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School Administration Comprehensive Exam
Brendon Derstine
James Madison University
A Learning Community Advancing Creativity, Dignity, & Equity
School Structure
Educating the Head, Heart, & Hand
Singleton, 2015
Assessing Student Progress
Types of Assessments
Balanced approach: Multiple choice v. performance assessment
Both are needed, yet performance assessment provides more authentic opportunities to develop skills necessary for life and career.
Assessment Philosophy
Student Led Instruction (Berger, Rugen, & Woodfin, 2014)
Standards Based Grading
Backwards Design (McTighe & Wiggins, 1999)
1) What is it we want our students to be able to know and do?
2) How will we know when we get there?
3) How will we support all students to succeed & what will we do for students who do not meet our goal?
Educating the Hand:
Experience, action, nonviolence, service, sustainability, & connections to the earth; providing for authentic & deep engagement in the learning process; creating lifelong, motivated learners
Instructional Methods (Marzano, 2001)
Educating the Heart:
Social & emotional intelligence, culturally competent engagement; the ability to interact with others of different cultures, to show empathy, compassion, care
Educating the Head:
Knowledge of systems, structures, and power; cognitive skills involving problem solving & critical thinking
Instruction
Assessment
Curriculum
GRADING
Supervision
Evaluations & Observations
When hiring, do your research; attract the best and brightest. Know what you are looking for.
Ensure new employees get connected and have support.
Management by walking around; accessible & knowledgeable
Recognize and celebrate staff accomplishments:
acknowledge hard work, growth, and high achievement
Families and communities are vital to a school's success.
Celebrate & engage with the diversity of the community.
Epstein's (2015) Six Types of Involvement:
Be accessible to the community:
Reasonable and Restorative Discipline