Hilda Naez

Spring 2014
Competency Reflection Paper
Competency 1: The principal knows how to shape campus culture by facilitating the development,
articulation, implementation, and stewardship of a vision of learning that is shared and supported by the
school community.
I feel particularly confident aout my e!perience "it# Competency 1$ I #a%e een e!po&ed to many
opportunitie& t#at #elped &#ape t#e campu& culture$ '& #ead of t#e Parent In%ol%ement Committee( I
#a%e een ale to &et up a %ariety of e%ent& "#ere t#e &tudent&( parent&( and community #a%e een ale
to participate and ecome a more integral part of our campu& culture$ I facilitated t#e )at# and Science
*inter Carni%al( t#e +addy,+aug#ter +ance( t#e 1
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'nnual -amily Spirit Nig#t at Peter Piper Pizza( and
t#e )ot#er,Son Picnic +ay$ 'll of t#e&e e%ent& #a%e increa&ed our parent %olunteer& on campu& and
facilitated an opportunity for parent& to e part of our daily &c#ool life$ 'n important component of t#i&
competency i& t#at t#e principal ac.no"ledge& and celerate& t#e contriution& of &tudent&( &taff(
parent&( and community memer& to"ard t#e realization of t#e campu& %i&ion$ /ltimately( I #a%e learned
t#at to attain t#e realization of t#e campu& %i&ion one mu&t "or. "it# e%eryone( a& it i& fulfilled t#roug#
a 0oint effort of all &ta.e#older& in%ol%ed$ 1#i& intern&#ip and t#e opportunitie& pro%ided to me y my
principal #a%e #elped me de%elop( articulate( and implement a %i&ion of learning t#at i& clearly &#ared
and &upported y t#e &c#ool community$
Competency 2: The principal knows how to communicate and collaborate with all members of the
school community, respond to diverse interests and needs, and mobilize resources to promote student
success.
1#roug# t#e pro0ect& t#at I initiated or managed during my intern&#ip( I di&co%ered preci&ely #o"
confident I am in t#i& competency$ )y &c#ool #a& ne%er #ad muc# parent in%ol%ement$ 1#i& year my
principal decided t#at I &#ould &tart a Parent In%ol%ement Committee$ I a&.ed &ome of my colleague& to
ecome memer& of t#i& committee &o t#at toget#er( "e could ma.e it &ucce&&ful$ )y fir&t attempt in
getting parent& in%ol%ed "a& during 2)eet t#e 1eac#er Nig#t3$ *e #ad 44 parent& &ign up at our oot#(
and y t#e end of t#e follo"ing "ee. "e #ad a total of 50 parent& on our %olunteer& li&t$ In order to
pro%ide %aried and meaningful opportunitie& for parent& and caregi%er& to e engaged in t#e education of
t#eir c#ildren( I t#oug#t it "ould e a good idea to #a%e 2Room )om&3 and 2Room +ad&3 at our
campu&$ I a&.ed eac# teac#er to find a Room )om or +ad for t#eir cla&&room&$ I e!plained to t#em "#at
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t#e&e parent&: role& "ould e &o t#at t#ey could e!plain it to t#em if t#ey "ere t#e one& c#o&en$ 6ac#
cla&&room #a%ing a Room )om,+ad #elped me e&tali&# partner&#ip& "it# parent& and caregi%er& to
&trengt#en t#e Parent In%ol%ement Program and &upport our campu& goal&$ In order to moti%ate parent
in%ol%ement and &tudent &ucce&&( I contacted &e%eral u&ine&&e& to donate item& for u&$ C#ic.;fil;'( Red
<ine 1ran&port( )c+onald:&( Peter Piper Pizza( )r$ =atti:&( and &e%eral College& and /ni%er&itie&
donated to u& a& "ell$ )y interaction& "it# t#e&e companie& #elped me e&tali&# long;term partner&#ip&
"it# t#e&e u&ine&&e&$
Competency 8: The principal knows how to act with integrity, fairness, and in an ethical and legal
manner.
)y a&piration #a& al"ay& een to &er%e a& an ad%ocate for all c#ildren$ >eing in%ol%ed in many
committee& and attending different meeting&( &uc# a& <P'C:&( 404( and S'R1( #a%e #elped me promote
a"arene&& of learning difference&( multicultural a"arene&&( gender &en&iti%ity( and et#nic appreciation$
1#oroug# my intern&#ip I #a%e ecome familiar "it# t#e Code of 6t#ic& and Standard Practice& for
1e!a& 6ducator&$ It i& fundamental t#at a& a future admini&trator I am familiar "it# t#e&e &o t#at I can
model and promote t#e #ig#e&t &tandard of conduct( et#ical principle&( and integrity "#en it come& to
deci&ion; ma.ing( action&( and e#a%ior$ I al&o ecame more familiar "it# t#i& competency during my
Sc#ool <a" cour&e$ 1#i& cour&e made me a"are of t#e reno"ned legal ca&e& t#at #a%e een detrimental
in t#e #i&tory of education$ It i& important to .no" aout t#e&e ca&e& and t#e procedure& to aide y if
you are e%er in a &imilar &ituation$
Competency 4: The principal knows how to facilitate the design and implementation of curricula and
strategic plans that enhance teaching and learning; ensure alignment of curriculum, instruction,
resources, and assessment; and promote the use of varied assessments to measure student performance.
1#i& competency i& one of my fa%orite& a& it deal& "it# alignment of curriculum( in&truction( re&ource&(
and a&&e&&ment&$ 1#i& &c#ool year I #a%e made a numer of different common a&&e&&ment& for my grade
le%el and &u0ect t#at I #a%e &#ared "it# all 4
t#
grade teac#er& in t#e di&trict$ I "a& al&o %ery fortunate to
e c#o&en y t#e +i&trict Curriculum Con&ultant to create &tudent monitoring data &#eet&$ I facilitated
t#e u&e of appropriate a&&e&&ment& to mea&ure &tudent learning and en&ure educational accountaility$
1#e data &#eet& t#at I created for all t#e S1''R grade le%el& mea&ured &tudent learning and #eld t#em
accountale for t#eir learning$ I u&ed formati%e &tudent a&&e&&ment data to de%elop t#e Student
)onitoring +ata S#eet& and impro%e t#e campu& in&tructional &trategie& and goal&$
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)y principal #a& &ent me to numerou& di&trict training& "#ere I #a%e "or.ed on %ertical alignment and
#orizontal alignment for )at# and Science curriculum$ I #a%e al&o attended &e%eral tec#nology
"or.&#op& t#at #a%e allo"ed me to create %aried a&&e&&ment& for my &tudent& and &#are t#em "it# ot#er
teac#er&$ '& one of t#e four teac#er& c#o&en to #a%e an 'pple 1$?$ in t#eir cla&&room&( I #a%e een ale
to create tec#nology;a&ed le&&on& t#at #a%e enaled my &tudent& to otain deeper under&tanding of
content material t#at #a& een taug#t$
Competency 4: The principal knows how to advocate, nurture, and sustain an instructional program
and a campus culture that are conducive to student learning and staff professional growth.
'fter t#i& intern&#ip year( I feel muc# more ade@uate in t#i& competency$ I #a%e learned muc# t#i& year
from eing in my Re&earc# 'ction cla&&$ Prior to t#i& year( I #ad not #ad muc# e!po&ure to t#i&
competency$ I #a%e enefited greatly from my Re&earc# 'ction cla&& a& t#e re&earc# pro%ided me "it#
opportunitie& to facilitate t#e implementation of &ound( re&earc#;a&ed in&tructional &trategie&( deci&ion&(
and program& in "#ic# multiple opportunitie& to learn and e &ucce&&ful "ere made a%ailale to all
&tudent&$ )y re&earc# &tudy pro%ed to e &ucce&&ful in t#e learning of t#e &tudent&( a& t#ere "a& a
&tati&tically &ignificant impro%ement in t#eir progre&&ion;&creener &core&$ I plan to &#are my re&earc#
"it# colleague& and potentially conduct a &taff de%elopment on my campu& &o t#at teac#er& can #a%e t#e
opportunity to implement &ome of t#e &trategie& in my &tudy$
Competency 7: The principal knows how to implement a staff evaluation and development system to
improve the performance of all staff members, select and implement appropriate models for supervision
and staff development, and apply the legal requirements for personnel management.
I #a%e &ucce&&fully completed ot# t#e In&tructional <eader&#ip +e%elopment AI<+B and Profe&&ional
+e%elopment and '&&e&&ment Sy&tem AP+'SB training& t#at #a%e taug#t me t#at I am amply prepared to
perform t#e re&pon&iilitie& t#at t#ey entail$ 6%en t#oug# I do not #a%e muc# e!perience "it# it( t#e
training& #elped me otain a great .no"ledge of "#at ot# t#e I<+ and P+'S encompa&&$ I recei%ed a
perfect &core on my P+'S Certification te&t "#ic# #elped me ecome more confident of my future
P+'S admini&trator ailitie&$ 1#i& competency i& one of my fa%orite& a& it &tate& t#at principal& &#ould
engage in ongoing profe&&ional de%elopment acti%itie& to en#ance one:& o"n .no"ledge and &.ill& and
to model lifelong learning$ )y motto in life #a& al"ay& een t#at 2you can ne%er .no" too muc#3 aout
anyt#ing$ 1#e more you learn t#e "i&er and more mar.etale you "ill e tomorro"$ 1#i& &c#ool year( I
&igned up for many profe&&ional de%elopment& t#at "ere not a part of my uni%er&ity cla&& re@uirement&$
I c#o&e to go to t#e&e and ot#er "or.&#op& and training& ecau&e I "ant to roaden my o"n .no"ledge
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a&e$ )y principal al&o c#o&e me to ecome part of t#e 1
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'nnual '&piring <eader&#ip In&titute in our
&c#ool di&trict$ 1#i& program allo"& future leader& to ecome engaged in different learning opportunitie&
t#at "ill enefit u& "#en "e ecome admini&trator&$ *e meet once a mont# and di&cu&& all a&pect& of
"#at eing an admini&trator entail& from inter%ie"&( #and&;on acti%itie&( re&earc#( and practice$ 1#i&
In&titute "a& a perfect e!ample of modeling lifelong learning to en#ance upon my o"n .no"ledge and
&.ill&$
Competency 5: The principal knows how to apply organizational, decision-making, and problem-solving
skills to ensure an effective learning environment.
1#i& intern&#ip e!perience #a& #elped me de%elop prolem;&ol%ing and deci&ion;ma.ing &.ill& t#at
"ould not #a%e een pro%ided #ad I not een doing my intern&#ip$ >eing a part of t#e <eader&#ip 1eam
#a& al&o #elped me tremendou&ly "it# coming up "it# "ay& to prolem &ol%e "it#in my team and my
cla&&room$ I am al&o a memer of t#e Site >a&ed +eci&ion )a.ing AS>+)B team and t#e Rep Council$
>ot# of t#e&e #a%e #elped me remain e!tremely organized and a"are of "#at to do to en&ure an
effecti%e learning en%ironment$
Competency C: The principal knows how to apply principles of effective leadership and management in
relation to campus budgeting, personnel, resource utilization, financial management, and technology
use.
1#i& i& t#e one competency t#at I "i&# I "ould #a%e een e!po&ed to more$ 6%en t#oug# I #ad limited
e!po&ure to t#i& competency( I "a& ale to get a glimp&e of it "#ile conducting intern&#ip #ome"or.
a&&ignment& t#at dealt "it# udget$ 1#e&e a&&ignment& allo"ed my admini&trator& to di&cu&& "it# me
#o" t#ey apply procedure& for effecti%e udget planning and management$ 'l&o( our principal a&.ed t#e
in%ol%ed &ta.e#older& in t#e <eader&#ip 1eam to compile a li&t of material& and re&ource& t#ey "ould
li.e for #er to purc#a&e for t#e follo"ing &c#ool year$ 1#i& ga%e u& an opportunity to a&. for re&ource&
t#at "ill enefit t#e &tudent& and t#e &c#ool learning en%ironment in t#e year& to come( a& e%eryt#ing
&#ould e done "it# &tudent &ucce&& in mind$
Competency D: The principal knows how to apply principles of leadership and management to the
campus physical plant and support systems to ensure a safe and effective learning environment.
I #ad limited e!po&ure to t#i& competency( ut t#roug# my Intern&#ip cour&e I "a& ale to ecome
in%ol%ed in different a&pect& of t#i& competency$ 't t#e eginning of t#e year( my admini&trator allo"ed
me to "al. around "it# t#e -ire )ar&#all t#at in&pect& all t#e &c#ool& to ma.e &ure t#at are aiding y
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all t#eir &afety rule&$ I accompanied #im a& #e "ent around our uilding and mar.ed t#ing& off #i&
c#ec.li&t$ 1#roug# t#i& "al.;t#roug# "it# t#e -ire )ar&#all( I "a& ale to apply &trategie& for en&uring
t#e &afety of &tudent& and per&onnel( and for addre&&ing emergencie& and &ecurity concern&$ )y a&&i&tant
principal #a& al&o pro%ided me "it# t#e opportunitie& to e in c#arge of -ire +rill& on campu&$ I "anted
to get e!po&ure in t#i& arena &ince it play& a ig role particularly in elementary &c#ool&$ 'll competencie&
are e@ually important( ut t#i& one &#ould e at t#e top of an admini&trator:& li&t a& t#e &afety of &taff and
&tudent& i& critical in running a &c#ool effecti%ely and efficiently$
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