EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION

Education Administration: SLC 2- Refection and Growth Plan

Purpose and Substance of the Reflection with Professional Growth Plan

Continuous improvement and growth are essential for professional development. It should be known what skills and talents are needed for a certain occupation to align with the industry trends for making a conspicuous place among job vacancies. The demonstration of performance should be based on the available standards for the learner to become more professionally responsible towards his profession and society. This paper aims at providing a purpose and substance of the reflection with the professional growth plan so that growth in the program or department school district is elucidated. Building the growth plan consistently with the District Leader standards is explained in each section and how this has helped formulate a personal view of the future road ahead.

Overall Progress Being Engaged In

The overall progress that I was constantly engaged in while writing the reflection and growth plan is based on ELCC Leadership Standards. Promoting self-evaluation was done in alignment with these standards since a school leader must include awareness and understanding of the concepts for their accurate application. The values and their reflection were seen in this order:

1. The first ELCC standard talks about the educational leader who could apply knowledge to promote the success of each student with the collaboration of the school departments, their articulation, implementation, and stewardship of the shared school visions ("Reference Resource 2", n.a.). I came across the theories relevant for facilitating this articulation and leadership for the advancement of school visions since dissemination of this vision with all the stakeholders of an educational institute is the first and key part of the entire process. Staff is responsible for sharing the visions for school improvement with constant engagement from the parents, management, and community members to commit to change for betterment. Leadership should be directed to regulate respect towards the children, even those who belong to different races and their parents, so that acknowledgment of the school constituencies is observed. Moreover, the knowledge of the content should be tactical and strategic so that their implementation and evaluation are convenient.

2. The second ELCC standard discusses the success of each student along with the promotion of school culture and instructional program deemed effective for student learning via teamwork, faith, and personalized environment and building high expectations among the students.The artifacts that I learned were the theories about human development and behavior, individualized learning environment, school culture, student achievement, and motivation. For the school leadership, goal setting and time management for accomplishing those goals is a real task since cultural competence has to be embedded in the process of personalized learning opportunistic environment. Celebrating diversity is a key element of this ELCC standard since individualism would be reflected in personalization by instructional practices and curriculum design. Leadership for this ELCC standard also demands equity, trust, and fairness so that students and parents create an image of respect for the school.

3. The third ELCC standard indicates that protecting students and the school environment is upon the school leadership for which operations and resources are utilized to monitor and evaluate and effectively use human, fiscal, and technological resources. The artifacts that I learned for this ELCC standard are operationalizing the resources, specifically the legal ones. Management, marketing, and public relations should be incorporated well within the institute's environment. It becomes the sole responsibility of the school leader to check whether policies and being implemented in each department for keeping a healthy working environment. Making forecasts about the institute's requirements and having an intelligent knowledge of how to capitalize on human capital...

…them. Communication of vital information through media channels, most importantly social media, is highly significant as it helps contact parents and other stakeholders. I also came across the fact that ethics and justice in education administration are inescapable.

Projection of What I Know I Have Yet To Learn

I now know that I have yet to learn how to take effective decisions in which all the participants benefit equally. There should be no loss for any of the involved stakeholders, and if there is, actions should be taken to alleviate their anger if any arises. I have yet to learn how to deal with people effectively so that procedures' implementation should not adversely affect their accomplishment, especially for the school staff. Basic facts, figures, and stats need to be made available for making the right choice, suitable for all interested parties.

There are several ways in which decision-making would inform my study and practice as I continue in the SDBL district leadership program, such as material, human and financial resources, and their productive use would be ascertained with correct decisions. Managerial functions like planning, controlling, organizing, and staffing cannot be fulfilled if the decision-making process is weak. Application of democratic values within the educational institute should be imbued with apt decision-making skills so that educational institution and its governing body should only stress upon the fulfillment of academic needs of the students and the positive impact those students would make to the community in the future. It becomes instantly evident with the correctness of the decision that the SDBL leader is qualified, can understand the complexities of his circumstances, and knows how to infuse his critical thinking skills for the betterment of the educational institute based on the provided standards.

References

NYSED.gov. (2020, October 19). School district leader certificate experience requirements and position titles. http://www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/certificate/exp/leadership-school-district.html

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