Site Supervisor Conference and My Internship Plan

As stated on my Wiki, I believe real leaders grow other leaders.  I am pleased that my site supervisor, who is the Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction for our district, took time out of her very busy schedule to meet with me today to discuss my internship plan. After viewing my plan she stated that she would like to see me have more experience with implementing new programs or initiatives specifically at the high school level. She stated that when a board is looking for a new superintendent, they will typically pick an experienced secondary candidate over a primary candidate and wanted me to have more experience at that level.  She recommended that I help research and sit in on the planning meetings to implement an Early College program at our high school.  She also stated that it is good to know about current trends/ issues in education and to always stay focused on academics when looking to change and improve the district.  Therefore, she suggested that I research and help implement K-12 college and career initiative in our district so that college readiness standards are vertically aligned starting in Kindergarten.  She stated that it is important that we help our community, which is heavily low SES and second language learners, understand that they can go to college if they choose to do so. With her advice and suggestions, I changed two activities to include the above mentioned activities.  If any of you have an Early College Program in your high school or have a K-12 college and career initiative in your district, I would love to hear from you.  Thanks again for visiting my log!