Principal Licensure

EDL 530 Leadership Dispositions: Leadership Disposition 3:  promote culturally responsive teaching practices Leadership Disposition 5: promote an inclusive school culture Competencies: Strike et. al. (2019) identify the following leadership competencies that align with the aforementioned Leadership Dispositions in this course. My goal and related action steps are directly aligned with these components. Component 3a: Champions and supports curriculum development Component 3b: Advocates for instruction that supports the needs of all learners Component 1e: Promotes a positive school culture Background As part of my new role as Professional Learning Specialist at Northridge Elementary, I am working on strengthening and streamlining our processes around READ plans. Traditionally, the literacy interventionist took full responsibility for identifying students with Significant Reading Deficiencies (SRD), creating READ plan goals, parent communication and progress monitoring. There are ma...

EDL 520 Leadership Dispositions: Leadership Disposition 4:   To promote each student's academic success and well-being effective school leaders  support intellectually rigorous and coherent systems of curriculum, instruction, and assessment. Leadership Disposition 10:  To promote each student's academic success and well-being effective school leaders  utilize data to make school improvements to benefit all stakeholders. Strike et. al. (2019) identify the following leadership components that align with the aforementioned Leadership Dispositions in this course. My goal and related action steps directly aligned with these components. Component 1b: Builds Shared Leadership Component 1c: Initiates Effective Communication Component 2a: Demonstrate Competence as a School Leader Component 2b: Fosters and Facilitates Continual Improvement Component 2c: Promotes Professional Learning and Growth Component 3b: Advocates for instruction that supports the needs of all learner...

  EDL 500 Leadership Disposition: School leaders will model the school’s core principles (mission, vision, and core values) in all aspects of leadership. Background Northridge Elementary is a diverse school community that strives for equity and inclusion in everything we do. Our students collectively speak over 40 different languages and represent countries all over the world. We also have a Discovery program spanning grades 2-6 that provides specialized instruction for our district's highly gifted students. Many of our students also need specialized instruction due to learning disabilities, Autism, cognitive disabilities and serious emotional disabilities. To celebrate all of our students and foster our inclusive culture, we designate one week per school year as "Neurodiversity Week." We use this as a platform for teaching about brain science, how neurodiversity impacts learners and celebrating all ways of thinking and doing.  This year I led a team of four staff members...