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**Micro-political Leadership**

//**School executives will build systems and relationships that utilize the staff’s diversity, encourage constructive ideological conflict in order to leverage staff expertise, power and influence in order to realize the school’s vision for success. The executive will also creatively employ an awareness of staff’s professional needs, issues, and **////**interests to build **////**cohesion **////**and to **////**facilitate distributed governance and **// //** shared decision-making. **//

**7a. School Executive Micro-political Leadership**: The school executive develops systems and relationships to leverage staff expertise and influence in order to affect the school’s identity, culture, and performance.

Internship Activities
 * Attended PLCs
 * Conducted regular classroom walk-through observations
 * Led small group instruction in classrooms
 * Meeting with student services director, DPI transformation coaches, assistant superintendent and interim superintendent
 * Shared NELA with potential Cohort III candidates at Ahoskie Elementary and Bearfield Primary Schools

Coursework, Trainings, and Readings
 * NELA Assessment Day
 * Cultural & Change Training with Drs. Peel and Kathy Williams
 * Micheal Fullan Book
 * Bolman & Deal Readings
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Carter Leading Change Books
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Covey Habit books
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Tinkering Towards Utopia
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Trust Matters
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Cultural Change
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Dale Carnege
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;">Crucial Conversations
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">The school leaders our children deserve
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">7 keys to equity
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Schooling by Design

Artifacts and Documentation
 * [[file:nela1rose/NELA Cohort lll REcruit Flyer-1.pdf|NELA Cohort lll Recruit Flyer]]
 * [[file:nela1rose/4th Grade PLC.docx|4th Grade PLC Notes]]
 * [[file:nela1rose/Mentor Log Form 09-10.doc|Mentor Log Form]]
 * Mock interview feedback forms from Cohort II interview team: Larry, Lauren, & Vernadette shared w/ Cohort III candidate, Ronica Watford.
 * Mock interview video shared with Cohort III candidate