My Educational Leadership Platform

What is an educational leadership platform?
An educational leadership platform summarizes one’s values, beliefs, and philosophies about education.
Written as a self-reflective document, the educational leadership platform provides the candidate with a forward-looking framework for administrative action.
What is the purpose of the educational leadership platform?
The educational leadership platform articulates the candidate’s vision for and means to, move a school or school system beyond the current state.
Within the context of the Educational Leadership Program, the platform serves as a vehicle for ongoing growth and assessment.
Further, the platform helps the leadership candidate ensure that his/her actions are aligned with espoused values and beliefs.
Upon completion of the program, candidates may utilize the platform to communicate their vision to students, teachers, parents, and the community at large
Develop your leadership platform in a narrative. You will write a two to three-page paper (no less than two pages, no more than three pages) describing your leadership platform. If you have already completed EDG 5250 (Principles of Curriculum), you may want to refer back to your Personal Practical Theory assignment. You may want to use the following questions to guide your thoughts:
What are your beliefs or philosophy about education?
Which norms and values do you live by?
Why do you want to be an instructional leader?
Which reasons are related to kids?
Which reasons are related to teachers?
How do envision your role as an instructional and/or educational leader?
Which characteristics do outstanding schools have in common?
How can you use your platform to develop an outstanding school?
Please, do not answer these questions individually – instead, develop a 2-3 page paper describing your own platform. This summary of your platform should be written in a narrative and more formal style (as expected in academic writing). If you choose to integrate quotations from other sources, please use proper APA format (although quotes/references/citations are not required). Make sure that you proofread and use spell-check prior to submitting your paper.

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