My Internship Plan

 District Leader INTERNSHIP PLAN – Remember this is a living plan and you may revise or add to your plan throughout the program as you and your site supervisors determine your professional development needs and the needs of your campuses and districts.

Activity # ____	TExES Comp.#___	Summary of Activity -	Resource Person	Projected Date of Completion
Activity # 1 (C)	2	Review and compare two different district vision statements and development process of the statements. Note strengths and weaknesses of statements and process used to develop them.	Darrell Becker	July 15, 2011
Activity 2 (C)	2	Serve on the SBDM Committee for my newly opened Campus. Keep a log of participation in the development process of the plan.	Tammy Becker	March 2010
Activity 3 (A)	5	Review current requirements for the campus under NCLB. Review the district’s data collection process and the data collected. Interview persons involved. Analyze data, interview persons, and compile a list of actions needed to meet NCLB.	Robert Meyer	December 2011
Activity 4 (B)	3	Prepare the staff handbook for a new campus in a Wiki Format. Survey several random staff members about the organization, clarity and intent and any solicit recommendations for improvement.	Tammy Becker	August 2011
Activity 5 (A)	5	Assess the leadership culture in the district to determine the frequency of use of top-down vs. consensus leadership	Dr. Kincannon	October 2011
Activity 6 (A)	5	Observe a district cabinet meeting and observe the leader behavior	Dr. Kincannon	July 2011
Activity 7 (A)	5	Read NSMA’s Turning Points. Analyze the curriculum of the district. Cite areas that align with or need change to meet recommendations of the book.	Ed Braeaur	December 2011
Activity 7 (H)	6	Go to APA website and Read “Learner- Centered Psychological Principals: A Framework.” Apply the 14 principals to understand the strengths and weaknesses in District instructional program. Provide my feedback to AS for Curriculum.	Ed Braeaur	March 2011
Activity 8 (A)	6	Analyze the district Middle School Schedule. Make recommendations to improve efficiency and meet student needs.	Kim Christy	June 2011
Activity 9 (B, C)	9	Conduct two classroom observations using the clinical supervision model. Also, complete the PDAS observation summary and compare the two approaches. Note the differences		December 2011
Activity 10 (F)	6	Compile a list of all forms of student recognition. Calculate the percentage of students who receive some type of recognition. Survey a broad spectrum of students, parents, teachers to elicit additional ideas of how to recognize students.	Tammy Becker	May 2012
Activity 11 (C)	8	Interview the persons responsible for assessing iPad apps for use in the new middle school. Describe and assess the process. Discuss concerns and recommendations for improvement.	Leland Albro	January 2012
Activity 12 (C)	5	Gather and analyze the campus TAKS/STAAR results. Assess strengths and weaknesses and make recommendations for improvement of student achievement.	Tammy Becker	May 2012
Activity 13 (C)	6	Work with the science department to plan a co-curricular GT field trip.	Dr. Fal	April 2012
Activity 14 (D)	6	Compile a list of all PD Activities for SBMS for 2011-2012. Note discrepancies and provide recommendations for greater involvement in PD by all faculty.	Tammy Becker	March 2012
Activity 15 (B)	10	Meet with principal of new MS with a 1:1 iPad initiative. Determine why the initiative was implemented. Survey participants in the initiative to determine their stage in the change process and suggest strategies to move the participants to the next stage of the change process.	Tammy Becker	February 2012
Activity 16 (C)	6	Compile discipline data for the first semester of the 2001-12 school year at the middle school level in Belton ISD.  Examine SPED classification, race, grade level, and gender.	Scott Moger	January 2012
Activity 17 (C)	9	Interview the Director of Health Services. Discuss the major goals, requirements and concerns of the student health program. (AIDS, abuse, sex ed.)	Pat Sleeth	August 2011
Activity 18 (A)	5	Review the TSSA Standards in Appendix A.6. Assess the level of compliance with these standards of administration in the school.	Leland Albro	September 2011
Activity 19 (A)	5	Review the procedures for opening of the school year at an established middle school campus and compare these procedures with the opening of a new campus. Critique the effectiveness of the procedures	Tammy Becker	September 2011
Activity 20 (B)	9	Meet with the director of maintenance to review job responsibilities and schedules of staff. Shadow the director of maintenance. Provide a brief report and summary of the meeting and shadowing experience.	Joe Peterka	October 2011
Activity 21 (A)	9	Interview the director of transportanion to discuss the current issues and needs for transportation. Discuss cost, maintenance, personnel, safety, training, student problems. Compile a summary of the interview.	Jackie Fields	November 2011
Activity 22 (A)	9	Interview the director of nutrition services to discuss current requirements, issues, and concerns of the program.	Cynthia Z.	November 2011
Activity 23 (D)	7	Meet with Executive Director of Human Resources to discuss the role of personnel department in creating PD plan for the district	Todd Schiller	March 2012
Activity 24 (B)	8	Interview the Executive Director for Finance stressing administrative responsibility, guidelines, training or other needs or concerns of the superintendent in budget management.	Eric Banfield	February 2012
Activity 25 (A)	4	Interview the District Director of Public Information to discuss the issues of comm-unication to and from the community to include community politcs	Judy Owens	December 2011
Activity 26 (D)	3	Observe a district SBDM Meeting to ascertain the role of parents in the process. Provide recommendations for increasing the effectiveness of their role.	Darrell Becker	January 2012
Activity 27 (D)	3	Meet confidentially with students of differing racial groups to assess their concerns and recommendations for creating a positive, culturally diverse climate in the district.	Scott Moger	February 2012
Activity 28 (B)	3	Interview a social worker who works with students of the district to discuss the needs of the clients and the role of the school in helping meet those needs.	Noemi Berumen	November 2011
Activity 29 (A)	7	Obtain a copy of the job description of the superintendent and the evaluation tool for the position. Analyze the correlation between the requirements and the performance standards.	Dr. Kincannon	January 2012
Activity 30 (C)	4	Review the board meeting minutes and agendas for the past 5 years. Note significant events, policy changes, and note recurrent themes that affect the district today.	Darrell Becker	December 2011
Activity 31 (A)	1	Draft a list of guiding principles for ethical behavior that I currently employ. Interview one school and one business leader to solicit the principles they employ. Compare and contrast the lists.	Todd Schiller	November 201
Activity 32 (A)	3	Acknowledges the accomplishments of others; promptly get back to others with concerns or needs; while leading meetings, shares responsibilities	Kevin Taylor	December 2011
Activity 33 (E)	4	Interview a board member about establishing a positive relationship with the superintendent. Interview the superintendent about relationships with the board members.	Dr. Kincannon	December 2011
Activity 34 (C)	5	Interview the Director of CATE to determine the major requirements, concerns, and goals and current and future plans to address these goals.	Scott Herald	October 2011
Activity 35 (A)	10	Conduct conflict resolution activity between two opposing groups in the district. Find the win-win solution.	Darrell Becker	April 2012
Activity 36 (A)	6	Survey a random sample of administrators, students, teachers and parents about the most pressing Current issues in teaching and learning. Assess the degree of importance and urgency of each issue.	Kim Christy Anderson	October 2011
Activity 37 (A)	7	Prepare a survey for central office administrators to compile a list of professional organizations, service organizations, state, local and federal agencies that provide expertise and service to the position.	Central office leadership team	April 2012
Activity 38 (A)	7	Survey the central office leadership team to compile a list of books, publications, training manuals, and district or state publications recommended for those in the office of superintendent.	Darrell Becker	April 2012

The Internship Plan is a brief, but specific, document indicating your overall approach to the Internship Program. Within this document, you will briefly identify the areas of activities you will approach and indicate which of the ten TExES Superintendent Competencies and Quality Indicators are used with each. You will also provide a brief description of the activities, your resource person to be used, and estimated completion date for the entire plan. As always, this is a living document and subject to update and change.

District action research plan – Students may wish to add an action research plan to their Superintendent Intern Plan. You may use the two Action Research templates (School or Professional Improvement – SIP/PIP) Template.