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 * Read the Case Study regarding Leadership on page 11 of the NSDC Standards text handed out in class. In your PLC discuss Discussion Questions 1-4. Have a record keeper in your group synthesize your group's responses to these questions. If your group needed more information, describe what you need to know and how you would go about discovering this information.**

__1. What professional development is provided and what is needed to support principals as leaders in the development of the necessary knowledge and skills outlined in this standard?__ Resources are distributed equally, matches student learning goals, ongoing evaluation, important that the relationship between the professional learning and the student learning is clearly linked to all the stake-holders involved, the professional development plans are adopted by all and revised annually

__2. How is teacher leadership nurtured, developed, and utilized in the schools and district? Are there additional ways it could be tapped to advance student learning?__ Distributed leadership, tap into talents/strengths, make sure they have knowledge and skills to make sure of their success, well read, participate in learning communitites, attend conferences, life long learners, visibile to others, encouraging continuing education (PLC, masters)

__3. What have been some positive results and challenges of working with electronic tools to support leadership?__ Positive results-they make work more efficient and support learning. It increases the accessibility to everyone involved so everyoen can access it and no one has to worry about losing papers or receiving the papers. Challenges-be familiar with the stregnths and weaknesses for the learning processes for themselves and others and the electronic tools match the individual and organizational goals.

__4. Who are potential advocates for staff development? What information and help do they need?__ Superintendent-motivates the prinicpals and parents/community members, they need ideas and evidence of what good teaching looks like and how to make it happen. They use books, scholarly articles, and research studies. Board members-approve more staff development days. They need evidence to show the need, how it will work, and how many days. Parents and Community-$ to help pay for staff development. They need evidence, how it will it work, and how they can support the teachers. Teachers-it develops them into leaders.

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__How is the NSDC Leadership standard evidenced or not evidenced within your school systems? How did you come to these understandings about your school?__ Emails asking us what we want to learn, professional learning is offered to everyone, professional learning is primarily free We came to these ideas through observations and colleague conversations, and surveying on committees