Professional Learning and Leadership Development Program in Los Angeles
Explore the comprehensive Professional Learning and Leadership Development Program in Los Angeles, administered through the Los Angeles Unified School District. The program focuses on building essential skills and knowledge for administrative service credential holders, emphasizing adult learning theories, professional networking, and reflective practices through various engaging activities and workshops. Join us on a transformative journey towards enhancing leadership abilities and connecting with fellow educators.
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Professional Learning and Leadership Development Los Angeles Administrative Service Credential Los Angeles Unified School District
LAASC Day 1 How do we build in time during our meetings for candidates to process the learning? How can we reach out to others to clarify Track 3 to non-school site administrators?
Activity: Norms What? Norms Escalator video Guidelines Why? Tenets of Adult Learning Theory Developing Professional Networks Inclusion How? Table Group Activity
Activity: Whats in a Name What? Name Activity Introductory activity Why? Developing Professional Networks Cultural Proficiency SLF How? Triads
Activity: My House What? My House Handout with guiding questions about the candidates own leadership Why? To ground LAASCers to their core beliefs (SLF 2/CPSEL 1) Building Professional Networks Connecting to CPSELS (CPSEL 5) How? Think-Ink-Share Reflect (SLF 1)
Activity: Descriptors of Practice What? The Gist Activity Posters Develop a schema for candidates for all induction activities Why? The Gist Activity Posters Develop a schema for candidates for all induction activities How? Small Group 3 Word Gist Posters Gallery Walk
Activity: Workshop Time What? Workshop Time Opportunity for candidates to apply knowledge introduced to their own leadership goals. Why? Adult Learning Theory Responding to feedback requests On the spot coaching support Program requirements How? Structured, collaborative time Coaches interacting with all candidates
LAASC Day 2 Type Question Here If Any
LAASC Day 3 Type Question Here If Any
Activity: Lets Be Social What? Share Twitter info/PLLD one-pager Why? Promotion of current and other programs How? LAASC Coach tweets and requests others retweet Review one-pager: Surprises? Wishes?
Activity: Norms What? Addition of tech-breaks Why? Addition of tech-breaks How? Listening Reading Which level(s) do we spend most of our time as administrators? How might we become more effective? Show with reading, writing, listening, speaking data
Activity: Post-Superintendents Address Reflections What? Reflection: What might you highlight if you were to give a state of your school address? Connection to CPSELs Why? Celebrate good things Communicate, Promote, Brand CPSEL revisit How? Share highlights from August 15th Candidates think and write solo and are invited to connect to CPSELs as they draft Candidates share highlights in triads; each gets one minute Two minutes for whole group
Activity: Advice to Y1 Candidate What? What recommendations would you give for a successful completion of Y1? Why? Build on learnings and successes for Y2 How? Candidates assigned to single CPSEL to refine advice Invited to reflect how they might apply the advice to themselves Y2
Activity: Think, Pair, Share What? What were your take-aways about the power of words from your experience at MoT? Why? Connections to ID 4 How? Reflection
Activity: Tools for Tolerance What? Connecting reflections to Y2 goals Why? Links between ID and CPSELs How? Questions on Reflection slide
Activity: An Introduction to Cultural Proficiency What? What does it mean to effectively serve diverse groups? Why? Become and build Culturally Proficient leaders and communities. How? Candidates will explore the tools of cultural proficiency.
Activity: Name 5 things What? What do are 5 things which define me and my actions? Why? Being in touch with what drives us. How? Candidates engage in value clarification and empathy building to connect with the Holocaust.
Activity: VUCA What? Leading in Volatile/Uncertain, Complex/Ambiguity Times Why? Leaders need to understand the context of the work AND be mindful of CPSEL 5A5 How? Candidates explore the cultural/social climate through lecture and discussion.
Activity: Defining Cultural Proficiency What? What does it mean to be a Culturally Proficient organization? Why? Understanding effective multicultural school interactions How? Candidates discuss the features of effective cultural interaction
Activity: Conceptual Framework/Lens What? The tool kit The Lens Why? Learn to see the systems that produces the outcomes How? Candidates gain understanding on the lens to understand the work of school administrators.
Activity: The Barriers What? What gets in the way of noble intent? Why? We must acknowledge the barriers to forward the work. How? Candidates will discuss and interact with the barriers to achieving equity and transformation at work sites.
Activity: Guiding Principles What? What do we believe? Are we who we say we are? Why? You must have ground values and beliefs to do the work. How? Candidates learn, articulate, and demonstrate the centering influence of guiding principles of Cultural Proficiency.
Activity: Cultural Perceptions Exercise What? Do we have the will to have courageous conversations? Why? Understand how conversations we fear can free us. How? Candidates confront how perceptions influence and hinder transformational conversations and work on school sites.
Activity: The Continuum What? Can we see the systems which creates our present? Why? Be able to see the healthy and unhealthy behaviors which defines our schools. How? Candidates explore, investigate, and reflect on healthy and unhealthy behaviors on a school site.
Activity: The Essential Elements What? What are the practices of Culturally Proficient schools? Why? Be able to act on what we believe. How? Candidates understand and examine effective culturally proficient behaviors /actions at their own school sites.
Activity: Tradition vs. Traditionalism What? Why do we do what we do? Why? Understand when is tradition a strength and how it can be a weakness How? Through discussion and reflection, candidates understand how long held behaviors may support or hinder transformation.
Activity: Leaders do What? Who am I? Am I who I say I am? Why? We must know our why to do our work. How? Candidates redefine leadership through action not reaction.
Activity: Transformation What? Do we have the will to find the way? Why? Understand transformation is the work of a school leaders. How? Candidates explore thru presentation/discussion the responsibility of transformational leaders Optimus Prime
Activity: Mindfulness Check-in What? What emotions might the words projected elicit? Why? How we are feeling/thinking affects the actions we take How? Three mindfulness protocols practiced: Measured breathing Mantra spoken each time more softly followed by silence Body scan
Activities Activity: 8:30 AM Reviewed social media policy/Tweeted/one-pager What? Highlighted pts and best practices Activity: 8:55 AM Current Event Challenges What? Whole Group Conversation
Activities Activity: 9:10 AM Leading by Example During time of Stress article (Share out @ 9:38 AM) What? Reading for deeper learning 6 leadership competencies Activity: 9:45 AM Barriers or Bridges: A Matter of Perspective and Attitude SRI Protocol What? Using 2 paper bags, write down a word that represents a barrier on one side of bag, write down a word that represents a bridge on the flip side of the same bag the slip 2ndbag inside 1stto make brick
Activities Activity: Responsible social media use; branding: of work What? Discussed designee/sharing/tweeted selfie/shared w/tablemates Re=How they might be ambassadors Activity: Reflection What? Images of current difficult events
Activities Activity: Building capacity and understanding literature and sharing with groups What? Time allotted to read silently, highlight quotes and share out. Activity: Focus on importance of perspective and attitudes, focus on building relationships (bridges) in order to bring about meaningful change. What? Individually wrote words on bags, stacked bricks together to build bridge.
Activities Activity: 10:15 AM What s on your Plate? What? Brainstorm BIG ROCKS Think. Ink. Plate. Activity: 10:50 AM What makes great leadership? What? Individually wrote words on bags, stacked bricks together to build bridge.
Activities Activity: 11:07 AM Video w/notetaking and Turn and Talk Pearl Arredondo What? Watch video while taking note on CPSEL s
Why and How Why? Reflection How? Plate Activity Identifying the work that they are doing Why? Reflection How? Connect back to your why as you write down your reflection to guiding ? s Why?: Learning from each other How? Watch video and make connection to her story and each CPSEL, share new learning (Turn & Talk) at table What s your takeaway?
Activity: Lets Be Social What? Share Twitter info/PLLD one-pager Why? Promotion of current and other programs How? LAASC Coach tweets and requests others retweet Review one-pager: Surprises? Wishes?
Activity: Norms What? Addition of tech-breaks Why? Research-based effects of multi- v. serial tasking on learning How? Listening Reading Which level(s) do we spend most of our time as administrators? How might we become more effective? Show with reading, writing, listening, speaking data
Activity: Nearing End of Y2 Reflections What? Reflection: The trees are about to show us how lovely it is to let things change. My greatest harvest (growth) in LAASC thus far is ___ and it transformed my oreactice(leadership) by____ Connection to CPSELs Why? Celebrate growth of past 2 years Reflect on transformations CPSEL revisit How? Candidates think and write solo and are invited to connect to CPSELs as they draft Candidates share highlights at table groups Two minutes for whole group share out
Activity: Great Leaders Quotes What? Who are these people? Why are they considered great leaders? How is there why evidenced in these quotes? Why? Your why must be evident in everything you say and do How? Candidates identify the great leader with the correct quote they said Invited to reflect how these quotes resonate with them
Activity:Article-In these Scary Times, Heres the Welcome Back Letter I Wish I d Received What? What strategies might we use to support all stakeholders on our campus? Why? Become and build Culturally Proficient and Aware leaders and communities. How? Candidates will explore their own learning from this article and share out
Activity:The Continuum What? Can we see our growth on the continuum of practice? What is your evidence? Where would the great leaders we spoke about earlier on the continuum? Why? Be able to identify our progress based on descriptors. How? Candidates explore, investigate, and reflect
Activity: Video- It all means nothing, if you don t stand for something What? What do you stand for? In one word Why? Be able to identify the core of your why. How? Candidates review their Why journey during these last 2 years, have time to identify ONE word to write in a thought bubble, stand in circle and share out their word in a Word Wave
Activity: Video:It all means nothing, if you don t stand for something What? What do you stand for? In one word Why? Be able to identify the core of your why. How? Candidates review their Why journey during these last 2 years, have time to identify ONE word to write in a thought bubble, stand in circle and share out their word in a Word Wave
Activity: Its All About the POP What? Where are you in your inquiry, where should you be? Why? Understand the process and how it has evolved up to where they are now How? Through discussion and reflection, candidates understand next steps in POP for the Leadership Conference and presentations as well as technical considerations and submittal guidelines
Activity: Four Corners What? 4 past LAASC candidates present POP and provide advice and answer questions for candidates Why? Provide candidates with a realistic visual example of POP next steps and clarity How? Candidates are able to observe 4 presentations in rotation format with a Q&A built into each presentation
