Inaugural Leadership in Action Day: Sept. 27, 2017 - Twitter Media

Leadership in Action - "Creating Leaders for Life"

The LNC Leadership in Action program kicked-off with our first session on Sept. 27th.

Leadership in Action initially involves our Class of 2021.  We will add grades to the program in successive school-years and LiA is designed to be completed by the end of the student's junior year.  For our non-freshmen, we are providing exposure to various leadership digital media, special guests, etc. during the designated LiA time allotments.

In the first year, students will work to create a detailed electronic portfolio that will include seven individual narrative reflections that showcase understanding and implementation of acquired leadership skills.  More info about LiA can be be found here: LiA

Today's leadership skill-focus was collaboration and communication.

Here is some digital media from our inaugural session:

Instructional Blog: My Initiative for '12-13

This year, I implemented an initiative in my Academy called the "Ashbrook Instructional Blog" to encourage teachers to informally observe their peers and post short reflections on the blog.  

The blog itself is very basic, since my instructional focus was to establish comfort posting observations and reflections for group view.  My primary objective was to allow our teachers to spend time in each other's classrooms, providing opportunities for learning.  

Observations and comments were categorized: Technology, Instructional Strategies, Classroom Environment, & Assessment.

Teachers were asked to spend at least 20 minutes in the classroom and to make contact with the teacher before observing.  Teachers were also asked not to "force" the posting, since the activity was for professional growth, not as a "check-list" item.

In addition, we were able to connect this activity to the PDP's (Professional Development Plans for non-NC educators) of teachers in my Academy.  We were able to create a SMART Goal directly aligned with the North Carolina Educator Evaluation System (NCEES): 

Feb. 20th #ncadmin chat: "21st Century Teaching & Learning"

Check out the Storify from the Feb. 20th #ncadmin chat:

21st Century Teaching & Learning 

Related post: Influence of #ncadmin

Check out the NCADMIN Site here: www.ncadmin.blogspot.com

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