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EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM Fall 2015 Issue 1 TODAY’S LEADER ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY’S EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP NEWSLETTER 2015 C 2015IN THIS ISSUE Message from the Chair ●●● NCATE Accreditation awarded receive certification from Georgia Professional to the COE , pg 2 Standards Commission (PSC). We’ll tell you more about the specialist in our next newsletter. ●●● The Educational Leadership program at ASU Faculty Accomplishments, pg 2 has a key position throughout southwest Georgia, the state, region and country as over 300 of our ●●● graduates over the past 10 years have assumed positions as superintendents, principals, assistant Educational Leadership Graduates, On behalf of the faculty principals, supervisors, athletic directors, pg 3 and staff of the ASU Department of Counseling vocational directors and , central office personnel, & Educational Leadership, it is my pleasure to as well as other leadership positions and roles in ●●● write this introduction to the latest issue of our educational leadership. We always strive to newsletter. We are particularly pleased to continue our program of quality, productivity, The importance of Excellent welcome Dr. Shawn Davidson to our staff. He viability, and centrality. Productivity as shown by Customer Service within an joined us in September 2014 and you will read the number of educational leaders produced; organization, pg 3 more about him later. viability by meeting a need in Georgia and the country for all educational leaders, and especially ●●● Educational Leadership has been and to meet an acute need for minority educational continues to be busy with many initiatives – leaders; centrality as the ASU Educational Welcome New Faculty, pg 3 NCATE,/CAEP research, recruitment, Leadership philosophy is congruent with the ASU ●●● attendance and presentations at conferences, Mission and Strategic Plan. teaching classes, program review and more. The greatest impact of the ASU Educational Important Dates to Remember, pg 4 Currently, we are redesigning both the Leadership program in Georgia and the entire master’s and specialist in leadership. The new country is helping develop quality educational masters will be a 36 semester hour program with leaders and through those leaders, affect the lives a heavy emphasis on instructional leadership-not of many. We remain poised for greater ●●● management. If approved, we will offer our first contributions in the future – the best is yet to classes during the summer of 2016. You’ll be come. Read on… pleased to know that, unlike the last five years, students completing the master’s program will Deborah E. Bembry 1 Faculty Accomplishments Our Programs Drs. Bembry & Carthon attended the Fall The Educational Leadership program offers graduate programs leading to GAEL Conference in Athens, GA. The focus was on The Continuous Improvement the following degrees/certification or Legal Issues in Schools. Commission of the Council for the endorsements in four areas. Dr. Deborah Bembry served as a reviewer of Accreditation of Educator Admission requirements for each are proposals for the Georgia Association of Teacher listed below: Educators (GATE) Fall Conference. Preparation (CAEP) at its April 26- Master of Education Dr. Deborah Bembry completed a 7 year term 30, 2015 meeting in Bethesda, Educational Administration and Maryland, approved NCATE re- on the GAPSC Evaluation Review Panel-a Supervision statewide panel that reveiws and makes accreditation for the College of 1. 2.5 grade point average recommendations to the commission on Education at Albany State 2. Bachelor’s degree accreditation for institutions of higher education. University at the initial teacher 3. Teaching certificate or 150 GRE score or 44 MAT score Drs. Shawn Davidson & Deborah Bembry preparation and advanced 4. Three years of professional sponsored a Superintendent’s Forum at the preparation levels. This educational experience Educators’s Summit where present leaders shared accreditation decision indicates that 5. Three letters of recommendation their experiences, wisdom and knowledge with the unit and its programs meet with one from immediate supervisor apiring school leaders. rigorous standards set forth by the Drs. Bembry, Carthon and Grimsley completed professional education community. Educational Specialist requirements for mental Health First Aid USA. Building or District Level in Leadership faculty hosted the Georgia Administration and Supervision The Commission also made a Educational Leadership Faculty Association 1. 3.0 GPA distinct decision to recognize that (GELFA) for faculty who teach leadership at 2. Master’s degree Georgia Institutions. Dr. David Hill, Director of ASU is moving toward it’s 3. Level 5 or above GaPSC Educator Preparation Division for Georgia designated target. certification Professional Standards Commission (GaPSC), was 4. Three letters of recommendation with one of the guest speakers. All Educator Preparation Units are one from immediate supervisor 5. Superintendent’s Assurance Form The Leadership faculty participated in a required to choose one of six 6. Minimum of 3 years of professional Wallace-Foundation “Quality Measures” grant with standards to reach target level and education experience leadership faculty across the state. ASU chose Standard 2, which Drs. Abraham Andero and Bembry submitted Educational Leadership an Affordable Learning Georgia Textbook addresses, “Having an assessment that collects and analyzes data and Certification Only Transformation Grant proposal to assist students uses data for program Building & District with the cost of textbooks. 1. 3.0 grade point average improvement.” Drs. Davidson and Bembry are completing a 2. Specialist or doctorate project on Dropout Prevent Strategies of African 3. Level 6 or above GaPSC American Males in a Rural Southwest School Thanks to all who helped us reach certification Community. this milestone. This was a 4. Three letters of recommendation with one from immediate supervisor Dr. Janis Carthon presented, Preparing critical collaborative effort with our 5. Superintendent’s Assurance Form faculty for the future: Agents of change to promote faculty, staff, advisory councils, student engagement and student learning. 6. Minimum of 3 years of professional local and state school partners and education experience University System of Georgia Teaching & Learning Conference: Best Practices for Promoting Engaged many more too numerous to name. Student Learning. Athens, GA. April 8-9, 2015. Teacher Leader Endorsement Special thanks goes to Dr. 1. 3.0 grade point average Dr. Janis Carthon, presented a Poster on Kimberly Fields who led us to this 2. Master’s degree Increasing Student Engagement and performance magnificent victory! 3. Level 5 or above GaPSC using high intensity high impact practices (HI-HIPS): certification Activities of the STEM Faculty Learning Community. 4. Three letters of recommendation AAC&U—Transforming STEM Higher Education. with one from immediate supervisor Atlanta, Georgia. November 6-8, 2014. 5. Minimum of 3 years of professional Dr. Alan Grimsley remained a Consultant for education experience the Georgia High School Association. Dr. Grimsley represented ASU at the Georgia Council on Graduate Schools at Savannah State University. 2 Welcome to Our New Faculty Member Charlice Noble-Jones New position of Instructional Specialist. Serving as one of twelve instructional Did you know that more than 60 % of specialists to support the Dougherty the principals in Dougherty County County School System. Duties include are graduates of ASU’s educational developing curriculum materials and leadership program? Approximately specific instructional strategies that 30% of school leaders (assistant integrate technology; serving as a principals, principals, curriculum member of district committees for the Dr. Shawn A. Davidson is a graduate of development of activities, training Winston-Salem State University, with a B.A Degree directors, human resource directors, in Business Administration. Prior to arriving at ASU, etc.) in southwest Georgia are materials, and programs to disseminate he worked in banking management for eight years graduates of the program. technology information and promote before pursuing a Masters in middle grades cooperation among schools; and Education (Language Arts, Math, and Social Rodney Bullard, Principal, modeling effective technology Studies). integration in the standards-based Albany High School While completing his Masters and certification classroom. Additionally, working directly Vontressa Childs, Principal program at Clark Atlanta University, he worked with school administration teams to Martin Luther King part-time as a Paraprofessional within the DeKalb oversee the implementation of the one- Elementary School County School System. After completing the two to-one computing environment at two year Masters and certification program, he accepted Kenosha Coleman, Principal schools. an elementary teaching position. Additionally, he Lake Park Elementary School Timothy Conner completed an add-on in Educational Leadership at Matthew Cooper, Approved by the Wilcox County BOE as Clark-Atlanta completing all certification requirements. “I’ve had ten successful years of Superintendent Habersham Assistant Principal at Wilcox Middle/High County School System teaching experience within DeKalb County Schools School for the upcoming 2015-2016 and Henry County Schools in a variety of positions”. William Chunn, Principal, school term. Dr. Davidson has served as an elementary