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Attachment “B” – PSC/ELCC Standards Course Alignment
Educational Leadership Specialist Concentration Courses
& EDL 8300 Performance-Base Adapted Core Course
ELCC & NCATE Standards aligned with PSC Educational Leadership Program 5053-.58 (Effective 4/15/07)
S.1
EDL
8810
EDL
8820
EDL
8830
EDL
8840
EDL
8850
EDL
8300
EDL
8860
Developing and Leading Vision
Performance Outcome #1: Foster an organizational culture that facilitates development of a shared vision, school improvement, and increased learning for all students.)
Lead the development of a shared vision that promotes the success of all students based on appropriate data and
research.
Articulate the components of the vision and the leadership processes necessary to implement and support the
vision.
Lead the development and implementation of a mission, strategic plan, and action plans driven by the shared
vision.
Work effectively and collaboratively with the board of education, building leaders, staff, parents, students, and
community members to achieve the system’s education vision.
S.2
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Promoting Culture, Instructional Programs, Best Practices, and Professional Growth
Performance Outcome #1: Foster an organizational culture that facilitates development of a shared vision, school improvement, and increased learning for all students; Performance
Outcome #7: Facilitate professional learning and development that enhances and improves professional practice and productivity.)
Promote the development of a positive school culture that is pervasively academic, focused on improvement, and
that fosters a sense of belonging and cooperation.
Provide an effective instructional program based on a standards-based curriculum and Georgia’s learning
standards using research-based instructional strategies to design effective models of instruction that will enhance
and accelerate teaching and learning.
Apply best research-based practices to improve instruction for all students.
Design comprehensive professional growth plans that apply proven, systematic processes for improvement
through: analyzing human performance planning for improvements; and designing, developing, and supporting
implementation of solutions to close performance gaps.
Promote accountability by strategically planning, measuring, monitoring, organizing and managing systems and
processes necessary to improve student achievement and organizational effectiveness.
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Managing the Organization, Operations, and Resources
Performance Outcome #2: Implements sustainable educational change and process improvement; Performance Outcome #3: Creates 21 st century learning environments that advance best
practices in curriculum, instruction, and assessment; Performance Outcome #4: Engages in applied research that supports data-driven planning and decision making for the
improvement of schools and learning.)
EDL
8810
Manage the organization by effectively and efficiently analyzing and organizing resources, processes and systems
to support teaching and learning and organizational effectiveness.
Manage operations within the structure of Georgia public education rules, regulations and laws through
implementation of a comprehensive organizational development process.
Analyze and organize resources, processes and systems to support teaching, learning, and organization.
Create, implement and monitor a budget based on Georgia’s educational funding procedures that supports
teaching and learning and organizational effectiveness.
Provide and maintain facilities that support teaching and learning.
Recruit, hire and retain qualified personnel to support teaching and learning and organizational effectiveness and
to dismiss those who have demonstrated unsatisfactory performance.
S.4
EDL
8820
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EDL
8830
EDL
8840
EDL
8850
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EDL
8300
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EDL
8860
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Responding to Diverse Community Interests and Needs, Managing Conflict and Mobilizing Community Services
Performance Outcome #5: Builds collaborative relationships, teams, and community partnerships that communicate and reflect distributed leadership for learning; Performance
Outcome #6: Embraces diversity by demonstrating intercultural literacy and global understanding.)
Collaborate with families and other community members to increase involvement in school decision-making
processes to have a positive effect on student learning.
Respond to community interests and needs by collecting and organizing formal and informal information from
multiple stakeholders to inform district decision-making.
Mobilize community resources to solve problems of common concern to the school and the community.
Communicate student and school progress, local policies, Georgia law, and other important information to
stakeholders through a variety of media.
S.5
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Acting with Integrity, and in a Legal and Ethical Manner
Performance Outcome #8: Exercises professionalism and ethical practice)
Act with integrity by demonstrating behaviors that affirm and communicate the importance of integrity and ethics
in all interpersonal contact.
Act fairly by modeling impartiality, sensitivity to student diversity, community norms and values, and ethical
considerations in interactions with others.
Act ethically by abiding by Georgia law, federal law, the Georgia Code of Ethics for educators and the rules and
regulations of the Georgia Department of Education and Professional Standards Commission.
Act legally by applying federal and Georgia statues and regulations as required.
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Responding to and Influencing the Larger Political, Social, Economic, Legal, and Cultural Context
Performance Outcome #5: Builds collaborative relationships, teams, and community partnerships that communicate and reflect distributed leadership practice.)
EDL
8810
Develop a continuing dialogue with economic and political decision-makers concerning the role of schools in
social and educational opportunities for children.
Build collaborative relationships with students, parents, members of the school board, and other community
members that support improved social and education opportunities for children.
Influence the larger context through active participation in political and policy decision-making in the service of
education, including proactive use of the legal system to protect students’ rights and improve students’
opportunities.
S.7
EDL
8820
EDL
8830
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EDL
8840
EDL
8850
EDL
8300
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EDL
8860
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Specialist Level Preparation: Performance-Based Preparation
Performance Outcomes: 1-8)
Participate in performance-based activities that provide significant opportunities to synthesize and apply
knowledge and practice and develop skills identified in core knowledge standards through substantial, sustained,
standards-based work in real settings, planned and guided cooperatively by the institution and school district
personnel and with assessment of the responsibility of the institution.
Accept genuine responsibility for leading, facilitating, and making decisions typical of those made by educational
leaders. The experience(s) should provide candidates with substantial responsibilities that increase over time in
amount and complexity and involve direct interaction and involvement with appropriate staff, students, parents,
and community leaders including school board members.
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