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EDLD 5333 Leadership for accountability
A vision tells a lot about the campus culture, whether is a positive or negative culture. A positive campus culture is for sure what every member of the school/district community wants to have. A leader that is worried about his/her community, and wants to provide the best available setting for each member of such community. A positive campus culture is one that takes in consideration all the members of the community to create a vision, to provide the tools needed to perform a job (as a teacher, staff member, parent, students) such as parent conferences/trainings, staff development, infrastructure and materials (office and classrooms).
 * "I-001 Vision and Campus Culture” Course-Embedded Internship Log 2.**
 * I ** have learned that a vision is not just a sentence that distinguishes the school or district. It is a lot more than that. A vision is what the school leader wants to achieve along with his/her staff, students, and community. It is a statement that works in current situations but also, tries to achieve an objective in the long run.

 **“II-004 Curriculum, Measurement, and Alignment of Resources” Course-Embedded Internship Log 1.** Without doubt, the analysis of data is an important part of the alignment of standardized tests and lessons. Teaching should not include just those topics that we know are going to be tested. We have to plan according to the curriculum, assess, analyze the data, and then re-teach or re-plan if needed, so our students receive the information needed to develop skills and acquire learning in all areas by aligning resources and lessons to the curriculum and district guidelines. It is also important to know how to measure the information obtained from the assessments, so in that way, teachers know how to improve their teaching, develop and adapt their lesson plans, and provide tutorials or extend lesson plans to cover all students needs.

**"SMART Goals and objectives" Course-Embedded Internship Log 3.** As an administrator leader is very important to analyze data and create goals and objectives that will modify or excel the student performance by planning accordingly and integrating curriculum to the lesson plans and instruction in the classroom. It is also important that the principal or administration shows to the staff the information gathered and explain/train them to use that data in the classroom for a better performance and development of students skills within the classroom. In that way, assessment will show the results and will give the necessary feedback to enhance, adapt, or modify instruction.


 * "II-007 Decision Making and Problem Solving” Course-Embedded Internship Log 2.**
 * Decision making has to be done by taking in consideration the facts, the data, the evidence. As an administrator, decision have to based in the results shown and how they need to be changed in order to accomplish a goal and improve student performance. Therefore, problem solving should be a continuous improvement cycle based on objectives, goals, assessment, strategies, plans, and feedback. **


 * "III-008 Budgeting, Resources Allocation, and Financial Management” Course-Embedded Internship Log 2.**
 * Since schools don't have enough budget to acquire resources, its important that the administration looks for external financial aid such as grants, special programs, and particularly, the administration should be in contact with federal/state/local services and programs. I think that budgeting, if not the most difficult task that an administrator perform, is without doubt a very difficult activity. It requires a lot of time (time consuming), organization skills, vision (alligned to objectives and goals for both students and personnel), and a good leader who has the desire to share plans with school staff in order to get opinions or ideas on how to properly use the resources available and those to be purchased, if that is the case. **

Integrity and ethics are subjective topics. They reside in the point of view of each individual. However, administrators and other school leaders deal with issues of these matter every single day. The question here is should I do things right or should I do the right thing? I believe that real leaders concentrate on doing the right thing, what is best for their school, their staff, their students, and of course the school board and districts, and the society as a whole //(eye on line, ethical leadership, online, retrieved on 10/20/2010 http://www.cyc-net.org/cyc-online/cycol-0600-ethics.html).// Ethical behavior should be a constant characterisitic of leaders, it becomes a habit where moral values, ethics and integrity are blended together in order to make the best decision while solving a school problem.
 *  "I-003 Integrity and Ethics“ Course-Embedded Internship Log 1. **