AGENDA
EDUCATION
INTERIM COMMITTEE
UTAH
LEGISLATURE
Monday, December 19,
2016 • 8:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.
Multipurpose Room • Salt Lake Community
College • South City Campus
1575 South State Street, Salt Lake City,
UT 84115
Utah School Leadership Policy Meeting, facilitated by the
National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
NCSL
acknowledges the Wallace Foundation for their generous support of this meeting.
8:00 am – 8:30 am |
1. Welcome Welcome and discussion of meeting objectives.
Participants will introduce themselves. |
8:30 am – 9:05 am |
2. School Principal Leadership Overview and Using
State Policy Levers Research shows
investments in principals and other administrative school leadership make a
positive difference in student outcomes. This presentation will include a
brief overview of the importance of school administrators and the policy
levers legislators may use to prioritize effective school leadership. ·
Kelly Latterman, Policy Specialist, National Conference
of State Legislatures Suggested
Pre-Reading: ·
School Leadership Interventions Under
the Every Student Succeeds Act |
9:05 am – 10:00 am |
3. How Does
Utah Compare? This session will discuss policies
that research shows make a difference in principal preparation program
approval and candidate licensure. Participants will hear examples of Utah's policies
and comparisons to other states. Utah representatives will discuss the current
situation for principal preparation and ongoing education. ·
Kelly Latterman, Policy Specialist, National
Conference of State Legislatures ·
Andrea Rorrer, Director, Utah Education
Policy Center ·
Sydnee Dickson, State Superintendent of
Public Instruction Suggested
Pre-reading: |
10:00 am – 10:10 am |
Break |
10:10 am – 12:10 pm |
4. What’s
Working in Principal Preparation? During this session, program
providers will discuss the tools and resources they provide to aspiring
principals, how they make research-based decisions, and what they are doing
to ensure their graduates are day one ready. Moderator: ·
Kelly Latterman, Policy Specialist, National
Conference of State Legislatures Speakers: ·
Jason Dougal, Chief Executive Officer, National Institute for School
Leadership ·
Steven
Tozer, Director, Center for Urban Education Leadership and Professor,
Education Policy Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago ·
Jackie Wilson, Director, Center
for Education Leadership, Teaching, and Learning, University of Delaware |
12:10 pm – 1:10 pm |
5. Working
Lunch A lunch discussion with Utah
principals and superintendents. A panel will discuss what is working and what
is not in principal preparation and professional development. They will share
the leadership qualities they look for while hiring, the challenges and
successes in their positions, and what they would like to see change. ·
Lexi Cunningham, Superintendent, Salt Lake
City School District ·
Amber Clayton, Principal and Lead Learner,
Granger Elementary School ·
Spencer Singer, Principal, Monument Valley
High School |
1:10 pm – 2:45 pm |
6. Breakout Activity: State Policy Solutions Participants will break up in small groups to discuss
state policy solutions and best practices to promote school leadership. The
groups may include these or other topics: ·
Preparation
(selection, internship) ·
Licensure (experience
and assessment requirements, regulatory policies, alternative pathways) ·
Professional
Development (mentoring, induction, ongoing support) Each group will respond to the following questions: ·
What are the
challenges around this topic area? ·
What are we already
doing in Utah to address this topic? ·
What ideas and next
steps can and should we take? |
2:45 pm – 3:15 pm |
7. Share Out and Walk Through Groups will share out what they discussed and their group
results. |
3:15 pm – 3:40 pm |
8. Thought Questions Participants will have the opportunity to pose questions
to other groups for consideration. |
3:40 pm – 4:30 pm |
9. Guided Group Decisions and Next Steps In the full group setting, meeting participants will
review what they have heard and move towards action-based next steps. |
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm |
10. Meeting Wrap Up and Announcements |