Emerging Trends: The School within the Larger Community Paper

Emerging Trends: The School within the Larger Community Paper

STRUCTURED EXPERIENCE
Activity #12
Emerging Trends: The School within the Larger Community

Description of the Assessment:
The candidate will be required to reflect upon the skills necessary to engage in the larger community political, social, economic, legal, and cultural interactions with the school district.
Alignment of Assessment with Standards:
This assessment is aligned to the following ELCC standards: 6.1, 6.2, and 6.3

Assessment Description
Emerging Trends: The School within the Larger Community
Assume you are a candidate for the position of a high school principal in your district. Prepare an 6-8 page scholarly report (not including the cover page or the references) that you will submit to the school board that will describe your knowledge and understanding of how you would respond to, and influence the larger community political, social, economic, legal, and cultural interactions with the school district. You should interview a principal or assistant principals from your district or one other than your own. Based upon your interview and readings, develop a narrative that will address the following questions. Support your narrative with at least five references. Use MS Word, the APA, and the format for all assignments. Your assignment should be submitted in a Blackboard labeled “The School within the Larger Community” (ELCC 6.1, 6.2, and 6.3). The written portion of the assignment must contain the following specific requirements of each section:

Title Page: Emerging Trends: The School within the Larger Community
Introduction
This brief section will be an overview of the assignment.
Interviews
After reviewing this assignment, develop a series of questions regarding the various sections of the assignment. Then you are to interview a principal or assistant principals from your district or one other than your own.
Advocate for School Students, Families, and Caregivers (ELCC 6.1)
This section will describe your knowledge of advocating for school students, families, and caregivers by discussing:

1. Policies, laws, and regulations enacted by state, local, and federal authorities that affect schools. (ELCC 6.1a)
2. The effect that poverty, disadvantages, and resources have on families, caregivers, communities, students, and learning. (ELCC 6.1b)
   Influence Local, District, State, and National Decisions (ELCC 6.2)
   This section will describe your knowledge of influencing local, district, state, and national decisions affecting student learning in a school environment by discussing:
3. The larger political, social, economic, legal, and cultural context. (ELCC 6.2a)
4. Ways that power and political skills can influence local, state, or federal decisions. (ELCC 6.2b)
   Anticipate and Assess Emerging Trends and Initiatives (ELCC 6.3)
   This section will describe your knowledge of anticipating and assessing emerging trends and initiatives in order to adapt school-based leadership strategies by discussing:
5. Future issues and trends that can affect schools (e.g., entrepreneurial approaches). (ELCC 6.3a)
6. Contemporary and emerging leadership strategies to address trends. (ELCC 6.3b)
   Summary
   This brief section will summarize the importance and implications for school leaders.
   References