Jan. 19, 2011

News Release

The Next Meeting Of The School Leadership Academy Advisory Board Is Friday, Jan. 21, In Denver

The School Leadership Academy Advisory Board will hold a meeting on Friday, Jan. 21, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Colorado Department of Education, 201 E. Colfax Ave., State Board Room, in Denver.

The agenda for the Jan. 21 meeting follows:

• 9 a.m. – Welcome and introductions

• 9:10 a.m. – Recap of board work and updates

• 9:35 a.m. – Updates on other statewide school leadership happenings

• 9:50 a.m. – Leadership Standards revision – results from the State Council for Educator Effectiveness

• 10:05 a.m. – Starting the development of the Leadership Academy concept

• 1:30 p.m. – Logistics and next steps in development

• 1:55 p.m. – Determine date for next board meeting

• 2 p.m. - Adjourn

Background
In spring 2008 the Colorado State Legislature passed House Bill 08-1386, which called for the creation of a School Leadership Academy Board to advise the Colorado State Board of Education on a number of issues related to education leadership, including standards, induction, licensure and a School Leadership Academy.

The intent of the legislation is to provide a statewide comprehensive leadership and professional development system that identifies, recruits, trains and inducts qualified persons for leadership positions in public schools.

The board began work in January 2010 (after meeting required legislative funding guidelines) with a comprehensive review and revision of Colorado’s standards for school principals, with guidance from national research-based resources.

The board reduced the number of Colorado’s standards for school principals from 14 to six, and then solicited feedback on the newly revised standards from principals, principal preparation programs, school boards, district superintendents, charter school leaders and higher education representatives across the state.

In response to this feedback, the standards were further refined and in fall 2010 the advisory board submitted the revised standards to the State Council for Educator Effectiveness, which is charged with recommending to the governor, General Assembly and state board of education, statewide definitions of principal effectiveness and teacher effectiveness. The State Council for Educator Effectiveness, with the current principal standards recommendations from the School Leadership Academy Board, will present the new Colorado’s standards for school principals to the state board of education in February. Following adoption by the state board, the new standards will serve as the foundation for the Colorado School Leadership Academy.

Colorado School Leadership Academy Board Members:

• Kevin Aten, Principal, Mountain View High School, Thompson School District
• Linda Barker, Director of Teaching and Learning, Colorado Education Association
• Floyd Beard, Executive Director, East Central Board of Cooperative Educational Services
• Diana Sirko, Deputy Commissioner, Office of Learning and Results, CDE
• Jim Eck, Senior Director, McREL (Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning)
• Mark Hyatt, Executive Director, Colorado Charter School Institute
• Mary McNeil, Director of Professional Development, Colorado Association of School Executives
• Lynn Rhodes, Dean of Education (retired), University of Colorado at Denver
• Mary Rubadeau, Superintendent, Telluride School District
• Eugene P. Sheehan, Dean, College of Education and Behavioral Sciences, University of Northern Colorado
• Nathan Smith, Principal, Del Norte Middle School, Del Norte School District
• Mary Kay Sommers, Principal, Shepardson Elementary School, Poudre School District, 2008-2009 President of the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP)
• Tim Taylor, President, Colorado Succeeds
• Jane Urschel, Deputy Executive Director, Colorado Association of School Boards
• Jeanette Cornier, Parent Representative

Board members will serve a three-year term. The board will set policies and procedures for the leadership academy program, monitor the program, define criteria for the department to use in selecting participants for the academy, determine curricular components of the program, and report annually to the Colorado State Board of Education.

For questions, please contact Katy Anthes at kanthes@thirdmilegroup.com or 303-619-0518.
 

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