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The executive school leader has knowledge and understanding of:

10. principles of effective instruction and best practice.
11. curriculum design, implementation, evaluation, and refinement.
12. measurement, evaluation, and assessment of student learning.
13. a professional development program that includes effective, research based strategies and measurement activities to ensure the transfer of new knowledge and skills to classroom instruction.
14. the effective use of technology to improve teaching and learning.
Title: Incorporating Best Practices in Writing Instruction to Create a Writing Friendly Classroom
Guest: Anna Shults
2007 Indiana Teacher of the Year and third grade teacher at Fall Creek Elementary in Hamilton Southeastern Schools
Date: February 2009
Standard: Teaching and Learning
Title: The Importance of Literacy Instruction in Secondary Schools
Guest: Judy Jenkins
Coordinator of Secondary School Redesign
Indiana Department of Education
Date: Late January 2009
Standard: Teaching and Learning
Title: Freshman Transition to High School
Guest: Dan Kuznik
2008 Indiana Teacher of the Year Asst. Principal, Guion Creek Middle School M S D Pike Township Indianapolis, IN
Date: December 2008
Standard: Leadership, Teaching and Learning
Title: So, What Do You Mean by Cultural Responsivity Anyway?
Guest: Shana Ritter
Project Coordinator
The Equity Project at Indiana University
Date: November 2008
Standard: Leadership, Teaching and Learning, Culture
Title: International Education: A Passport to the World for Indiana Students
Guest: Caterina Cregor Blitzer
Director of International Education
Indiana Department of Education
Date: October 2008
Standard: Leadership, Teaching and Learning, Culture
Title: Algebra Readiness
Guest: Dan Kuznik
2008 Indiana Teacher of the Year Asst. Principal, Guion Creek Middle School M S D Pike Township Indianapolis, IN
Date: August 2008
Standard: Leadership, Teaching and Learning
Title: Analyzing Data
Guest: Gary Wallyn
Director, Office of School Accreditation & Awards
Indiana Department of Education
Date: May 2008
Standard: Leadership, Teaching and Learning
Title: Indiana’s Plan for Implementation of Response to Intervention
Guest: Tara Rinehart
Exceptional Learner Specialist, Office of Exceptional Learners
Indiana Department of Education
Date: April 2008
Standard: Leadership, Teaching and Learning, Culture, Communication
Title: What Principals Need to Know about English Language Learners
Guest: Lauren Harvey
Assistant Director, Office of English Language Learning and Migrant Education
Indiana Department of Education
Date: March 2008
Standard: Teaching and Learning