Specialized+Trainings

= Specialized Trainings  = Each semester in the Northeast Leadership Academy (NELA), we had the opportunity to learn about a wide array of topics related to the NC Standards for School Executives from educational experts in a variety of organizations. Below, please find a listing of these learning experiences and links to additional information, along with artifacts from selected Specialized Trainings.

**Fall 2010**

 * Facilitative Leadership
 * School Visit: [|A.B. Combs Leadership Magnet Elementary School]

Spring 2011

 * Facilitative Leadership, continued
 * [|Crucial Conversations]
 * NC Teacher Evaluation Instrument
 * [|Ruby Payne: A Framework For Understanding Poverty]
 * Special Education Policy, [|The NC Department of Public Instruction]
 * Conflict Resolution
 * [|Community Schools Learning Lab], Seattle, WA

Fall 2011

 * Understanding By Design/Schooling By Design
 * [|IEL Federal Policy Institute]
 * School Visits: [|KIPP: Gaston College Prep, KIPP: Pride High Schoo]l & [|Bertie Middle School]
 * [|Llano Grande] Digital Storytelling Workshop
 * [|Mathematics Common Core Trajectorie]s
 * [|ASSISTments]

Spring 2012

 * Social Justice with Dr. Lynda Tredway, University of California at Berkeley
 * NC Data Day: EVAAS, ACRE, Metametrics, NC WISE
 * Literacy with Dr. Steve Amendum, Dr. Carol Pope, and Dr. Carl Young, NC State University
 * Leading the Transition to the Common Core State Standards, [|The Centers for Quality Teaching and Learning]
 * Special Education and the Media

Selected Artifacts
At our weekend-long Llano Grande Digital Storytelling retreat, I partnered with my NELA colleagues who also have ties to Warren County to develop this digital story. Our objective was to employ the authentic voices of the people of Warren County to tell the story of the county's progress, assets, and path forward. media type="custom" key="15438092" width="168" height="168"
 * Warren County Digital Story, Llano Grande Digital Storytelling Workshop **

Each NELA Fellow had the opportunity to attend a professional conference in the spring of 2011. A group of Fellows elected to travel to Seattle, WA for the Community Schools Learning Lab, sponsored by the Coalition for Community Schools. The video below displays highlights of the conference and our most significant takeaways. media type="custom" key="15437652" width="122" height="122"
 * Community Schools Learning Lab Digital Story **