Heartland Leadership Development Offerings 2009-2010

Heartland has a broad set of options available for administrative teams and individuals for enhancing there leadership skills. Below is a list of the opportunities with brief descriptions that are available during this school year. Click here for more detailed descriptions of each activity as well as dates, contact/registration information and decision making guides to help with your planning. If a registration number is provided, you may go directly to the Heartland Professional Development Web site and register for the activity. If a contact person is provided, this is an activity that will be tailored directly to your district needs. You may also contact your Partnership Director for more information.

Believe and Achieve
This is a four-day workshop covering the basics of "School Leadership that Works". This would be an excellent opportunity for those who want follow-up to Balanced Leadership or for team members who did not have an opportunity to participate in Balanced Leadership.

Showcase and Network Events
Networking opportunities will be available four times this year in various locations throughout the AEA. These network events will be held late in the day and early evening in a social setting to allow administrators a relaxed atmosphere for connecting. Each session will be facilitated by a local administrator.

Building Background Knowledge through Academic Vocabulary Development
This is only available to teams who attended last year's sessions provided by Dr. Robert Marzano. Participants will have an opportunity to implement the process Dr. Marzano introduced to develop a building-wide vocabulary development program. Wendy Robinson will facilitate.

Tregoe
Tregoe Analytic Processes are useful tools for administrators to use with group decision making and facilitation.

Time Audits
Heartland has a process for administrative teams to analyze their use of time in relationship to the 21 responsibilities introduced in School Leadership that Works (Balanced Leadership). These sessions are facilitated by Roger Scott and Dick Sundblad.

CBAM - Concerns Based Adoption Model
CBAM is a useful set of processes for leaders to use when analyzing and supporting initiatives and change.

Study Group Options
A variety of study group options are available for teams of leaders.

• Art and Science of Teaching
• Building Background Knowledge
• District Level Leadership

Leading Special Education
Learning opportunities are developed and available according to district leadership needs for learning the area of special education procedures, rules, regulations etc. These sessions are typically held on site in the requesting district.

Superintendent Network
This is a learning opportunity for superintendents using the Instructional Rounds process.