The Relentless Pursuit of Excellence: Helping All Learners To Succeed | Dr. Pam Robbins
Program Description
Leaders in successful businesses that have sustained a high performance record over time possess a "relentless commitment to excellence" rather than a specific program. This commitment is grounded in both a personal leadership vision and a shared vision of excellence on the part of organizational members. This session will provide participants with specific guidelines regarding how to develop a personal leadership vision, a shared vision, and strategies for communicating the vision. In addition, the session will demonstrate how to foster continuous improvement through staff development programs that address need areas highlighted by program evaluation results. The emphasis will be on providing professional learning experiences for staff members that support school leaders in addressing goals specified in school improvement plans as well as need areas indicated in SOL testing results. Every participant will leave the session with a packet filled with practical tools that can be applied immediately.Virginia Standard(s) Addressed
Instructional Leadership (ISLLC standard 1)Program Goals and Objectives
By the end of this program participants will demonstrate the ability to:
- develop a personal leadership vision
- articulate a process for creating a shared vision among organizational members
- identify staff development sessions that will build the capacity of staff to address need areas identified in program evaluations
- plan ongoing, job-embedded professional learning experiences to foster continuous improvement
Program Format
The instructional strategies used will include simulations, role playing, storytelling, case studies, scenarios for action planning, cooperative learning tasks, lecturettes, video analysis, problem solving, action planning based on data and planning tasks. The facilitator will model best practice.Target Audience
School-based principals, assistant principals, teacher leaders, deans, department chairs; central office administrators; staff developers.Self-Selection and/or Identification Through School Division
No/yes. The program follows guidelines for quality staff development which include the presentation of research, modeling, application tasks and planning prior to implementation and evaluation.Duration of Program
Two full-day (8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.) sessions.Outcomes Measured
- Draft of personal leadership vision.
- Plan to implement the process of creating a shared, organizational vision.
- A list of avenues through which the vision and goals will be communicated.
- A completed plan that identifies site level data and matches the results desired with staff development.
Program Evaluation
- Daily evaluations during the session
- Follow-up evaluations to determine the extent of implementation
Contact Information
Dr. Pam Robbins
1251 Windsor Lane
Mt. Crawford, VA 22841
phone: (540) 828-0107
cell: (707) 337-2193
fax: (540) 828-2326
Email: probbins@shentel.net