House Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1132 Superintendent Leadership Development Program
Requester:	Thomas Weightman		Organization:		Florida Association of District School Superintendents
Project Title:	Superintendent Leadership Development Program		Date Submitted:		01/31/2000 9:36:41 AM
District Member:	Evelyn Lynn		Service Area:		Statewide
Counties Affected:	{Statewide}
Recipient:	Florida Association of District School Superintendents		Contact:		Joy Frank
	208 South Monroe Street		Contact Phone:		(850) 222-2280
	Tallahassee 32301
Project Description:
The Florida Association of District School Superintendents provides a comprehensive leadership development program for Florida superintendents. Leadership development opportunities are availablel to superintendents as soon s they are appointed or elected to the superintendency beginning with New Superintendent Orientation and continuing throughout their superintendencies. This program is a comprehensive, state-of-the-art leadership development system that includes the following programs: New Superintendent Orientation; Superintendent Mentoring Program; Superintendent Special Certification Program; Cheif Executive Officer Leadership Development Program. Two of the above programs are specifically required by the Florida Statutes.The Superintendents Special Certification Programs as prescribed in Section 230.303(5), Florida Statutes and State Board of Education Rule 6A-1.0551, FAC and the Chief Executive Officer Leadership Development Program as prescribed in Section 230.303(6)(a)(b)(c), Florida Statutes. Leadership development and training provided by the Association are integrated into a comprehensive system of leadership development for educational leaders at all levels. Training of the system's leaders is enhanced greatly when combined with complimentary training of those who support the superintendent's leadership efforts and carry out leadership initiatives. For this reason to further support superintendents in their leadership efforts, training is also provided to the executive administrators of the school system, known as the district-level leaders, secretaries/administrative assistants to superintendents and school boards, and other educational leaders throughout the school system.
Services Provided/Benefit to State:
The sixty-seven Florida school superintendents and other educational leaders would be the direct beneficiaries of this program. By enhancing the leadership skills of superintendents and other educational leaders, overall educational services are enhanced. More effective leadership translates into better schools, better educational experiences for students, and therefore, higher student achievement. Effective leadership is the key to successful school reform. Leadership development and training are imperative to ensure that effective leadership is consistently provided in Florida school districts. This leadership must emanate from the superintendent and transcend all levels of leadership in the school system. This is one of the foundation principles of the Superintendent Leadership Development Program. Presently, this program is the only program in the state which provides training specifically for school superintendents and other school district leaders. It provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art training program to support and assist superintendents and other educational leaders in thier leadership of Florida schools. The Flroida Association of District School Superintendents believes that effective leadership is the key to successful schools, leadership that ensures that all available resources (human and financial) are being maximized to reach the goal of
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
The output of this program will be the high quality training institutes and other leadership development services provided to superintendents and other educational leaders. The desired outcome of this program will be educational leaders who are better ablel to provide the leadership necessary to enhance educational services to students, and therefore, improve student acheivement. The measures for these outcomes include participant evaluation and feedback as well as numerous opportunities for participants to asses their knowledge and skill levels within the training experience. Furthermore, specific evaluation components are provided for certain programs. For examples, the Superintendents Special Certification Program includes a written examination titles, The Florida Superintendent Examination, which participants must successfully complete before being certified in the program. Additionaly, in the case fo the Chief Execttive Officer Leadership Development Program, actual demonstration of how the superintendent's participation in this program has enhanced leadership for the benefit of the school district is required for successful completion. There are two phases in this program. Phase I is the content knowlege-skills phase which is a formalized training program that focuses on information and skill development necessary for highly effective superintendents. Phase II is the competency acquisition phase in which superintendents have a structured opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills acquired in Phase I for the continuous improvement of thier school districts. Superintendents engaged in Phase II design a year-long Learning Project to address the improvement needs of thier district. At the conclusion of the Learning Project, there is a performance assessment to determine the superintendent's growth as a leader and learner and to determine the impact of the Learning Project on the school district.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:				$363,000
Total cost of the project:		$363,000

Request has been made to fund:			Operations
Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?						Yes
				In-Kind Amount:		$89,100
Was this project previously funded by the State?						Yes
	Fiscal Year:	1999-2000		Amount:		$363,000
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?						Yes
	Amount:	$363,000
	Purpose for future year funding:				Recurring Operations
	Will this be an annual request?					Yes
Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?						Yes
	Agency:	Education, Department Of, And Commissioner Of Education
Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?						Yes
Is there a documented need for this project?						Yes
	Documentation:	Section 230.303(5)(6), Florida Statutes &State Board of Educ. Rule 6A-1.0551, FAC
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?						No