The purpose of leadership is the improvement of instructional practice and performance, regardless of the role (Elmore, 2000).

Do you agree with this statement? What are the implications of this statement for shared leadership?

In this article, 10 roles of teacher leaders are shared….what are your ideas about the critical roles of teacher leaders?
http://www.csun.edu/~krowlands/Content/SED610/Leadership/harrison%20and%20killion%20ten%20roles%20for%20teacher%20leaders.pdf

Our 2016-2017 Fellows will meet August 29th at KVEC offices. Please bring your Theory of Action ideas for further development.

Congratulations to Jennifer Carroll on her new role as President of KASA! You are an awesome leader!

The powerpoint file was so large, I had to break it into three files and take out the embedded video…the videos are all available in the Process Agenda, also linked below…

Team Paw Patrol is on the case!

New Appalachian Leadership Lab Fellows will be coming together for their Summer Retreat on Sunday, July 17th. Follow their time together on Twitter @AppLeaderLab and #appleaderlab.

Awesome ALL meeting today ….enjoyed defining, refining and branding “shared leadership” with design fellows and our innovative leader, Jennifer. Building relationships, collaborating and sharing ideas ….energizing and inspiring! Looking forward to ALL cohort 2 with new faces and more professional learning! Thanks for the Design Fellows…Read More

Looking forward to the ALL presentations tomorrow at the Action Research Summit!

Middlesboro Elementary (Tony Maxwell’s school) is having a recurring PETLL visit on April 14th. I still need a couple of team members! This would be a great opportunity to see Tony’s school and further network through ALL. Please email me if you think you want to help on this visit.

Remember, our last F2F meeting is June 9. Mike Rutherford plans to be with us to help us begin developing our PETLL for Leaders Framework and Resources.

Thank you all for allowing me to join your meeting the other day. It was a great day and I enjoyed getting to meet and discuss with you.

Design Fellows, how would you spend $1000 in my new classroom?

Excited for our 4-14-16 PETLL visit to Middlesboro.

Excited for our 4-14-16 PETLL visit to Middlesboro.

Great ALL meeting today!

Appalachian Leadership Lab Design fellows will meet tomorrow at KVEC. Bring a device!!

Here is the application for year 2 of the Appalachian Leadership Lab. The Fellowship is open to teams of teacher leaders, principals, central office administrators and community members. Applications are due by March 15th. If you have any questions, please contact me at jennifer.carroll@wolfe.kyschools us or on Twitter @AppLeaderLab.
Jennifer…Read More

Twitter Chat tonight at 8 pm. Topic is Effective Feedback and Coaching. Follow #appleaderlab. See you there!!

Next Appalachian Leadership Lab Twitter Chat is January 20th at 8:00 pm. Topic is “Strategies and Tips for Effective Coaching and Feedback” Follow #appleaderlab

Wallace Foundation article on Leading Schools Through Change.
[bpfb_link url=’http://www.wallacefoundation.org/knowledge-center/school-leadership/principal-training/Documents/Leading-Schools-Through-Major-Change-Principals-and-the-Common-Core.pdf’…Read More

Great ASCD article on questions for data analysis
[bpfb_link url=’http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/dec08/vol66/num04/Answering-the-Questions-That-Count.aspx’ title=’
Educational Leadership:Data: Now What?:Answering the Questions That Count
‘…Read More

Twitter Chat tonight at 8:00 pm on Innovative Learning Spaces…follow hashtag:
#ALLlearningspaces

I added my handout from yesterday to the documents. It was a great day!

Follow up on Twitter @AppLeaderLab or check us out at http://www.appalachianleadershiplab.com

Appalachian Leadership Lab Presentation Schedule for October 28th Promising Practices Summit to be held in Pikeville at Eastern KY Expo Center.
Jennifer Carroll uploaded new file(s): appalachian-leadership-lab-pp-schedule.docx to Appalachian Leadership Laboratory

Appalachian Leadership Lab Design Fellows don’t forget our online meeting Thursday at 3:30.

Appalachia Leadership Lab
Capstone: Classroom Redesign

I’ve always believed that creating a warm and caring learning environment was an essential component to education. Even in college, before having my own classroom, my soul burst with passion on this topic. Now that I am a teacher in the 21st century, with a room filled of 6 and 7 year o…Read More

You might find this free webinar on Thursday useful and interesting!
[bpfb_link url=’https://principalcenter.clickfunnels.com/webinar-registration?utm_content=20653093&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter’ title=’High-Performance Instructional Leadership’…Read More

Wow! Happy to see all the new faces in the Appalachian Leadership Lab Holler…one of the topics generating interest in this Holler is Redesigned Learning Spaces…if you have any pictures of innovative learning spaces in your school, we would LOVE to see them!

Jonathan Jones and I have collaborated and determined our focus should go toward the redesign of the STLP student technology work space as our capstone or design challenge. Although it is technically a storage/work area for the district technology equipment, it is also the meeting place of the high school STLP (Student Technology Leadership…Read More

I have scheduled my first PTELL visit. I am looking forward to this experience.

Lisa Blevins-Salyer
Leadership Challenge
2015-2016

During the 2015-2016 school year, I will be assisting teachers in developing a Technology Integration Personalized Plan. I will collaborate with teachers throughout the school year to ensure they have the support and resources needed to achieve their personalized technology learning goals. Once…Read More

Today was an awesome day of “epiphanies” for me! I am anxious to see what tomorrow holds!

Wonderful day of learning in Hazard today with the ALL and Mike Rutherford!

So excited to be a part of ALL. Loved hearing other share their ideas for projects. AWESOME!!

Thank you to everyone who is working in the Google Doc to document their Design Leadership Challenge and to be ready for the Promising Practice Summit Leadership Session

Cassandra Akers’ Leadership Design Challenge:
Title: BLHS School Media Center Re-Design

Description:
With the ever emergent use of technology and our consistently changing world, our school’s media center has become obsolete. To increase both usage and purpose, we shall re-design our media center to be more technology centered and s…Read More

This document contains links to resources around rural education that we might use in our work with Mike.

Jennifer Carroll uploaded new file(s): rural-education-resources.docx to Appalachian Leadership Laboratory

Jennifer Carroll uploaded new file(s): guiding-questions-for-mike-rutherford.docx, 360lshipassessmentgenericpg120121.pdf, 8forcesforleaders1.pdf, scasaemlamodule2dlchange1.pdf, scasaemlamodule3rsschoolculture1.pdf, sweetwater1community1.pdf, gsltmodule7hpteams1.pdf, rsculturedlchange11x1720091.pdf to Appalachian Leadership Laboratory

Sharing Eric Bowling’s Capstone/Leadership Design Challenge:
ALL Fellows-

After reviewing the commonalities and gathering feedback from all the districts that piloted the Non-Traditional Instruction (NTI) Program, Harlan County Schools’ ARI-affiliated District leadership collaborated and further acknowledged the importance of promoting p…Read More

I have been contacting neighboring districts to see how they “share” information within their districts from the teacher leaders and am getting some great ideas. If you have creative ways that teachers share professional learning, please let me know.

Really good article about how to push past the improvement plateau….has implications for SHARED leadership. And the strategies are very appropriate for small, rural schools.
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Educational…Read More

Attaching Rural Educators Toolkit…might be relevant research and information as we move forward with Mike Rutherford.
Jennifer Carroll uploaded new file(s): rural_educators_toolkit.docx to Appalachian Leadership Laboratory

Elise Legaspie shares her 3rd grade classroom in a video on Classroom Cribs.com…it is fun to look the transformation of the classrooms featured here.
[bpfb_link url=’http://classroomcribs.com/30-days-of-design-elise-legaspie-3rd-grade-teacher/’ title=’30 Days of Design: Elise Legaspie, 3rd Grade Teacher’…Read More

Today was my Day 3 of the Instructional Leadership Challenge…each day I have received useful tips, tools and resources…I hope you will consider joining! You can join anytime.
[bpfb_link url=’http://www.instructionalleadershipchallenge.com/’ title=’Join the Instructional Leadership Challenge’ image=”]A Free 21-Day Program for School Leaders -…Read More

Yesterday evening, I hosted my first district SBG PAN. Many teachers are interested in making a grading switch. I’m optimistic and can’t wait to see how my capstone project impacts learning in Magoffin County!

Erin Klein and Tom Murray share a 18 page resource on Technology Centers in classrooms.
[bpfb_link url=’http://www.thomascmurray.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Handout-Technology-Centers.pdf’ title=’http://www.thomascmurray.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Handout-Technology-Centers.pdf’…Read More

Chris Sturgis’ Competency Works website
[bpfb_link url=’http://www.competencyworks.org/’ title=’ Competency Works’ image=’http://www.competencyworks.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Slide-2-300×225.png’]Competency Works – Learning from the Cutting Edge[/bpfb_link]

Tips for Giving and Receiving Feedback by Mike Rutherford…
Jennifer Carroll uploaded new file(s): soclnotes6feedback.pdf to Appalachian Leadership Laboratory