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==An educational leader promotes the success of students by advocating, nurturing, and sustaining a school culture and instructional program conductive to student learning and staff professional development.==

Culture of Learning:
On December 8-9, 2008 I attended the 5th Annual High School Summit at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines. I attended a session that was intended to increase my knowledge about the Rigor and Relevance Framework. This session discussed the importance of teachers reaching the Quadrant D level of teaching to coincide with the Iowa Core Curriculum. The presenters provided us with examples of lessons what were and were not considered Quadrant D level learning. On October 29, 2009 I participated in a trial run of a teacher evaluation for a high school mathematics teacher. Prior to this date I had a discussion with the teacher on what I could expect when observing her class on this date. This meeting would be considered our pre-observation meeting. During the actual observation I took constant notes of what I observed and heard throughout the teacher's lesson. I was present for approximately 45 minutes and then exited the room at a convenient time to minimize any disruption. A post-observation meeting was held the following day in which I used the ORID questioning techniques to lead the conference.

On December 4, 2009 I participated in a trial run of a teacher walk-through for a high school science teacher. For this experience I used the original walk-through format used by the current administration at Sigourney CSD. This process took approximately 5 to 6 minutes and after the walk-through was concluded, when I had the opportunity, I discussed with the teacher on what I saw and commented on her organization and the level of Bloom's Taxonomy.