Professional Goals

As an administrator and instructional leader, I plan to accomplish the following goals:

1. Promote a positive school culture where teachers, students, parents,
and the community are valued.
a. Students, families, and educators work together to develop and
contribute to a shared school vision.
b. Advocate for a specific vision of learning in which every student
has equitable, appropriate, and effective learning opportunities
and achieves at high levels.
c. Incorporate diverse perspectives and crafts consensus about
vision, mission, and goals that are high and achievable for
every student when provided with appropriate, effective learning opportunities.
d. Develop a strong professional culture where educators model and nurture an
attitude that emphasizes the benefits and satisfaction of learning.
e. Capitalize on diversity (such as cultural, ethnic, racial, economic, and special
interest groups) as an asset of the school community to strengthen educational
programs.
2. Increase instructional capacity and academic performance in order to exceed state
accountability expectations and earn campus distinctions.
a. Support effective professional learning in collaboration with campus grade level
and/or subject area focused on improving student learning and supports
teachers in improving their practice.
b. Utilize faculty meetings as mini professional developments that focus on staff
development and coaching activities, while promoting professional
conversations regarding curriculum and instruction.
c. Use data systems and other sources of information (e.g., test scores, teacher
reports, student work samples) to identify unique strengths and needs of
students, gaps between current outcomes and goals, and areas for
improvement.
d. Provide coherent, effective guidance of rigorous curriculum and instruction,
aligning content standards, curriculum, teaching, assessments, professional
development, assessments, and evaluation methods
e. Analyze walkthrough data in great depth and determine next steps that will
positively impact teaching and learning.
f. Work with leadership team to organize learning walks with teachers that are
focused on TEKS alignment and higher-level questioning and thinking for
students.

3. Increase student voice and provide leadership opportunities for students.

a. Create a system for regular student input regarding school culture and
learning.
b. Implement student-led conferences to help students accept personal
responsibility for their academic performance and teacher students the process
of self-evaluation, while promoting students, parents, and teachers to engage
in open and honest dialogue.
c. Facilitate meetings with Student Council members to increase student voice on
school culture and academics.
d. Meet with all new students to see how they are adjusting socially.
e. Incorporate student goal setting to give students long-term vision and shortterm motivation.
f. Promote greater consistency school wide in how adults respond to student
behavior and so that a restorative approach is taken in addressing discipline
situations.
4. Improve communications, both internally and externally
a. Develop and facilitate communication and data systems that assure the timely
flow of information.
b. Use Blackboard Connect system to communicate weekly with parents and the
community via phone messages and emails and provide information on
upcoming events and dates.
c. Use effective public information strategies to communicate with families and
community members school efforts including celebrations, curriculum and
instruction, adult learning articles and information on upcoming events and
dates.
d. Develop comprehensive strategies for positive community and media relations.
e. Provide the staff with a weekly newsletter utilizing Google Docs.
5. Ensure the success of all students and provide a high-performing learning
environment by managing daily operations and environments through efficiently and
effectively aligning resources with vision and goals.
a. Identify and allocate resources equitably to address the unique academic,
physical, and mental health needs of all students.
b. Allocate funds based on student needs within the framework of federal and
state rules.
c. Align resources (such as time, people, space, and money) to achieve the vision
and goals.
d. Advocate for and create collaborative systems and distributed leadership
responsibilities that support student and staff learning and well-being.
e. Develop mutually beneficial relationships with business, religious, political, and
service organizations to share school and community resources (such as
buildings, playing fields, parks, medical clinics, and so on).