Educational Leadership
Leadership Development Workshops
Accelerated School Administrator Program (ASAP) Cohort
Designed for Assistant Principals who are interested in becoming principals,
ASAP is a leadership learning program that combines state-of-the-art
technology with interpersonal interactions. Participants complete selfselected, highly interactive learning modules, attend weekend retreats for
intensive learning experiences, complete an individualized leadership learning
plan, and participate in an on-site internship. (Various days scheduled
throughout the year)
Action Research: A Safari
On Days 1 and 2, participants engage in strategies for exploring essential
questions in schools and classrooms, providing a framework for investigating
student performance and guiding improvement. The processes for conducting
Action Research and for initiating effective Learning Communities are
outlined, using case studies and relevant examples. On the follow-up day,
participants share successes and work through any barriers for successful
implementation. (3 days: 2+1)
Admin. 101: Finding Your Way as a New Principal
Participants learn strategies from experienced principals for dealing with
relevant issues and day-to-day challenges. This session is delivered in
conjunction with offerings provided by Bob Donaldson for new principals.
(2 hr. sessions throughout the year)
Adult Learning: Fine Tune Your Training to Inspire Action
This highly interactive session provides participants information, strategies,
practice and support needed for ensuring a successful training or workshop
for adults. Participants leave with a workshop template that includes the
Learning Cycle and critical questions for each section, as well as an agenda for
an upcoming session. (1 day)
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Budget Essentials for Administrators
Powerful strategies and information are demonstrated through “hands on”
experience to help school leaders create and maintain effective school budgets.
Participants are equipped with valuable resources for making this essential
administrative project manageable and successful. (1 day)
Budget Essentials for Administrators – Follow-Up
During this interactive, half-day session, participants who attended the initial
Budget Essentials for Administrators learn additional strategies for handling
internal accounts, gain insight into budget issues specific to individual school
sites, and begin to develop the school’s proposed budget for the upcoming
year. (1/2 day)
Classroom Walk-Through (CWT)
School administrators are provided state-recommended strategies for focused,
non-threatening classroom visits which promote teacher reflection on teaching
methods. (2 days: 1+1)
Classroom Walk-Through Update
School administrators expand their current knowledge of CWT and develop a
plan for implementation at the school site. Prerequisite: Administrators must
have completed the two-day initial CWT training. (1 day)
Clinical Educator Training
Upon successful completion of this workshop, teachers are qualified to
supervise interns and mentor first year teachers. Participants learn how to
collect classroom data, deliver feedback to teachers, implement Clinical
Educator Development Plans, utilize information contained in the Domains of
the Florida Performance Measurement System (FPMS), and collect data using
the FPMS Formative Instrument. (2 or 3 days)
Coaching and Mentoring – Advanced
School administrators interested in becoming coaches/mentors for the district
take a series of four 3-hour sessions to enhance their capabilities. Coaching
and Mentoring for Administrators – Initial is a prerequisite for the workshop.
(4 three-hr. sessions)
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Coaching and Mentoring – Initial
Recognizing that building success in an organization requires the ability to
compassionately foster self-responsibility and collaboration in teams, this
session offers school leaders information, strategies, and experiences to
enhance their capabilities as effective coaches/mentors for others.
Coaching for School Improvement (SREB)
School teams utilize a coaching format using Tom Crane’s Heart of Coaching
model and a six-step School Improvement Process to guide effective schoolwide improvement. Multiple tools and strategies are provided for each
coaching level. (3 days: 2 + 1). Recommended prerequisite: Creating a HighPerformance Learning Culture.
Creating a High-Performance Learning Culture (SREB)
Participants learn what culture is and why it must be cultivated; what roles
leaders play in growing the culture; and what tools and strategies are available
to help leaders foster a culture that supports improvement, high expectations,
and the well-being of all students. School teams work together to learn
effective ways to develop a high performance learning culture in their
respective schools. Specific school data is utilized. (3 days: 2 + 1)
Customer Service Excellence
This stimulating workshop provides participants strategies for treating
customers (internal and external) as “guests,” thereby avoiding unproductive
interactions. Participants learn techniques for remaining calm in stressful
situations and practice a variety of ways to respond to difficult customer
complaints in real-life situations. (1 day)
Dealing with the Media: The Good, the Bad, and the Basics
This workshop offers school leaders and District personnel tips, advice, and
practical guidelines for dealing with the media. Through discussion,
demonstrations, and role playing, participants will be provided information
and strategies for dealing with reporters. The District’s policies and
procedures for proper media facilitation will be outlined. (1/2 day)
Due Process Training for Administrators
School administrators receive critical information regarding their duties when
dealing with personnel issues. Florida School Law and the Florida
Administrative Code for employee discipline are covered, as well as the Florida
Statutes for Personnel duties and responsibilities. Participants distinguish
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between law and contract and review the NEAT procedure. Strategies for
handling discipline in the work environment are also shared. (1/2 day)
Due Process Training for Administrators: Follow-Up
Administrators who have taken the initial workshop practice writing
reprimand and summary of conference, and role play scenarios. Time on the
agenda is devoted to questions on specific issues. (1/2 day)
ESOL Administrator/Guidance Series: Administrative Cultural
Awareness
This 18 credit hour course provides participants strategies for communicating
effectively with diverse families and for creating a culture of success for LEPs
in the school. Background information regarding ESOL training and state
requirements is also shared. (1 day contact + assignments)
ESOL Administrator/Guidance Series: Administrative Online
Foundations
This 24 credit hour course provides participants information on the League of
United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Agreement and its impact on school
personnel. Audit procedures and legal responsibilities of the target group in
the ESOL program are also covered. (2 hours + assignments)
ESOL Administrator/Guidance Series: Administrative Online
Foundations
This 24 credit hour course provides participants information on the League of
United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Agreement and its impact on school
personnel. Audit procedures and legal responsibilities of the target group in
the ESOL program are also covered. (2 hours + assignments)
ESOL Administrator/Guidance Series: Teacher Evaluation
This 18 credit hour course provides participants strategies for coaching and
mentoring teachers in ESOL instruction, techniques to share with teachers to
provide comprehensible instruction for the Limited English Proficient (LEP)
students at a school; and background information regarding ESOL training
and state requirements. (1 day + assignments)
Ethical Dilemmas: Between a Rock and a Rock
Through video, discussion, role playing, and self-reflection, participants will
explore the snares and success of making difficult decisions in the educational
arena. State and district policies and procedures will be reviewed. (4 hrs.)
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Facilitative Leadership: Tapping the Power of Participation
Participants are provided a forum to explore their challenges and aspirations
as leaders. They develop practical skills and tools for tapping the creativity,
experience and commitment of the people with whom they work by exploring
seven practices of facilitative leadership: Sharing an Inspiring Vision; Focusing
on Results, Process, and Relationships; Seeking Maximum, Appropriate
Involvement; Designing Pathways to Action; Facilitating Agreement; Coaching
for Performance; and Celebrating Accomplishment. (3 days)
FISH!
This workshop involves participants in the FISH! philosophy demonstrated in
the innovative video of the world famous Pike Place Fish Market in Seattle,
WA. Participants discover and experience ways to bring energy, passion, and
a positive attitude with them each day, resulting in an interesting, creative,
and productive environment in which people are truly connected to their work,
their colleagues, and their customers. (1/2 day)
Florida Performance Measurement System (FPMS): Initial
Training
Participants receive initial training in the utilization of the Florida Performance
Measurement System summative instrument. Information and skills gained
are used by individuals responsible for teacher observations or annual
assessments. (3 days)
Interaction Management Core Modules: Tactics for Effective
Leadership
This management training concept, designed by Development Dimensions
International, targets those individuals whose roles require them to lead
others to accomplish day-to-day goals and objectives. Participants learn and
practice strategies for building commitment, facilitating improved
performance, and following-up to support improvement. (2 days)
Leadership Awareness Training I
This leadership development series is designed for certificated personnel who
hold a Master’s Degree and who are interested in finding out about the process
to become an administrator with Brevard Public School. Self-assessments,
competency acquisition, and a shadowing component provide participants
with the information and awareness they need prior to applying to Brevard’s
Assistant Principal Pool. Included in the series is awareness on the following
topics: Interaction Management, Targeted Selection, and effective leadership.
(30 hours)
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Leadership Awareness Training II
This leadership development series, designed for non-instructional leaders or
for certificated personnel with at least a Master’s Degree, focuses on
organizational awareness and the organizational structure of Brevard Public
Schools. The Superintendent’s Senior Staff provides in-depth overviews of
department responsibilities and functions. Participants will interact with
district leadership personnel and will learn the complexity of the relationships
among departments and schools. (Ten 3-hour sessions)
Leading Change (SREB)
School teams understand the different human and organizational factors that
impact a school’s ability to implement and sustain meaningful change. Teams
work on identifying a vision of adaptive change – change that is deeply rooted
in the culture. They also work on applying a framework for sustainable
implementation. Prerequisite for this class: Creating a High-Performance
Learning Culture. (4 days: 3 + 1)
Personality/Learning/Teaching Styles (True Colors)
Through a series of interactive activities, participants recognize and appreciate
the unique strengths and preferences of themselves, other staff members, and
students. Techniques developed from research on motivational characteristics
and personal temperament intrinsic to each person will be shared.
Participants are also provided knowledge and skills to enhance rapport and
communication with others in their personal and professional lives. (1/2 day
or 1 full day or 2 half days)
Preparing for Administrative Interviewing
Individuals preparing to apply for administrative positions review and practice
behavioral-based interviewing featuring the Targeted Selection process. Tips
are provided to develop and enhance pre-administrative professional
experiences. (1 day)
Prioritizing, Mapping and Monitoring the Curriculum (SREB)
School teams learn the benefits of prioritizing, mapping and monitoring the
curriculum to more deeply understand what students need to learn, which
learning is most important, and how to know if the curriculum is being
taught. (4 days: 2 +1 +1) Recommended prerequisite: Creating a HighPerformance Learning Culture
Public Speaking
This leadership development series is designed to cover essential elements of
public speaking. Regardless of position or experience, participants practice
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these elements in a safe, collegial, non-threatening environment. Topics
include presentation skills and techniques, room set-up, telephone etiquette,
and audiovisual tips and techniques. (15 hours)
Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Based on the highly acclaimed work of Stephen Covey, this interactive
workshop focuses on strategies for attaining personal and professional
effectiveness. Participants learn strategies to increase proactive behavior,
become more opportunity-minded, increase self-esteem, build on mission and
values, have more time for high-leverage activities, improve negotiation skills,
become a better listener, improve synergistic problem-solving and teamwork,
and balance production and production capability. (3 days)
SREB Leadership Curriculum Modules (see in alphabetical order
in text)
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Coaching for School Improvement
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Creating a High-Performance Learning Culture
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Leading Change
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Prioritizing, Mapping, and Monitoring the Curriculum
StrengthsPerformance
This interactive workshop is designed for those who elect to complete the
Gallup Organization’s StrengthsFinder. During the session, participants
discuss, analyze, and reflect on the real-life behaviors that stem from one’s top
five Signature Themes. Leaders are provided insight into why they are
successful, what they do best, and how to use strengths more deliberately to
enhance performance. (1/2 day)
Targeted Selection
This workshop is designed to train individuals in the Targeted Selection
process for the selection of school-based administrators. Participants are
trained in a behavioral interview process that collects data on an individual by
asking specific patterned questions about past performance. Individuals must
demonstrate competency in the process prior to the conclusion of the
workshop. (2 days)
Teacher Leadership
This professional development series is designed for teachers who are
interested in learning about the many leadership opportunities Brevard Public
Schools offers its teachers. Participants explore the skills and attributes
needed to take on increased responsibilities in their schools and at the district
level. (Four 2-hour sessions)
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Understanding PAR and Position Control
School administrators receive critical information regarding their duties and
responsibilities with allocations, reappointments, reclassifying and
transferring employees and employing vacancies. How to use the Position
Allocation Report (PAR) during the planning process is shared, as well as
strategies for being successful at the “Beginning School Count” meeting.
(1/2 day)
Using Data to Make Instructional Decisions
This hands-on workshop focuses on recognizing patterns in data to develop
proven strategies for teachers to increase student performance. Participants
use data to perform a needs assessment and develop instructional practices to
address student learning needs. (1 day)
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