Assignment 3: Instructional Leadership Skills, Part 3

Assignment 3: Instructional Leadership Skills, Part 3 Due Week 7 and worth 170 points Refer to the Scenario for Assignments 1-5. Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you: 1.Make revisions to Assignment 2 based on feedback from your professor. 2.Predict at least three (3) challenges to and two (2) benefits of collaboration. 3.Analyze at least three (3) key issues of developmental supervision / leadership, highlighting ways to approach the issues effectively. 4.Analyze at least three (3) issues involved in evaluating teacher (or trainer) performance, highlighting the challenges for someone not in an official supervisory role. 5.Compare and contrast the characteristics of formative and summative teacher evaluations, highlighting the benefits and limitations of each method of evaluation. 6.Develop a coaching and mentoring instrument that reflects a selected evaluation approach and is designed to support the official evaluation by the principal (or supervisor). 7.Provide at least three (3) relevant and credible references (published within the past five years), documented according to APA, to support your views. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: -Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. -Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the professor's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page, revision of the precious assignment, and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: -Analyze issues that instructional supervisors / leaders encounter when developing successful learning environments. -Develop a philosophy of instructional supervision to include various roles, such as agent of change within the school or district, champion of academic excellence and integrity, advocate for student success, coach and / or mentor for teacher performance improvement, and mentor for career and professional development of teachers within the context of adult learning needs and priorities. -Analyze basic concepts, principles, theories, and skills of instructional supervision and leadership. -Recommend methods and a rationale for applying various models, steps, and tools available to supervisors and / or teachers in leadership roles to use in observation, mentoring, peer coaching, evaluation, and / or intervention processes to improve teaching and learning. -Evaluate the intents, processes, and outcomes of summative and formative teacher performance evaluation. -Design a professional development workshop for instructional supervisors / leaders. -Use technology and information resources to research issues in instructional supervision and leadership. -Write clearly and concisely about instructional supervision and leadership using proper writing mechanics. ***SCENARIO*** Scenario for Assignments 1-5 Imagine that the superintendent of the large school district where you teach has asked each principal to appoint one (1) instructional leader per school to be responsible for instructional leadership, mentoring, and guiding the department heads. Your principal appointed you because you have twenty (20) years of teaching experience in three (3) school districts, and have a great rapport with teachers, students, and parents. In addition, you have recently completed your master's of education with a focus on instructional leadership (or a related academic discipline) and your principal (or manager) likes the new ideas you have proposed at staff meetings. As the appointed instructional leader, you will be given one less class to teach, so you will have a free period to be involved with mentoring and supporting the principal in his / her goal of teacher excellence and continued professional development. One of your first tasks is to design a four (4) hour instructional supervision / leadership workshop for the educational organization's nine (9) department heads and nine (9) assistants, which will take place one (1) week before teachers start the new year. Although you, the department heads, and their assistants do not have personnel management responsibilities, you are all responsible for providing instructional supervision and leadership for new and experienced teachers. The principal requested that you submit the workshop proposal in stages so he or she can review and provide feedback on each part of the workshop. (Your professor for this course will play the role of the principal. You will be expected to take the feedback from your professor and incorporate it into revisions.) There will be five (5) assignments. Assignments Week Assignment 1: Workshop Proposal, Part 1 3 Assignment 2: Objectives, Motivation, and Challenges, Part 2 (Revise Part 1 based on feedback from the professor.) 5 Assignment 3: Instructional Leadership Skills, Part 3 (Revise Part 2 based on feedback from the professor.) 7 Assignment 4: Support Teachers' (Trainers') Professional Development, Part 4 (Revise Part 3 based on feedback from the professor.) 9 Assignment 5: Presentation of Workshop Design, Part 5 10