Artifacts

==**Standard 1.0: Candidates who complete the program are educational leaders who have the knowledge and ability to promote the success of all students by facilitating the development, articulation, implementation, and stewardship of a school or district vision of learning supported by the school community.**==

This is a series of emails from a school board member after he attended Challenge Day at my school. It was a vision I had 2 years prior to it actually occurring. I had a committee of 6 teachers and myself. We raised $12000 to make this day occur. The day was a success. It truly was a catalyst to changing the school climate. This is a list of the members of the school and community that participated in the first ACT Spring Carnival. The purpose was to raise money toward funds for Challenge day. We also wanted to bring the community and school together in an event that supported both.

This is a list of the activities and participants of the second ACT community carnival. The community has come to enjoy this event and it provides great unity for both young and old.

==Standard 2.0: Candidates who complete the program are educational leaders who have the knowledge and ability to promote the success of all students by promoting a positive school culture, providing an effective instructional program, applying best practice to student learning, and designing comprehensive professional growth plans for staff.==

Prior to my work with Mr. Neff with the tutoring program there had been no criteria put into place for students entering the program. Consequently there was a lot of confusion about who could be placed in the program. I talked with Mr. Neff and the two teaching assistants who help with the program and created the the criteria found on the document.
 * Tutoring Criteria** -[[file:PURPOSE OF THE STUDY HALL TUTORING PROGRAM –.doc]]

I taught a course in our professional development program for the Technology Academy. We have been using a program called Edline as a tool to allow parents to have regular access to their child's grades at the Junior and Senior High School. I showed the teachers who have signed up for the course how to maximize its use. This is the document I gave to them as a reference after the course.

==Standard 3.0: Candidates who complete the program are educational leaders who have the knowledge and ability to promote the success of all students by managing the organization, operations, and resources in a way that promotes a safe, efficient, and effective learning environment.== This is a copy of the presentation that I did for the Central Pennsylvania Classrooms for the Future Math Collaboration day. The topic was the use of blogs and discussion boards in the math classroom.

I created this keynote presentation for Leadership ConneXtions Foundation. The purpose was to help them to learn how to create sustainable curriculum for their Master's degree program for Latino Missionaries and Church Leaders.

==Standard 4.0: Candidates who complete the program are educational leaders who have the knowledge and ability to promote the success of all students by collaborating with families and other community members, responding to diverse community interests and needs, and mobilizing community resources.== I had sent out emails and made phone calls to various members of the community and members of the school district requesting that they would join us as adult facilitators for Challenge Day. This is the list as of December 1, 2009.

This is a copy of one email sent to one of the elementary teachers I worked with during the laptop implementation. She was given the cart for 2 weeks and was encouraged to implement technology into her lesson. I helped to find resources which matched her current lessons. I also would go to the classroom to support in the implementation.

==Standard 5.0: Candidates who complete the program are educational leaders who have the knowledge and ability to promote the success of all students by acting with integrity, fairly, and in an ethical manner.==

This is a copy of the email our Assistant Superintendent sent regarding my club and the new program we started. The Club is called "BE THE CHANGE." We started the C.A.U.G.H.T. (committing a unique great humanitarian tasks) for the school. Our club wants to promote positive change in our school by encouraging people to do Random Acts of Kindness.

I had another Thank you from Dr. Zeroth thanking me for stepping up during the graduation ceremonies last year. Many students and parents in the audience had brought beach balls and were tossing them around during the graduation ceremony. I stood up during the ceremony of students receiving their diplomas to catch the balls. I collected 25 balls during the ceremony. She thanked me for taking a leadership role in a difficult situation.

==Standard 6.0: Candidates who complete the program are educational leaders who have the knowledge and ability to promote the success of all students by understanding, responding to, and influencing the larger political, social, economic, legal, and cultural context.== I was invited to apply for the Keystone Mathematics Blueprint Review Committee in 2009. The purpose of this committee was to create a foundation for the upcoming Keystone tests in Pennsylvania. I was one of 18 Mathematics Educators who were chosen to be a part of this team. We met on three occasions from early 2009 through August of 2009.

In August 2009 I was asked to participate in the Voluntary Mathematics Curriculum Committee for Pennsylvania. We spent 2 days in October beginning review of materials for this program. We will be reconvening in February for 3 days to review materials and to make recommendations.

==Standard 7.0: Internship. The internship provides significant opportunities for candidates to synthesize and apply the knowledge and practice and develop the skills identified in Standards 1-6 through substantial, sustained, standards-based work in real settings, planned and guided cooperatively by the institution and school district personnel for graduate credit.==

This was one of the powerpoints I did for my final reflections for the School Finance and Facilities. This class really did give me a clearer understanding of School Finance.

This was a powerpoint I did for my EDUC 710 class. My business manager is planning on using my powerpoint created for this class as a training powerpoint for the new board members.

As part the class I am facilitating at my church (Leadership Foundations) we ask each member to take the Strenghts Finder 2.0 test. It allows the user to find out the top 5 strengths and how to develop them. This is my report.