Superintendent Internship Plan

Activity # ____ You may give the number corresponding to the 38 activities from the text to identify one of the activities.	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
1	2	Analyze school’s vision/ mission statement as it relates to school’s master schedule.	Fong	9/11
2	2	Serve on district’s Site Based Decision Making Team and PBMAS Core Analysis Team	Fong	6/11
3	2	Review the ways assessment data are used by the board, superintendent, faculty, staff, and community relations department.	Hargrove, Brister, Finch, Combs	5/12
4	3	Assist in conducting a staff development session.	Fong, Estes	9/11
5	2	Consensus Building: Work with campus administrators to eliminate role of department head establish a new structure of teacher leaders.	Fong, Brown, Estes	12/11
6	2	Attend meeting of district administrators. Observe the superintendent’s behavior in outlining goals, seeking information, providing information, etc.	Hargrove	11/11
7	5	Analyze alignment of curriculum from middle school to high school.	Fong, Brister	12/11
8	5	Participate in the process of student class scheduling at elementary and secondary levels.	Estes, Fong, Knight, Casey, Dickerson	1/12
9	5	Conduct at least two teacher appraisals using the clinical supervision model.	Fong	1/12
10	6	Conduct meetings with high school teachers to discuss strategies to motivate students for TAKS/STAAR/EOC success.	Fong	10/11
11	6	Review board policy on technology. Review the degree of compliance and legal aspects.	Allen	10/11
12	6	Analyze district test results. Assess current strengths and weaknesses in student achievement.	Fong, Brister	9/11
13	5	Plan and supervise a co-curricular activity.	Fong	2/12
14	7	Analyze the district staff development plan with respect to school’s vision/ mission statement.	Brister, Finch	9/11
15	10	Meet with a district leader involved in implementing district change.	Hargrove	2/12
16	6	Review discipline referrals and analyze regarding grade level, special programs, race, and gender.	Fong, Lisbony, Ridout	9/11
17	10	Interview the high school nurse to discuss the major requirements, concerns, and goals for the school health program.	Fong	10/11
18	8	Review policy and budget for administrative technology.	Allen	10/11
19	8	Meet with school attendance officer to discuss procedures, policies, law, finance, and general operations.	Lisbony, Corbell	9/11
20	9	Attend meeting with district maintenance director to discuss facility issues and solutions.	Matthews	10/11
21	9	Interview the director of transportation to discuss current issues and needs for transportation.	Fong	11/11
22	9	Interview the district/school food service manager to discuss the current requirements, concerns, and issues of the program.	Fong	11/11
23	7	Review elementary placement and promotion policy and procedures.	Finch, Fong	11/11
24	8	Participate in the budget planning process for a campus and department.	Estes Fong	7/11
25	3	Interview district public relations coordinator regarding strategies for effective communication.	Combs	7/11
26	3	Serve as high school liaison to the Project Safe Graduation parent organization.	Fong	5/12
27	3	Meet confidentially with students of differing racial groups to assess their concerns and recommendations for a positive culturally diverse climate in the high school.	Fong	10/11
28	3	Gather information on the resources available to the schools from community and business.	Fong, Combs, Hargrove	12/11
29	1,4	Analyze the superintendent’s job description and evaluation instrument for correlation between the description and the instrument.	Hargrove	11/11
30	1,4	Interview a retired educator, focusing on oral history of the community and the school system.	Dean	2/12
31	1,4	Meet with a representative group of students to solicit their beliefs about and experiences with ethical practices at the high school and in the classroom.	Fong	10/11
32	1,4	Develop the following interpersonal skills: avoids interrupting when others are speaking, acknowledges accomplishments of others, and avoids being defensive when challenged.	Fong	2/12
33	1.4	Review the board training requirements and the role of the superintendent in this process.	Fong	10/11
34	5	Evaluate and understand the Response to Intervention process at the elementary level. Consider all screening, interventions, progress monitoring, and progressions through tiers.	Finch Knight Casey Dickerson	2/12
35	10	Choose a current issue in the district and interview persons on each side of the issue.	Hargrove	10/11
36	6	Compile a list of current issues that affect teaching and learning. Assess the degree of importance and urgency for each issue.	Fong	8/11
37	8	Work with the Southwest Educational Research Association (SERA) as the doctoral student representative for Lamar University	Fong	2/12
38	8	Compile a list of books, publications, etc. used or recommended for the position of superintendent.	Hargrove	2/12