Intern plan: Visit with the superintendent

I met with Overton ISD superintendent Alan Umholtz to go over my intern plan for the superintendency certification class from Lamar University.  He agreed with all of my activities but did suggest I spend some more time with elementary and curriculum issues.  I adjusted a few of the activities to include such things as sitting in on curriculum meetings and helping with open house at the elementary.  He also suggested that the suggested reading list for a superintendent should include curriculum theory and in my case, elementary educational theory such as trends in the teaching of reading at the primary level.
I agreed to the changes and posted the intern plan on the TK20 as directed.

Intern 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 # ____ You may give the number corresponding to the 38 activities from the text to identify one of the activities. Make as many cells as necessary to address all 38 leadership skill areas.	TExES comp.#___ You must have activities that represent each of the 10 Superintendent competencies.	Summary of Activity - Describe the activity you plan on implementing or participating in during your internship – you may use any of the internship activities identified in the School Leader Internship, 2nd edition, pp. 19 – 68.	Resource Person	Projected Date to be Completed
1D	4	Lead campus site based committee to find consensus for vision statement for Overton High School.	Site Based Committee/Barbieri	11/1/2011
2C	5	Serve on the strategic development team for OISD	Umholtz	2/1/2012
3C	5	Review the ways assessment data are used by OISD board, superintendent, faculty and staff	DuBose/Umholtz Barbieri/Rucker/ Fenter	10/1/2011
4F	3	Review and criticize the processes used by OISD to monitor the ongoing communications between the district and faculty and parents.	DuBose/Umholtz Barbieri/Rucker/ Fenter/Talkington	10/1/2011
5A	8	Assess the leadership culture at OISD	DuBose/Umholtz	1/1/2012
6B	8	Practice each of the group leadership tasks at a faculty meeting I lead	DuBose	9/1/2011
7E	5	Participate in textbook selection process	Russell/Curry	2/1/2012
8B	6	Schedule classes for grades 9-12	Barbieri	8/1/2011
9D	6	Observe instructional assistant	Brown/Arnold/Cary	12/1/2011
10A	6	Review methods used to motivate students in the classroom and discuss with faculty	DuBose/Barbieri	9/1/2011
11D	5	Observe the use of technology in the library computer lab and discuss its strengths and weaknesses with librarian and students	McDaniel/Gamble	10/1/2011
12E	2	Meet with a group of students and elicit their recommendation for how to improve preparations for tests	Barbieri/Jordan	12/1/2011
13D	5	Meet with students to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of co-curricular activities	Barbieri/Jordan Philley	12/1/2011
14D	6	Compile a list of all professional development activities completed by the faculty at OHS in the 2011-2012 school year	ESC 7/DuBose Faculty	11/15/2012
15B	6	Meet with middle school and elementary principals to discuss moving 6th grade back to elementary	Rucker/Fenter	9/1/2011
16E	3	Meet with students to discuss rules and discipline procedures on OHS campus	Students	2/1/2012
17B	2	Participate in career counseling session with counselor and student	Barbieri	2/1/2012
18D	5	Inventory the administrative technology used at OHS	Gamble/Thomas Smith/Barbieri	10/1/2012
19B	6	Meet with school attendance officer to discuss job description and laws and policies related to job	Thomas	12/1/2011
20B	9	Meet with maintenance director to review job responsibilities and shadow one OHS custodian for one hour	Daniels	11/1/2011
21B	9	Observe bus driver during route	Spencer	1/1/2012
22A	9	Interview OISD food manager to discuss current requirements, concerns and issues of the program	Gillispie	1/1/2012
23B	7	Participate in an interview of an applicant for a professional position	Umholtz/Rucker Fenter/Talkington	2/1/2012
24C	8	Participate in the budget planning process for the district	Umholtz/Wingo	2/1/2012
25B	3	Assist in the preparation of a written communication to be sent to the public	Umholtz/Casey	9/1/2011
26A	3	Generate a general questionnaire addressing school policy, instruction, homework, activities, discipline, and parental involvement	Barbieri/Umholtz	11/1/2011
27A	6	Examine and evaluate the school library with regard to resources that address the heritage and values of culturally diverse populations	McDaniel/Russell	2/1/2011
28C	3	Interview Todd Meadows and Don Wayte on their perception of the quality of education, concerns and recommend-dations for OHS	Meadows/Wayte	12/1/2011
29A	4	Obtain a copy and of the superintendent’s job description and evaluation instrument in order to analyze the correlation between the requirements and the performance standards	Umholtz	2/1/2012
30A	3	Interview CR Evans focusing on the oral history of Overton and Overton ISD	Evans	12/1/2011
31B	1	Meet with school staff to discuss their perspectives of ethical/unethical behavior employed by certified personnel in OISD	Thomas, Smith Brown, Arnold	2/1/2012
32A	10	I will seek to share responsibility and to know and understand others to a greater degree	DuBose	3/1/2012
33B	4	I will attend OISD board meetings and report actions taken	Umholtz/Wingo	3/1/2012
34B	2	I will attend ARD meetings at OHS and report on the procedural aspects of the meetings.	Barbieri/Thornton Richardson	3/1/2012
35A	3	I will discuss the faculty dress code with employees who like the dress code and those who dislike it and seek to find a consensus on changes	DuBose	3/1/2012
36A	4	I will compile a list of current issues that effect teaching and learning	DuBose/McDaniel	3/1/2012
37A	7	I will submit a professional development plan focusing on my weakness (curriculum and elementary grades)	Fenter/Barbieri	3/1/2012
38A	6	I will compile a list of books, publications, and training manuals that would be appropriate for a superintendent	McDaniel/Umholtz Rucker	3/1/2012