Educational Leadership Constituent Council (ELCC) Standards Development The Educational Leadership Constituent Council (ELCC) standards are a guide for present and future educational leaders as they are trained in their professional discourse. They represent research that supports quality educational leadership that connects course content to actual school experiences. Through the various internship activities detailed below, I have showed growth in each of the ELCC standards, and I have identified areas of improvement for each as well. ELCC Standard 1.0 The first standard in the Educational Leadership Constituent Council (ELCC) standards relates to the development and implementation of the school mission and vision of learning, as well as …show more content…
When creating this presentation, I thought about my own experiences creating a Comprehensive School Improvement Plan (CSIP) for the gifted department. The committee was comprised of both gifted teachers for the district, a parent of a gifted child, and a former gifted student from the district. The group combined experiences, opinions, and research to form a five-year improvement plan for the gifted department. This experience helped me to realize that it is important to have collaboration when creating a vision plan, so that teachers, staff, students, and the community can have input. This ensures that everyone feels valued and essential in the school’s improvement. I believe this creates a more thorough plan that is more likely to be embraced by both the school and …show more content…
This element of Standard 2 focuses on advocating and providing a school culture and instructional program that encourages students learning through collaboration, trust, and a personalize learning environment that sets high expectations for all students. The field experience project I completed for this standard was perhaps my best experience in the specialist program. I was able to observe, evaluate, and conference with a colleague on her instructional practices. I learned about the individual needs of some of the students in my colleague’s classroom, such as a student with Asperger’s syndrome and another that participated in the gifted program. I saw how she personalized instruction to meet the needs of these students. I also got to evaluate her questioning levels, and if the students were being challenged by the curriculum. During the conference, I was able to give tips on how to improve collaboration in her classroom, how to increase question rigor, and how to meet the needs of all students through