The document discusses the roles and responsibilities of school principals in ensuring school effectiveness and excellence. It provides 23 criteria for measuring school effectiveness, including productivity, efficiency, quality, growth, and evaluation by external entities. The six major roles of principals are defined as: defining the school's mission and philosophy; managing curriculum and instruction; promoting a positive school climate; monitoring student progress; promoting teacher improvement; and cooperating with teachers, administration, and staff. Effective principals are goal-oriented, self-aware, analytical problem-solvers who maintain control over their roles.
The Instructional leader: TOwards School ImprovementCarlo Magno
This slide contains (1) Purpose of instructional leadership, (2) What is instructional leadership? (3) Curriculum involvement
Functions of an instructional leader, (4) Roles of the instructional leader (5) Characteristics of instructional leadership, (5) Activities of instructional leadership, (6) Effective instructional leaders, (7) Instructionally effective schools, and (8)
Philippine Professional Standards for Teaching.
An overview Instructional Leadership, Educator Effectiveness and the Teacher-Principal Partnership.
Discover best practices and staff development tools with this in-depth brief on SB-191 implementation
Highlights
• The importance of Instructional Leadership
• Understanding the rubric
• Making the shift
• The teacher-principal partnership
• Developing teacher leaders
• Fostering talent
• Peer practices
The Instructional leader: TOwards School ImprovementCarlo Magno
This slide contains (1) Purpose of instructional leadership, (2) What is instructional leadership? (3) Curriculum involvement
Functions of an instructional leader, (4) Roles of the instructional leader (5) Characteristics of instructional leadership, (5) Activities of instructional leadership, (6) Effective instructional leaders, (7) Instructionally effective schools, and (8)
Philippine Professional Standards for Teaching.
An overview Instructional Leadership, Educator Effectiveness and the Teacher-Principal Partnership.
Discover best practices and staff development tools with this in-depth brief on SB-191 implementation
Highlights
• The importance of Instructional Leadership
• Understanding the rubric
• Making the shift
• The teacher-principal partnership
• Developing teacher leaders
• Fostering talent
• Peer practices
Instructional supervision,its models and school supervisionMaham Naveed
Its all about Instructional supervision ,its all models and School Supervision. All authentic data taken from 35 national and international articles and a lots of books.
Principle of Administration And SupervisionDaryl Tabogoc
In the field of administration and supervision, principles is accepted as a fundamental truth. Principle may be considered a law, a doctrine, a policy, or a deep-seated belief which governs the conduct of various types of human endeavor. In administration and supervision, an accepted principle become part of one’s general philosophy which serves to determine and evaluate his educational objectives, attitudes, practices and outcomes.
A sound principle is formulated from carefully observed facts or objectively measured results which are common to a series of similar experiences. The guiding value of principle depends not only upon the soundness of its origin, but also upon the individuals acceptance, understanding, and ability to apply the principles.
Instructional supervision,its models and school supervisionMaham Naveed
Its all about Instructional supervision ,its all models and School Supervision. All authentic data taken from 35 national and international articles and a lots of books.
Principle of Administration And SupervisionDaryl Tabogoc
In the field of administration and supervision, principles is accepted as a fundamental truth. Principle may be considered a law, a doctrine, a policy, or a deep-seated belief which governs the conduct of various types of human endeavor. In administration and supervision, an accepted principle become part of one’s general philosophy which serves to determine and evaluate his educational objectives, attitudes, practices and outcomes.
A sound principle is formulated from carefully observed facts or objectively measured results which are common to a series of similar experiences. The guiding value of principle depends not only upon the soundness of its origin, but also upon the individuals acceptance, understanding, and ability to apply the principles.
This multimedia presentation was created to highlight and review the different responsibilities of educational leaders, such as principals and assistant principals. This presentation works as a reflection of my completed coursework through the American College of Education.
Building Performance and Global Excellence in Independent and International S...Fiona McVitie
Operating within an increasingly competitive international education landscape, institutions and schools are striving to deliver greater value and better quality education as a priority. Private and international schools need to develop a culture of deliberate, targeted and intentional school improvement to ensure continuous and sustainable progress is made. Dr Phil Cummins will share effective techniques and tips on managing and lifting performance for your school. This practical and interactive session will cover:
• Defining performance: Context, concepts, frameworks, processes
• Understanding individual performance: Appraisal, evaluation, feedback, goal-setting
• Building individual and team performance: Coaching for success
• Building whole school performance: Managing organisational change and learning
1Running Head DATA GATHERINGS AND INTERVIEWS11DATA GATHER.docxdrennanmicah
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Running Head: DATA GATHERINGS AND INTERVIEWS
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DATA GATHERINGS AND INTERVIEWS
Data Gathering and Interviews
Introduction
School improvement has important on schools, which are low-performing schools where the whole school should be turned toward another path. There are changes of ways and that a school can do with school improvement. Instructors, administrators, and parents are to set objectives to assist the school with improving each year on an institutionalize test and other test to contrast them and others school presentations. With the No Child Left behind Act in 2002 it expects leaders to take a gander at each child as people and as gatherings and not exactly at the aggregate school, making the act of ceaseless improvement for all students. Be that as it may, this Act has change and called Every Student Succeeds Act, it enable schools for more important adaptability to decide best interventions and improvement activities. For school improvement, information should be gathered to distinguish shortcoming and the qualities of a specific school. Instructors, staff, administrators and parents are partners they thought of a school improvement intend to upgrade student accomplishment in the classroom and to prepare instructional procedures for persuasive getting ready for school improvement.
School Reform
For a long time training, leaders have been pushing onto school regions school changes that don't hint at any working while at the same time giving short shrift to those that have a reputation of working. In the classroom there are such a large number of weaknesses and basic leadership that can be considered to improve student accomplishment and to help school improvement. School change or school upgrades results should be changed. Among a meeting with the standard of WASC team, they expressed that school improvement or school change is followed up on the coordinated effort on administrators, teachers, parents and students. Specialist assumes a critical job in the school. There are a few schools with various socioeconomics that can influence different results. Schools that demonstrated achievement grasps fundamental help and these backings are:
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Leadership-Everyone in the school is a leader. An educator is the leader in the classroom. Parents are leaders at home and administrators are the leaders of an explicit school. Guideline sorted out their staffs and their locale resources in help of student learning. Whatever the guideline needs the school pursues, here and there initiative can be a reason for miscommunication, and they will simply accumulate information from educators and guardians yet they do not want to do with that information.
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Improved people group ties the standard and school staff examines out and made school additionally inviting for parents and made connects to other network establishments. In an instruction framework the mission of the school isn't just done in the classrooms and the school itself. They need to als.
A set of standards to be followed in assessment.
As they apply to curriculum, criteria are set of standards upon which the different elements of the curriculum are being tested.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 6DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 6. In this session, we will cover Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI webinar offers an in-depth exploration of leveraging cutting-edge technologies for test automation within the UiPath platform. Attendees will delve into the integration of generative AI, a test automation solution, with Open AI advanced natural language processing capabilities.
Throughout the session, participants will discover how this synergy empowers testers to automate repetitive tasks, enhance testing accuracy, and expedite the software testing life cycle. Topics covered include the seamless integration process, practical use cases, and the benefits of harnessing AI-driven automation for UiPath testing initiatives. By attending this webinar, testers, and automation professionals can gain valuable insights into harnessing the power of AI to optimize their test automation workflows within the UiPath ecosystem, ultimately driving efficiency and quality in software development processes.
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into integrating generative AI.
2. Understanding how this integration enhances test automation within the UiPath platform
3. Practical demonstrations
4. Exploration of real-world use cases illustrating the benefits of AI-driven test automation for UiPath
Topics covered:
What is generative AI
Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath integration with generative AI
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Maruthi Prithivirajan, Head of ASEAN & IN Solution Architecture, Neo4j
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GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
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Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
GraphSummit Singapore | The Art of the Possible with Graph - Q2 2024Neo4j
Neha Bajwa, Vice President of Product Marketing, Neo4j
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GraphSummit Singapore | The Future of Agility: Supercharging Digital Transfor...Neo4j
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GridMate - End to end testing is a critical piece to ensure quality and avoid...ThomasParaiso2
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In the rapidly evolving landscape of technologies, XML continues to play a vital role in structuring, storing, and transporting data across diverse systems. The recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) present new methodologies for enhancing XML development workflows, introducing efficiency, automation, and intelligent capabilities. This presentation will outline the scope and perspective of utilizing AI in XML development. The potential benefits and the possible pitfalls will be highlighted, providing a balanced view of the subject.
We will explore the capabilities of AI in understanding XML markup languages and autonomously creating structured XML content. Additionally, we will examine the capacity of AI to enrich plain text with appropriate XML markup. Practical examples and methodological guidelines will be provided to elucidate how AI can be effectively prompted to interpret and generate accurate XML markup.
Further emphasis will be placed on the role of AI in developing XSLT, or schemas such as XSD and Schematron. We will address the techniques and strategies adopted to create prompts for generating code, explaining code, or refactoring the code, and the results achieved.
The discussion will extend to how AI can be used to transform XML content. In particular, the focus will be on the use of AI XPath extension functions in XSLT, Schematron, Schematron Quick Fixes, or for XML content refactoring.
The presentation aims to deliver a comprehensive overview of AI usage in XML development, providing attendees with the necessary knowledge to make informed decisions. Whether you’re at the early stages of adopting AI or considering integrating it in advanced XML development, this presentation will cover all levels of expertise.
By highlighting the potential advantages and challenges of integrating AI with XML development tools and languages, the presentation seeks to inspire thoughtful conversation around the future of XML development. We’ll not only delve into the technical aspects of AI-powered XML development but also discuss practical implications and possible future directions.
Alt. GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using ...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
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Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
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Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
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2. What is a good school?
Can goodness be defined?
Is there difference between effectiveness
and excellence in schooling? Just how
does one determine if a school is doing
good job or not?
3. Effective is commonly understood to mean having
ability to produce a desired effect. Thus, any school
producing an effect desired by some group is
considered effective by that group.
For example, graduates of good schools get jobs or get admitted
to college in larger numbers. Test scores of students are at above average
for similar groups of students.Teachers agree as to what the purposes of
schooling problems are on decline.Students select tougher courses.Survey
of students indicates that they are satisfied with their schools.
4. 1.These schools contain safe and orderly environments where
student achievement is up to or exceeds expectations.
2.These schools responds appropriately to the developmental levels
of students.
3.Teachers and students in these schools pursue competency in
learning.
4.These schools are accepted within the context of the local
community and its expectations.
5.These schools enjoy a reputation for excellence in the community.
6.These schools function well in response to or despite national
issues such as desegration, busing and other problems.
5. Kroeze Shoemaker and Fraser Sweeney
Goal Emphasis Assertive,achievement oriented
leadership
Coordination of instructional
programs
Coordination and
Organization
Orderly, purposeful and peaceful
school climate
Emphasis on achievement
Power and
discretionary
decision making
High expectations for staff and
pupils
Frequent evaluation of student
progress
Human Relations Well-designed instructional
objectives and evaluation system
Orderly environment
Support teachers
Establishment of instructional
strategies
6. Most experts agree that effectiveness is a multidimensional concept. the following list
illustrates some criteria and measurements often used.
1.Productivity-the extent to which students, teachers, groups and school
accomplish outcomes or services intended.
2.Efficiency-the ratio of individual and school performance to the cost
involved for that performance.Costs are calculated not only in terms of
money but by objectives or outcomes.
3.Quality-the level and quality of
accomplishments,outcomes,performance and services of individuals and
the school.
4.Growth-improvements in quality of offerings,responsiveness and
innovativeness,talent and general competence when school’s present
status is compared with its own past state.
5.Absenteeism-number of times present and frequency of nonattendance
by teachers,students and other school workers.
7. 6.Turnover-the number of voluntary transfers and terminations on the
part of students,faculty and other school workers.
7.Teacher job satisfaction-the extent to which teachers are pleased with
various job outcomes they are receiving.
8.Student satisfaction-the extent to which students are pleased with
various schooling outcomes they are receiving.
9.Motivation-the willingness and drive strength of teachers, students and
other school workers as they engage in the work of the school.
10.Morale-the general good feeling that teachers, parents, students and
other have for the school,traditions, and its goals and the extent to which
they are happy to be part of the school.
11.Cohesion-the extent to which students and teachers like one
another,work well together, communicate fully and openly and coordinate
their efforts.
8. 12.Flexibility adaptation-the ability of the school to change its procedures
and ways of operating in response to community and other environment
changes.
13.Planning and goal setting-the degree to which the members plan future
steps and engage in goal setting behavior.
14.Goal Consensus-the extent to which community members ,parents,
students agree that the same goals exists for the school.
15.Internalization of organizational goals-the acceptance of the school’s
goals and belief by parents, students teachers are right and proper.
16.Leadership management skills-the overall level ability of
principals,supervisors and other leaders as they perform school-centered
tasks.
17.Information mangement and communications-the
completeness,efficiency of dissemination and accuracy of information
considered critical to the school effectiveness by all interested
parties(parents, students teachers and community at large).
9. 18.Readiness-the probabilitythat the school could successfully perform
some specified task or accomplish some specified goal if asked to do so.
19.Utilization of the environment-the extent to which school interacts
successfully with its community and other areas of its environment and
acquires the necessary support and its resources to function effectively.
20.Evaluation by external entities-favorable assessments of the school by
individuals, organizations and groups in the community within which it
interacts.
21.Stability-the ability of the school to maintain certain structures,
functions and resources overtime and particularly during periods of
stress.
22.Shared Influence-the degree to which individuals in the school
participate in making decisions that affect them directly.
23.Training and development emphasis-the amount of effort and
resources that the school devotes to developing the talents of teachers
and other school workers.
24.Achievements emphasis-the extent to which the school places a high
value on achieving existing and new goals.
10. Six Major Roles of Principal are summarized below, interdependencies among them:
The effective principal works:
To define the school broad philosophy and mission
which guides achievement of school educt’l objectives
through teachers who are committed to these objectives
within supportive school structure and climate
over an extended period of time
in cooperation of teachers,administration and staff
11.
12. Wynn DeBovoise defines it as “those actions that
principal takes or delegates to others to promote
growth in student learning.”
13. Instructional Leadership
Defines mission
Frames and
Goals
Communicates
Goals
Manages Curriculumand
Instruction(CI)
Knows
CI Coordinates
Curriculum Supervises
and
Evaluates
Monitor
Progress
Promotes School Climate
Set
Standards
Set
Expectat
ions
Protects
Time
Promotes
Improvement
Behaviors
Dimensions
Functions
Fig.4.1 Instructional Management Functions
14. This first attempts to put a group of exceptional principals
under the microscope was made by Arthur Blumberg and William
Greenfield.
1.Principals were highly goal oriented and had a keen sense of goal
clarity.
2.Principals were characterized by a high degree of ontological
security(in other words, they knew themselves, their capabilities
and what they were about)
3.Principals tended to test the limits of both the interpersonal and
organizational systems they encounter.
4.Principals were sensitive to the dynamics of power.
5.Principlas approached problem situations from highly analytical
perspective.
6.Principals behaved in ways that enabled them to be in charge of
the job and not let the job in charge of them.