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23rd November 2023

Giving feedback to novice school leaders: How to expand the leadership team on campus

ELCC Standard 3.4: Develop and implement school capacity of distributed leadership. Participate in teacher observation with novice administrator to evaluate performance and how leadership capacity can be increased at school.

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23rd November 2023

Teacher Off-Task: A Case Study

ELCC Standard 2.3: Develop and supervise the instructional and leadership capacity of a school staff. A veteran teacher refuses to engage with team members. Strategies on how to move toward a solution without alienating him or other faculty.

Three main objectives of the OUSD SPSA report • 12th October 2023

Curriculum and Professional Development

ELCC 3.5 Ensure teacher and organizational time focuses on supporting high-quality school instruction and student learning.

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A new middle school principal is tasked with improving student achievement at a struggling school • 12th October 2023

Case Study: Shaping School Culture

ELCC 5.1 Act with integrity and fairness to ensure a school system of accountability for every student's academic and social success.

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31st August 2023

School Professional Development Analysis

ELCC Standard 4.1 Collaborate with faculty and community to collect and analyze information pertinent to the improvement of the school's educational environment. OUSD demonstrates how it has tried to grow and strengthen its professional development program to meet the needs of a changing school culture.3-2024

31st August 2023

Clinical Field Experience B - Improving New Teacher Induction Strategies

31st August 2023

Maximizing Instructional Time: Techniques for Teachers

ELCC Standard 3.5 Ensure teacher and organizational time focuses on supporting high-quality school instruction and student learning. Welcome to this presentation on instructional time management in the classroom. As educators, we know time is a precious resource. We introduce several strategies to engage your students and get their learning back on track.

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13th July 2023

Handling Adverse Situations

ELCC 3.1 Monitor and evaluate school management and operational systems.
Here is the scenario: A middle school loses its air-conditioning in the mid-morning in May in Phoenix, Arizona, Temperatures have reached a staggering 98 degrees and are rising. You survey the campus and see students already suffering from this heat. What do you do?

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13th July 2023

Safety Calendar

ELCC 1.4 Evaluate and revise plans for continuous improvement supported by stakeholders.
Training teachers for emergencies at OIS takes several forms. During PLC days and ahead of specific emergency drills, a slide presentation is prepared to remind teachers of their expectations during a fire, lockdown, severe storm, or other emergency.

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13th July 2023

Principal Skills

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13th July 2023

Revised Leadership Philosophy

ELLC 4.1 Collaborate with faculty and community members to collect and analyze information pertinent to the improvement of the school's educational environment.

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31st May 2023

Impatient Parents: A Case Study

ELCC 5.4 Evaluate the potential moral and legal consequences of decision making in the school
Summary: A parent of a female student claims that a boy in her daughter’s geometry class has been
repeatedly harassing her daughter over the way she is dressed, among other things. The parent
claims she has complained multiple times and now demands the harassment stop immediately. Immediate action is required. If the harassment allegations are
determined to be true, the harassers’ parents would need to be contacted and a consequence
would need to be meted out, either a detention that could include an essay about why harassment
is harmful or suspensions depending on the true severity of the misbehavior.

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31st May 2023

School Dress Code: A Case Study

ELCC Standard 5.1 Model principles of self-awareness, reflective practice, transparency, and ethical behavior as related to their roles within the school.
Summary: A new administrator has been tasked with devising a way to combat an ever-increasing
number of dress code and ID violations. Students complain the dress code is unfair, teachers feel uncomfortable enforcing it. One solution is to set expectations early and make them widely known (through a school-wide assembly). Monitor the results and if violations don't decrease consider a school uniform policy.

8th April 2023

What "Becoming a Bulldog" Means

ELCC Standard Element 4.4: Candidates understand and can respond to community interests and needs by building and sustaining productive district relationships with community partners.

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Google Docs • 8th April 2023

OIS Character Education Proposal

ELCC Standard Element 2.1: Candidates understand and can sustain a district culture and instructional program conducive to student learning through collaboration, trust, and a personalized learning environment with high expectations for students.

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Google Docs • 8th April 2023

The Importance of Unit Planning

ELCC Standard Element 2.2: Candidates understand and can create and evaluate a comprehensive, rigorous, and coherent curricular and instructional district program.

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Survey of OIS math teachers to access & improve curriculum mapping • 29th March 2023

Curriculum Action Plan

ELCC Standard Element 3.5: Candidates understand and can ensure that district time
focuses on supporting high-quality school instruction and student learning.

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Analyzing "new school's" identity to improve student & parental engagement. • 1st March 2023

Reviving the Professional Culture

ELCC 5.5: Candidates understand and can promote social justice within a school to ensure that individual student needs inform all aspects of schooling.

1st March 2023

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1st March 2023

KOIS News 3.1.2023

1st March 2023

KOIS News 3.1.2023

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Special Education Teacher Observation • 19th January 2023

Teacher Observation: Sarah Anderson

ELCC 2.2 Assessed new IEP reading strategy based on Orton-Gillingham method.

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New Teacher Observation: 8th Grade Core • 19th January 2023

Teacher Observation: Michelle Meyers

ELLC 2.4 Assessed and coached new teacher on the most effective use of technology in her classroom.

24th November 2022

Clinical Field Experience B - Schoolwide Budgetary Needs

Orinda Intermediate School (OIS) is a public middle school in Contra Costa County
which lies in San Francisco’s East Bay. The student population of 834 students is the
majority white with the largest minority population of students representing Southeast
Asia. Because of its size and
location in an affluent Northern California suburb, the allocations of funds from the
legislature is among the lowest in the state. Fortunately, parents and the larger Orinda
community have recognized the deficit and historically have been fully supportive of the
district’s funding needs.