, University of Virginia, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (L&M)

  6. Prevention Through Information (PTI): Addressing Crime and Violence with Data | Virginia Department of Education, Office of Student Services, Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program in collaboration with the Virginia Commonwealth University Center for School-Community Collaboration (L&M)

  1. Colleagues for Success | Virginia Association of Secondary School Principals (VASSP) and the Virginia Department of Education

  1. Strategic Planning: Collaboration and Consensus-Building | Harold S. Wright Jr., Ph.D. (L&M)

  2. "Hot Topics" in K-12 Education: Instructional Improvement | Harold S. Wright Jr., Ph.D. (III)

  3. School Safety: Gangs, Bullies, and the Law | Harold S. Wright Jr., Ph.D. (L&M)

  1. Differentiated Instruction for the At-Risk Learner | Harold S. Wright Jr., Ph.D. (III)

  1. Dealing With Difficult Parents | Douglas J. Fiore, Ph.D. (L&M)

  2. Making the RIGHT Decisions | Douglas J. Fiore, Ph.D. (L&M)

  3. Virginia School Turnaround Specialist Program | The Darden Curry Partnership for Leaders in Education at the University of Virginia

  1. Board-Superintendent Relations: Who is Responsible for What? | Dr. Jeremiah Floyd (L&M)

  1. Principal Connections Online | Edvantia (formerly AEL) (L&M)

  2. Principal Connections Online: Enhancing Student Achievement through 21st Century Skills and Tools | Edvantia (formerly AEL) (L&M)

  1. Organization: Key to Instructional Leadership | Thought2Action, LLC (L&M)

<< ISLLC Standards

Key: (DA) -Data and Assessment; (A) - Academies;  (D)- Diversity
(III) - Instruction & Instructional Improvement; (C/W) - Conferences/Workshops
(L&M) - Leadership and Management; (PD) - Professional Development; (C/M) - Coaching/Mentoring