Superintendent/District Office Luncheon

Thursday, June 26, 2013

We are glad you are here...• Lunch• Welcome Bob Hoffman• Early Career Principal Leadership Institute

– Leading Strands – Data– Early Career Principals and their experience in the Early Career Principal Institute

• Overview and update on the Minneapolis Public Schools Aspiring Transformational Principal Program

• Edina STEM – Secondary Mathematics Amplified Teacher Licensure Program

• St. Peter Aspiring Principal Model• AVID and Leadership• Upcoming year – your needs

WelcomeDr. Robert Hoffman

Vice President of Strategic Business, Education and Regional Partnerships

Year 1 Data- Institute for Engaged Principal Leadership -

Early Career Principals

Early Career Principal Institute Participants

• Martha Spriggs, Principal• Scott Masini, Principal• Michelle DeKam-Palmieri, Principal

Promoted

• 23% (7) of the participants who completed the program were promoted

• 30 completed the program – five left for new positions

Overview and update on the Minneapolis Public Schools Aspiring Transformational Principal Program

MPS and Minnesota State University, Mankato at Edina

Aspiring Transformational Principal Academy

Lead the change you want to see in urban schools

Why an Aspiring Transformational Principal Academy?

• MPS has 13 schools designated as “priority” schools and 23 schools designated as “focus” schools by the state’s new accountability system

• Thousands of students at these schools are not getting the quality education they need and deserve in order to be “college and career ready”

• Most of these schools have been low-performing for years -- multiplying the negative social and academic impact on students, families, and our community

Why an Aspiring Transformational Principal Academy?

Our Objective:To develop a new approach for attracting and preparing aspiring principals to effectively transform underperforming schools and dramatically increase outcomes and opportunities for students

What is the Academy?

Innovative Rigorous

Practical Collaborative

What is the Academy?It’s Innovative

• Uniquely focused on preparing principals to be transformational leaders in underperforming, urban schools

• Partnership between MPS and Minnesota State University-Mankato at Edina, with support from General Mills, Cargill, and Medtronic

What is the Academy?It’s Rigorous

• Very selective– small cohort of 6-8 exceptional leaders

• Full-time for 13 months– including some evenings and weekends

• Standards-based• Regular assessment, including exit panel

interview• Counseled out if standards not met

What is the Academy?It’s Rigorous

Program Standards• Personal Behavior • Accountability for Professional

Practice

• Resilience • Supervision

• Communication • Leadership Development

• Focus on Student Performance

• Climate and Culture

• Situational Problem-Solving

• Time, Task, and Project Management

• Learning • Technology

What is the Academy?It’s Practical

• Problem-based, experiential learning• Academic-year residency• Regular, constructive feedback

What is the Academy?It’s Collaborative

• Work as a team with other cohort members– Develop collaborative, interpersonal, and

management skills– Leverage and disseminate colleagues’

knowledge and skills• Receive individualized coaching and support

with leveraging strengths and developing areas for growth

• Create lasting bonds with a broad community of educational leaders committed to improving outcomes and opportunities for students throughout MPS

How does it work?

Summer Intensive

July-August

Residency and Weekly SeminarsSeptember-June

Planning Summer

July-August

Edina STEM – Secondary Mathematics Amplified Teacher Licensure Program

STEM/SECONDARY EDUCATION AMPLIFIED LICENSURE (SEAL)PROGRAM MEETING SECONDARY MATHEMATICS TEACHER INITIATIVE

Partnership among...

• College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Mathematics Department

• College of Education, K-12 and Secondary Programs Department

• Maverick Recruitment Center• Community Colleges – Anoka, Century, Inver

Hills & Normandale – in the planning stages• Minnesota State University, Mankato at Edina

VISION...

PROVIDE MARKET DRIVEN PROGRAMS TO STUDENTS IN THE TWIN CITIES THAT ARE INNOVATIVE, EFFECTIVE, RELEVANT AND COLLABORATIVE

Unique features of STEM/SEAL Program:

• A 3-year undergraduate licensure program consisting of existing courses at MSU and surrounding community colleges

• Creates an option for students interested in a MN 5-12 math license and who live in the metro area

Unique features of STEM/SEAL Program: • Offers a weekly 2-hour advisory/tutoring

seminar built into each semester• Students receive ongoing mentoring and

coaching for the MTLE exams for wrap-around support throughout the entire program

• Students have the ability to take their general education courses in one of four community colleges – still in the planning stages

Fall 2013

St. Peter Emerging Leaders

• Focus on developing internal leadership talent• Two aspiring principals with a portion of their day

assigned to internship principal • Modified plan of study– Identifying specific onsite assignments/responsibilities– Invited to be part of the early career principal institute– Increased internship time with performance based

measures• Expanding 2014-2015?

AVID and Leadership

• AVID, Advancement Via Individual Determination, is a college readiness system for elementary through higher education that is designed to increase schoolwide learning and performance.

• The AVID College Readiness System (ACRS) accelerates student learning, uses research based methods of effective instruction, provides meaningful and motivational professional learning, and acts as a catalyst for systemic reform and change.

• We are in the process of infusing the AVID strategies into our Principal preparation programs.

Your needs...