http://modshare.local/middlestart/index.php/site/index/ en info@mod-lab.com Copyright 2010 2010-06-14T18:40:37-05:00 http://middlestart.org/network/news-detail/aedmslp/aed_leadership_fellows_program_2010/ http://middlestart.org/network/news-detail/aedmslp/aed_leadership_fellows_program_2010/#When:14:30:56Z The AED Leadership Fellows of the second cohort are: Carlos Acevedo Michelle Allen Stephen Beckles Kevin Boston-Hill Janet Hackshaw Johanie Hernandez Max O’Casey Elizabeth O’Raffity Lourdes Prieto-Lopez Nancy Sotomayor-Einstein Tommy Yahn Middle Start News, Middle School Leadership Project (MSLP) 2010-01-15T14:30:56-05:00 http://middlestart.org/network/news-detail/aedmslp/from_the_aed_mslp_director/ http://middlestart.org/network/news-detail/aedmslp/from_the_aed_mslp_director/#When:16:35:06Z Dear Assistant Principal, Are you interested in preparing to be a principal? Are you interested in a free year-long professional development program focused on both improving your leadership and your expertise in middle schools? If so, the Academy for Educational Development (“AED”) invites you to apply to the AED Leadership Fellows Program, a year-long fully-funded advanced leadership program that prepares you to be a highly qualified middle grades principal. We are currently recruiting a second cohort in the AED Leadership Fellows Program, and we invite your interest and application. As a member of the AED Leadership Fellows Program, you will attend monthly after school classes that are rigorous and engaging, provide you with feedback and give you an opportunity to learn and build your leadership skills. In addition, you will practice these skills through in-school experiences that you will document in an electronic portfolio. Your expert knowledge about middle schools and adolescent learners will be supported through two full day instructional rounds as well as a weekend retreat. Early in the program you will attend a multi-district leadership institute at the Center for Creative Leadership in Greensboro, North Carolina and throughout the year you will be invited to attend other workshops with national experts. You will also be supported through the principal application and selection process with special sessions devoted to preparing for the Principal Pool and C30 interviews. The program is highly selective and the application process is rigorous. To apply for the program fill out the application provided below. We look forward to your interest in the AED Leadership Fellows Program. If you have any questions, please feel free to call or email any of us. Calvin Hastings Project Director (212) 367-4594 chastings@aed.org Laura Dukess Program Facilitator (917) 951-1500 laura@onpointleadership.org Carmen Jimenez Program Facilitator carmen@onpointleadership.org Please note: The program is open only to Assistant Principals in Bronx schools with middle grades (K-8, 6-8, 6-12, etc.) Middle Start News, Middle School Leadership Project (MSLP) 2009-11-02T16:35:06-05:00 http://middlestart.org/network/news-detail/aedmslp/mslp_fellows_program_2010/ http://middlestart.org/network/news-detail/aedmslp/mslp_fellows_program_2010/#When:14:12:31Z A fully-funded professional development program for experienced Assistant Principals working in schools with middle grades in the Bronx, AED Leadership Fellows Program is a selective, rigorous, experiential year-long program that has a dual focus on leadership and middle schools, and it successfully prepares Assistant Principals to be successful principals of middle grades schools. The Assistant Principals wishing to apply for the AED MSLP Fellows Program in 2010 are invided to attend one of the informational meetings scheduled as follows: Thursday, October 29th, 2009 PS 306 in CSD 10 (40 W. Tremont Ave., Bronx, NY) 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. Thursday, November 5th, 2009 District 7 Office (501 Courtland Ave., Bronx, NY) 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. Application Deadline: November 20, 2009. Email your application to Aurelia Enache at aenache@aed.org For questions or more information please contact Carmen Jimenez at Carmen@onpointleadership.org or cjimene@schools.nyc.gov Laura Dukess at laura@onpointleadership.org Attached are the following documents: Middle Start News, Middle School Leadership Project (MSLP) 2009-10-28T14:12:31-05:00 http://middlestart.org/network/news-detail/aedmslp/aed_middle_start_receives_a_usdoe_school_leadership_grant/ http://middlestart.org/network/news-detail/aedmslp/aed_middle_start_receives_a_usdoe_school_leadership_grant/#When:22:16:57Z AED is pleased to announce that it is one of twenty-two recipients of this prestigious USDOE program that provides grants to support the development, enhancement, or expansion of innovative programs to recruit, train, and mentor principals (including assistant principals) for high-need LEAs. To read more about this USDOE grant, visit the website for this grant at the ed.gov School Leadership Program web page The Academy for Educational Development Middle School Leadership Program (AED MSLP) is designed to assist low-performing middle schools in the Bronx through the development of innovative programs to develop, train, and coach principals (including assistant principals) to serve in high-need urban middle schools. The Academy for Educational Development’s (AED) program of leadership development is aligned with and supportive of the New York City Department of Education’s Children First Initiative and will assist the department in its effort to ensure that every New York City public school is led by a leader with the skills, knowledge, and behaviors to continuously improve student learning. MSLP will address the critical need of improving Bronx middle schools by creating an aligned and interconnected program that will provide aspiring leaders, assistant principal, and principals with a strong foundation in adolescent development anchored by the five New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) School Leadership Competencies. Through the MSLP, we will implement the following: Recruitment and Training for Future Principals: We will create the AED Leadership Fellows Program, which will prepare experienced middle school assistant principals to be excellent principals for high-need urban middle schools. AED Leadership Fellows will receive training to ensure that they are grounded in the principles of Middle Start (AED’s research-based comprehensive middle-grades reform initiative) as well as in all five of the NYCDOE School Leadership Competencies. Professional Development for Current and New Principals: We will offer a comprehensive two-year program of support for participating middle school principals, including a Middle Start Study Institute, three semester-long institutes designed to support the five competencies, an annual leadership development institute with the Center for Creative Leadership, and an opportunity to be trained as a coach for new principals in the program. Assistant principals in participating middle schools will also participate in a two year Middle Start Study Institute and have the opportunity to attend two skill-development institutes around the areas of the five competencies each year. Described below are the long-term goals and intended outcomes for the proposed program: Goal 1: To recruit highly qualified experienced assistant principals to prepare for principalships in high-need urban middle schools. Outcome 1.1: A pool of approximately 50 highly trained assistant principals skilled in instructional and managerial leadership and knowledgeable about the principles of adolescent development will be prepared for placement in principal positions in high-need urban middle schools. Goal 2: To strengthen the abilities of principals and assistant principals to meet the academic, social, and emotional needs of students in high-need urban middle schools. Outcome 2.1: A cadre of accomplished principals will have developed a full repertoire of coaching and facilitation skills to support their newly placed peers in promoting student outcomes and school success. Outcome 2.2: Participating principals and assistant principals will demonstrate gains in their knowledge and skills as a result of participation in ongoing, sustained professional development aligned with the NYCDOE School Leadership Competencies. Outcome 2.3: Participating school principals and assistant principals will demonstrate increased skills needed to address the academic, social, and emotional needs of students in high-need urban middle schools. Goal 3: To retain highly qualified leaders in high-need urban middle schools. Outcome 3.1: Decreased rate of principal turnover in high-need urban middle schools. Outcome 3.2: Participating assistant principals and principals are more engaged with and connected to the school community and will become increasingly able to manage their own individualized and ongoing professional development. Middle Start News, AED PSO, Middle School Leadership Project (MSLP), AED SSO Principals 2008/2009 2008-08-25T22:16:57-05:00