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  Admin Leadership Dev

Administrative Leadership Development

Pat Sanford

Director of Administrative Leadership Development
Phone: 804-7156
Fax: 805-5336
Email: psanfo@neisd.net

Support Staff:
Starr van Keuren
Director's Secretary
Email: svanke@neisd.net

Visit the Professional Development Academy website at: www.yourcharlotteschools.net/pda

In today?s world,  standing still means falling behind.  In the tradition of North East excellence, a new department, Administrative Leadership Development, is being developed to maximize the ability of current and potential administrators and supervisors to lead into the future. 

The department builds upon the successful Covey Leadership training the District has offered for the past seven years and will be coordinated with the department of Administrative Staff Development.  Core classes will provide supervisors and administrators with opportunities, knowledge, and skills to become great leaders who develop great teams and get great results. These leaders will inspire trust, connect the efforts of their teams to the critical objectives of NEISD, tap into the full potential of each individual on their team, clarify purpose and align systems.  Core classes will begin during the second semester of 2006-2007. 

Mind-Set, Skill-Set, Tool-Set

  • Identify desired administrative traits, skills, and ethics
  • Provide strategic training and capacity building based on diagnosis of leaders?
        needs, observed behaviors, and experiences so leaders are aligned with and
        demonstrate desired district outcomes including
    • Anticipating new changes/the ?new normal?
    • Taking ownership of problems and solutions
    • Being flexible and adaptable
    • Carrying out leadership responsibilities
  • Provide ongoing opportunities for participants to gain knowledge and skills in
        real work settings
    • Structure opportunities for active engagement and problem solving
    • Provide real world application opportunities at District and campus level
  • Provide leaders with vision and the skills to carry out the vision by enhancing
        their ability to
    • Respond to problems and lead into the future vs. reacting to crisis
          situations
    • Conceptualize problems differently
    • Conceive new strategies

Leadership Development Program core classes include

      • The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
      • The 4 Disciplines of Execution
      • Leadership: Great Leaders, Great Teams, Great Results (The 8th Habit)
      • Building Trust
      • The Leadership Development Process (formerly DuPont)
      • Communication Skills
      • Conflict Resolution/Mediation
      • Mentoring
      • Ethics of The School Administrator

Operations include

  • Building skills?ongoing and continuous
  • Developing capacity of identified NEISD leaders
  • Supporting individuals and teams through mentoring, coaching, and facilitation
        to increase effectiveness individual and organizational effectiveness