How To Get From AP to Principal: Best Practices for APs

Dr. Joel Herbst, Area DirectorMarci Lindemann, Leadership

Development, HRDMarie Wright, Intern Principal

Assistant Principal

• FLDOE– Staff members assisting the administrative

head of the school.

• Online dictionary– Assistant principals are second in position

behind the principal in running the school. They often have specific responsibilities such as discipline while the principal has overall responsibilities for school functions.

Assistant Principal

Professional Development = Continuous Improvement

• FASA Resources - Summer Leadership Conference and Exposition

• William Cecil Golden School Leadership Development Program

• SREB Leadership Training• Florida School Leaders: Leadership Academies,

Assistant Principal Leadership Forums• Successful Practices Network• Secondary School Redesign Initiative • Continuing Education - District, University• Professional Journals, Online Resources and Tools

Florida School Leaders: SREB Leadership Training

• Building a High Performance Learning Culture• Prioritizing Mapping and Monitoring the

Curriculum• Data Analysis for School Leaders• Providing Focused and Sustained Professional

Development• Leading Change: Building and Maintaining a

Focused Drive Toward Student Achievement• Meeting the Standards: Looking at Teacher

Assignments• Leading Assessments and Instruction• Giving Leadership to Literacy

FLORIDASCHOOLLEADERS.ORG

• Classroom Walkthrough Training• The IBM Change Toolkit• The Microsoft School Leader Development

Program• Principal Leadership Standards Inventory• Individual Leadership Development Plan• Leadership Development Progress Log• Learning Library • … and more!

Florida Principal Leadership Standards

Instructional Leadership Sector

Operational Leadership Sector

School Leadership Sector

Instructional leadership

Decision Making Strategies

Vision

Managing the Learning Environment

Human Resource Development

Community and Stakeholder Partnerships

Learning, Accountability, and Assessment

Technology Diversity

Ethical Leadership

A Good Example

• Let’s take a look at how one Assistant Principal is moving up the Leadership Continuum towards the Principalship

Moving Beyond

• Literacy• Staff Development• FISH Focus for

students• FISH Focus for

teachers• Focus Teams• Spanish/Creole

initiatives• Integration of

technology

• Whisper Phones• Professional

development & affiliations

• 6:45 to 3:45• Grant Development• Magnet Program

Development• Construction

LITERACY

Lesson integration

Content based – benchmark specific articles

SSR

LITERACY

Writing across thecurriculum

Writing in English, SocialStudies and Foreign Language

Writing in English only

Staff Development

Create and implement a Data & Results Driven, Job-Embedded, Standards Based staff development model that will close the achievement gap as measured by state and

national exams through the creation of increased instructional capacity, program capacity and lead to greater

staff and student opportunities.

FOR TEACHERS – BY TEACHERS

FOCUS TEAMS

• LITERACY• PROFESSIONAL LEARNING• SMALL LEARNING COMMUNITIES (HS

Majors)• TRANSISTIONS (9th grade academy)• GUIDANCE (Paladin Parent)• CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION (RRR)• SCHOOL & COMMUNITY RELATIONS

Spanish/Creole Initiatives

• Special parent nights• Youth Co-Op program• Dedicated personnel for translation

assistance• Translation of key communications• Phone Robot• FCAT Phone Bank

Integration of Technology• International School Connection• NASA school• Robotics• Solar car

Divergent SolutionsWhisper Phones

• Students report increased comprehension when they hear themselves read

• Wrote to FLDOE – approved for use during FCAT for ESE students

Professional Development & Affiliations

• Higher education - colleges and universities• FASA - Florida Association of School Administrators

• FAPA - Florida Assistant Principals Association • NASSP - National Association of Secondary School Principals

• NAESP - National Association of Elementary School Principals

• SSRI - Secondary School Redesign Initiative• AASA - American Association of School Administrators• ASCD - Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

• BAPA - Broward Assistant Principals Association

6:45 AM to 3:45 PM

• Teachers, students, staff, parents• Prior to 6:45• 6:45 to 7:00• After 3:45

Building the Resume

• Skill Sets (Hard & Soft)• Professional Organizations (FASA)• Continuing Education (Doctoral Program)• Community Involvement (CRI)• Mentoring & Modeling (Staff)• Literature (Education, Business &

Leadership)• District Committees

Questions, Comments, Concerns

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Please contact us for further information:

• Joel Herbst, South Central Area Director, Broward County Public Schools (Past President, FASA)

Joel.Herbst@browardschools.com

• Marci Lindemann, Coordinator, Leadership Development, HRD, Broward County Public Schools (President, FAPA)

Marci.Lindemann@browardschools.com• Marie Wright, Intern Principal, South Plantation

High School, Broward County SchoolsMarie.Wright@browardschools.com

Thank you, thank you very much!