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va-Lead: Programs Addressing ISLLC Standard #6

. . . A SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR IS AN EDUCATIONAL LEADER WHO PROMOTES THE SUCCESS OF ALL STUDENTS BY UNDERSTANDING, RESPONDING TO, AND INFLUENCING THE LARGER POLITICAL, SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, LEGAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT.

<< ISLLC Standards

  1. Protocols for Using Data 101 | Successline Inc. (DA)

  2. Data Coaches Certification Training | Successline Inc. (DA)

  3. SOL Tracker Basic Training | Successline Inc. (DA)

  4. SOL Tracker Advanced Training | Successline Inc. (DA)

  5. Designing and Using High-Quality Rubrics | Successline Inc.

  6. Designing and Using High-Quality Paper-and-Pencil Assessments | Successline Inc. (DA)

  7. Instructional Strategies for High Student Achievement | Successline Inc. (III)

  8. Strategies Online: VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT | Successline Inc. (III)

  9. Strategies Online: QUESTIONING | Successline Inc. (III)

  10. Strategies Online: COMPARE AND CONTRAST | Successline Inc. (III)

  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)

  3. School (K-12) Secretaries Conference | Virginia Association of Secondary School Principals (VASSP) (C/W)

  4. 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)

  2. Foundations in Mentoring for Clinical Faculty: A Training for Those Who Work With Preservice Teachers | Center for Teacher Leadership, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Education (C/M)

  3. Mentor Academy Series I: Trainings for Those Who Work with Beginning Teachers | Center for Teacher Leadership, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Education (C/M)

  1. National Board Certification Candidate Support Program | Center for Teacher Leadership, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Education (L&M)

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

  1. Using the MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) to Avoid Stumbling Blocks that Undermine the Effectiveness of Administrators | Sarah Armstrong, Ed.D. (L&M)

  1. Powerful Conversations | Sarah Armstrong, Ed.D. (L&M)

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

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

  2. Trust Matters: Leadership for Successful Schools | Dr. Megan Tschannen-Moran (L&M)

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

  1. Keeping The Cloud Nine Feeling | Delores S. Creech (L&M)

  1. Lessons Learned the Hard Way: Mistakes Principals Make and How to Avoid Them | Dr. David G. Melton (L&M)

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

  1. Politics Will Get You Fired Quicker Than Declining Test Scores | Dr. Thomas L. Shortt (L&M)

  2. Mentorship for School Leaders: The Functions, Content and Methods | Dr. Thomas L. Shortt (C/M)

  1. Teacher Hiring: What Works? What Doesn't? | Teacher Quality Resources, LLC - James Stronge, Ph.D. and Jennifer Hindman, Ph.D. (L&M)

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

  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)

  3. Reculturing for Student Success | 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