Draft Schedule

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MN Principals’ Academy, Twin Cities Cohort Schedule

COURSE ONE: WORLD-CLASS SCHOOLING: VISION AND GOALS
Summer Institute 8 Days in June and August of 2009

Unit 1    Educational Challenge                    2 Days
Unit 2    Principal as Strategic Thinker         2 Days
Unit 3    Standards-Based Instructional         2 Days
              Systems and School Design
Unit 4    Foundations of Effective Learning  2 Days


COURSE TWO: FOCUSING ON TEACHING AND LEARNING
Fall and Winter Series (October, November, January, February)

Unit 5 Leadership for Excellence in Literacy    2 Days
Unit 6 Leadership for Excellence in Math         2 Days
Unit 7 Leadership for Excellence in Science     2 Days
Unit 8 Promoting Professional                           2 Days
            Learning and Phase I Simulation

INSTITUTE
Spring (March)
    Coaching Institute                2 Days

COURSE THREE: DEVELOPING CAPACITY AND COMMITMENT
Summer Institute 6 Days:  June, August 2010

Unit 9  The principal as Instructional Leader     2 Days
             and Team Builder
Unit 10 The Principal as Ethical Leader             2 Days

COURSE FOUR: DRIVING FOR RESULTS
Part of Summer Institute
Unit 11 The Principal as Driver of Change         2 Days

CONTINUE COURSE FOUR: DRIVING FOR RESULTS
Fall Completion of Institute

Unit 12 Leading for Results                                     1 Day
Unit 13 Culminating Simulation and Celebration    1 Day