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Leadership Development Cooperative

The mission of our Cooperative is to impact teaching and learning by helping administrators become more adept at leading people through the change process. The professional development offerings of the Leadership Development Cooperative are SBEC Standards based, results driven, and focused on the day-to-day work of the school leader.

CAAPD offers the following opportunities in addition to regular calendar events:
>> The Assistant Principal Academy provides intensive, year-long professional development in a cohort arrangement to prepare assistants to move seamlessly into the principalship.
>> The First Time Texas Campus Administrator Academy is a year-long induction program which includes a formal mentoring process that satisfies the SBEC mandated requirements and acknowledges needs of first time campus administrators.
>> The Aspiring Administrators Academy is designed to attract teacher leaders into school administration. By participating in this year-long program, teachers will gain insight and develop skills to lead them toward a vision of
school-wide leadership.
>> Principal Assessment
From: The Principal Certificate, Including the Required Principal Assessment Process (19 TAC Chapter 241)Note: These questions and answers apply to both principals and assistant principals. For ease of reading, only “principal” will be used.

What is the assessment process required by law and who has to do it?

The assessment process, through a series of job-like activities, is designed to provide feedback from trained assessors about the principal’s knowledge and skills as related to the seven standards for the Principal’s certification. This feedback should then be used by the principal to develop a long-term professional growth plan.

The Texas Education Code (Sec. 21.054) requires all principals to go through this assessment process once every five years as long as he/she remains employed as a principal. Individuals who are still employed as a principal after September 1, 1999 must complete an approved assessment process and develop a professional growth plan no later than September 1, 2004 in order to comply with the law. This requirement applies, irrespective of whether the principal holds a lifetime or standard certificate.

Region VII ESC offers the Tarleton Assessment of Principals (TAP) and the Principal Assessment for Student Success (PASS) to satisfy this requirement.

>> Member districts of the Leadership Development Cooperative may request “customized” professional development to meet the unique needs of the administrators in their particular districts.
For more information contact Bonnie Bogue at (903) 988-6719.
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