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@My Internship Plan

Resource(s): School District Employment Database To be completed by 12/17/10
 * Domain I Leadership of the Educational Community: Comp. 1- Integrity, Fairness and Ethics**
 * Obtain a copy of the job description and evaluation instrument used for the position of study. Analyze the correlation between the requirements listed in the job description and the performance standards of the evaluation.

Resource(s): On-line district curriculum ,Curriculum Supervisor To be completed by 12/17/10
 * Domain I Leadership of the Educational Community: Comp. 1- Integrity, Fairness and Ethics**
 * Review the officially adopted curriculum in one area. Note the philosophical bases that underlies the curriculum. Cite any recommendations for inclusion of other philosophies that would better serve the needs of all students.

Resource(s):Paraprofessionals, teachers, Administration To be completed by 5/6/11
 * Domain I Leadership of the Educational Community: Comp. 1- Integrity, Fairness and Ethics**
 * Meet with a group of school staff members to discuss their perspectives of ethical/unethical behaviors employed by the certified personnel in the district. Seek recommendations for policy changes, additional training, and consequences to ensure increased ethical practices.

-Promptly get back to others with concerns or needs. -Acknowledge accomplishments of others - Avoid being defensive when challenged -Share responsibilities To be completed by 5/30/11
 * Domain I Leadership of the Educational Community: Comp. 1- Integrity, Fairness and Ethics**
 * Choose interpersonal skills that I wish to develop throughout the school year.

Note strengths and weaknesses of each, and make recommendations for the district. Resource(s): BISD and Port Arthur ISD websites To be completed by 12/17/10
 * Domain I Leadership of the Educational Community: Comp. 2- Development, Articulation, Implementation, and Stewardship of the District Vision and Culture** *Review and compare two different district vision statements.

Resource(s): Students, Teachers, Administration, Cafeteria staff, Transportation, Parents To be completed by 5/6/11
 * Domain I Leadership of the Educational Community: Comp. 2- Development, Articulation, Implementation, and Stewardship of the District Vision and Culture**
 * Develop a strategic plan for increasing High School Science TAKS scores throughout the district.

Resource(s): School board member, Assistant Superintendent, Campus Administrator, Department head, and Community in Schools To be completed by 5/6/11
 * Domain I Leadership of the Educational Community: Comp. 2- Development, Articulation, Implementation, and Stewardship of the District Vision and Culture**
 * Review the ways in which assessment data are used by the following: board of education, superintendent, faculty, staff, and community relations.

Resource(s): Parents, Campus Drill Team Director, Assistant Superintendent To be completed by 12/17/10
 * Domain I Leadership of the Educational Community: Comp. 2- Development, Articulation, Implementation, and Stewardship of the District Vision and Culture**
 * Choose a current issue in the district. Use steps for issue resolution with a small group of concerned parties. Reach consensus for a plan to resolve the issue.

Resource(s):BISD TRIBE members To be completed by 5/6/11
 * Domain I Leadership of the Educational Community: Comp. 2- Development, Articulation, Implementation, and Stewardship of the District Vision and Culture**
 * Observe a district administrative team meeting where the leader plans to use collaborative decision making. Observe leader’s behavior in outlining the goal/ problem definition, seeking information, providing information, clarifying, challenging viewpoints, diagnosing progress, and summarizing.

Resource(s): Science Supervisor And Teachers To be completed by 10/22/10
 * Domain I Leadership of the Educational Community: Comp. 3- Communication and collaboration with families and community members that promote student success and responds to diverse community interests and needs**
 * Assist in conducting a district staff development. Survey a random sample of the participants about your presentation.

Resource(s): Activities Director, Assistant Principals To be completed by 12/17/10
 * Domain I Leadership of the Educational Community: Comp. 3- Communication and collaboration with families and community members that promote student success and responds to diverse community interests and needs**
 * Assist in the preparation of a written communication to be sent out to the public.

Develop activities to increase parent involvement. Resource(s): Activities Director, Principal, Assistant Principals, Counselor, Teachers, PTA members, Parent Involvement Liaison, and Parents To be completed by 12/17/10
 * Domain I Leadership of the Educational Community: Comp. 3- Communication and collaboration with families and community members that promote student success and responds to diverse community interests and needs**

Resource(s): School Librarian To be completed by 5/6/11
 * Domain I Leadership of the Educational Community: Comp. 3- Communication and collaboration with families and community members that promote student success and responds to diverse community interests and needs**
 * Examine a evaluate the school library with regard to resources that address the heritage and values of culturally diverse populations.

To be completed by 12/7/ 10
 * Domain I Leadership of the Educational Community: Comp. 3- Communication and Collaboration with families and community members that promote student success and responds to diverse community interests and needs**
 * Interview two community leaders that reside in the district. Focus on their perceptions of the quality of education, concerns, and recommendations for the schools.

To be completed by 5/6/11
 * Domain I Leadership of the Educational Community: Comp. 4- Responding to and influencing the larger political, social, economic, legal, and cultural context, including working with the Board of Trustees**
 * Attend as many board meetings as possible.

Resource(s): Science Supervisor and teachers To be completed by 5/6/11
 * Domain II Instructional Leadership: Comp 5- Strategic Planning for Alignment of Curriculum, Curriculum Resources, and Assessment, along with implementing state and federal accountability systems**
 * Interview persons involved in the implementation of a district curriculum. Describe the implementation process, and not successes and concerns/problems with its implementation. Evaluate the process used, make recommendations for improvements.

Resource(s): Principal, Assistant Principals, Counselors, Attendance clerk, Registrar, Teachers, Students To be completed by 12/17/10
 * Domain II Instructional Leadership: Comp 5- Strategic Planning for Alignment of Curriculum, Curriculum Resources, and Assessment, along with implementing state and federal accountability systems**
 * Observe the opening week of school or district activities, and cite the issues and/or goals for such activities. Interview several teachers an/or students and compare the issues and goals form each perspective. Note major concerns from administration, faculty, and students.

Resource(s): Science Supervisor To be completed by 5/6/11
 * Domain II Instructional Leadership: Comp 5- Strategic Planning for Alignment of Curriculum, Curriculum Resources, and Assessment, along with implementing state and federal accountability systems**
 * Interview one district-level instructional supervisor, and assess current needs, goals, and level of service provided by central office instructional staff.

Resource(s): Biology Lead, Activities Director, Principal, Teachers To be completed by 5/6/11
 * Domain II Instructional Leadership: Comp 5- Strategic Planning for Alignment of Curriculum, Curriculum Resources, and Assessment, along with implementing state and federal accountability systems**
 * Work collaborative with one teacher in the planning and supervising of a co-curricular activity.

Resource(s): Diagnostician, Teacher, Parent, and Student To be completed by 5/6/11
 * Domain II Instructional Leadership: Comp 5- Strategic Planning for Alignment of Curriculum, Curriculum Resources, and Assessment, along with implementing state and federal accountability systems**
 * Attend one special education meeting involving initial placement or annual review.

Resource(s): Science Teachers To be completed by 12/17/10
 * Domain II Instructional Leadership: Comp 6- Promoting and sustaining a strong instructional program and district culture that promotes student learning and staff professional growth and development**
 * Meet with a group of similar subject-area or grade-level teachers and review the current curriculum and lesson plans, Compile the amount of traditional, behavioral, cognitive, and experiential learning objectives used. Solicit methods for utilizing more cognitive and experiential objectives in the curriculum and lesson plans.

Resource(s): Science Supervisor, Technology Supervisor, and teachers To be completed by 5/6/11
 * Domain II Instructional Leadership: Comp 6- Promoting and sustaining a strong instructional program and district culture that promotes student learning and staff professional growth and development**
 * Using a current curriculum, gather information on present and future technology used to support teaching/learning in this subject area. Make recommendations for expanded use of technology, addressing costs, training, and current and future needs of the students.

Resource(s): Science teachers and Online- curriculum To be completed by 12/17/10
 * Domain II Instructional Leadership: Comp 6- Promoting and sustaining a strong instructional program and district culture that promotes student learning and staff professional growth and development**
 * Select one subject or course curriculum. Review the distribution of grades for the subject or course. Devise, distribute, and collect a brief needs assessment relating to strengths and concerns of the testing procedures and grading policy used.

Resource(s): Discipline referral on-line records To be completed by 5/6/11
 * Domain II Instructional Leadership: Comp 6- Promoting and sustaining a strong instructional program and district culture that promotes student learning and staff professional growth and development**
 * Review discipline referrals for a specific period, and compile the data with regard to grade level, special education classification, race, and gender.

Resource(s): Teachers, Principal, students, and parents To be completed by 5/6/11
 * Domain II Instructional Leadership: Comp 6- Promoting and sustaining a strong instructional program and district culture that promotes student learning and staff professional growth and development**
 * Compile a list of current issues that affect teaching and learning. Use research literature and perspectives from administrators, teachers, students, and parents in compiling list.

Resource(s):Science Supervisor, Region V Science Supervisor To be completed by 5/6/11
 * Domain II Instructional Leadership: Comp 7- Implement staff evaluation and development and select appropriate models for supervision and staff development** *Collaborate with an experienced staff developer in one staff development activity.

Resource(s):Principal, Prospective teacher To be completed by 12/17/10
 * Domain II Instructional Leadership: Comp 7- Implement staff evaluation and development and select appropriate models for supervision and staff development**
 * With permission of administration, participate in an interview for a professional position. Include a critique of interview.

Resource(s): Personnel Director, Principal, Secretary To be completed by 5/6/11
 * Domain III Instructional Leadership: Comp 8- Budgeting, Resource Allocation, Financial Management, and Technology Applications**
 * Review the job description and evaluation forms for the key office personnel at the district/school. Following this review, meet with these persons to discus their major duties, concerns, and recommendations for the actual work required and its relation to the job description and evaluation form.

To be completed by 5/6/11
 * Domain III Instructional Leadership: Comp 8- Budgeting, Resource Allocation, Financial Management, and Technology Applications**
 * Interview persons responsible for assessing technology software. Describe the process used. Evaluate the process used, and discuss concerns and any recommendations for improvement, Resource(s): Technology Liaison, District Technology Director

Resource(s):District and Campus Attendance Clerks To be completed by 5/6/11
 * Domain III Instructional Leadership: Comp 8- Budgeting, Resource Allocation, Financial Management, and Technology Applications**
 * Meet with the district/school attendance officer. Discuss the rules, procedures, and ramifications of attendance on law, finance, and general school/district operations.

Resource(s):Chief Business Officer To be completed by 5/6/11
 * Domain III Instructional Leadership: Comp 8- Budgeting, Resource Allocation, Financial Management, and Technology Applications**
 * Interview the administrator responsible for the district finance/budget office. The interview should focus on the administrative responsibility, guidelines, training, and any other major needs or concerns that the office requires of the position of study.

Resource(s): Assistant Superintendent, Curriculum Supervisor To be completed by 5/6/11
 * Domain III Instructional Leadership: Comp 8- Budgeting, Resource Allocation, Financial Management, and Technology Applications**
 * Contact several persons experienced in the position of study, and compile a list of professional associations, service organizations, and local, state, and federal agencies that provide expertise and service to the position.

Resource(s)Library, Librarian, Assistant Superintendent To be completed by 5/6/11
 * Domain III Instructional Leadership: Comp 8- Budgeting, Resource Allocation, Financial Management, and Technology Applications**
 * Compile a list of books, publications, training manuals, and district or state publications used or recommended for the position of study. The list should include resources of the highest quality and relevance to the position and educational leadership.

Resource(s):Director of maintenance and the campus head custodian To be completed by 5/6/11
 * Domain III Instructional Leadership: Comp 9- Leadership and management of district’s physical plant and support systems to ensure a safe and effective learning environment**
 * Meet with the director of maintenance/head custodian to review job responsibilities and schedules of staff. Shadow/observe one custodian and/or maintenance person for a period of time.

Resource(s): Bus driver, Students, On-line referral reports To be completed by 5/6/11
 * Domain III Instructional Leadership: Comp 9- Leadership and management of district’s physical plant and support systems to ensure a safe and effective learning environment**
 * Review incident and discipline referrals occurring on the buses. Interview several students and bus drivers for concern and recommendations for safer and more efficient bus service.

Resource(s): Director of Food Services and Cafeteria manager To be completed by 5/6/11
 * Domain III Instructional Leadership: Comp 9- Leadership and management of district’s physical plant and support systems to ensure a safe and effective learning environment**
 * Interview the district / school food service manager to discuss the current requirements, concerns, and issues of the program.

Resource(s): Teachers and Students To be completed by 5/6/11
 * Domain III Instructional Leadership: Comp 10- Applying Organizational, Decision-Making and Problem Solving Skills complying with federal and state requirements and facilitate positive changes**
 * In your selected local project, devise a plan for any change affecting other individuals. Choose two of these individuals, and discuss how they internalized or resisted the change.

Resource(s): On-line school board policy To be completed by 5/6/11
 * Domain III Instructional Leadership: Comp 10- Applying Organizational, Decision-Making and Problem Solving** **Skills complying with federal and state requirements and facilitate positive changes**
 * Review board policy regarding student services. Assess the degree of compliance with the policy and education plan. Identify three ways students services might be improved, and include recommendations.

Resource(s): Assistant Superintendent,Principal, Parents To be completed by 5/6/11
 * Domain III Instructional Leadership: Comp 10- Applying Organizational, Decision-Making and Problem Solving Skills complying with federal and state requirements and facilitate positive changes**
 * Choose a current issue at your district. Find at least two persons on either side of the issue. Meet with the chosen persons in a group or individually to ascertain the goals for each side. Ensure that each side understands the goals of the other side. Develop a list of concerns that each side has about the opposing side. Devise a resolution that helps both sides achieve their goals and addresses all concerns. Meet with both sides to reach consensus on the new proposal or plan.

La Chandra M. Cobb 8460 Allison Way, Beaumont, TX 77707 pickybio@hotmail.com
 * My Vita**

Education/ Certification

M. Ed Education Administration, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX

BS Criminal Justice/Biology, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, LA

Principal Certificate Texas

Teacher Certificate Secondary Biology, Texas


 * Leadership Experience**

Ozen Fine Arts Magnet High School, Beaumont, TX 2010-Present sponsored activities, and on buses; handling discipline cases up to and including recommendation for suspension and expulsion
 * Assistant Principal**,
 * Administer the school in the absence of the principal and the associate principal
 * Assist in developing school standards
 * Represent the principal at various events
 * Supervise the coordination of a discipline management
 * Responsible at all times for pupil behavior on the campus, at school
 * Adjust teacher-pupil problems with regard to discipline
 * Hold parent conference regarding pupil discipline
 * Develop liaison with other county social agencies in assisting the student
 * Assign and supervise lunch, hall, and bus duty
 * Secure substitute teachers in the absence of any regular staff members.

Central Medical Magnet High School, Beaumont, TX 2009 – 2010 · Created and incorporated rules and guidelines for the Medical Magnet program · Assist with the application acceptance process · Assisted in scheduling students in courses related to the Medical Magnet Program · Coordinate Medical Magnet activities with local health care facilities · Coordinated and registered students in dual credit programs at Lamar University and Lamar Institute of Technology · Conducted parent information meetings · Assist with scholarship opportunities for senior medical magnet students · Created an advisory board for the 2009- 2010 school year
 * Medical Magnet Coordinator**,

Central Medical Magnet High School, Beaumont, TX 2004 - Present · Conducted department planning sessions · Lead in the development of instructional goals and objectives · Conducted inventory and place orders for equipment and supplies · Performed mentoring roles for new teachers in science department · Served as liaison between science teachers and administration · Assist in planning campus staff development needs · Organized pull-out test taking skills for at risk students · Restructured science classes and organized teaching teams to teach at risk students · Conducted staff development for instruction in science · Assisted in data driven assessments · Assisted in student intervention planning
 * Science Department Chairperson**,

Central Medical Magnet High School, Beaumont, TX 1999 - 2009 · Conducted subject planning sessions · Lead in the development of instructional goals and objectives · Organized labs for teachers and students to have hands on experience in biology · Designed lecture materials for teachers and students in biology · Conducted staff development for instruction in biology · Performed mentoring roles for new biology teachers
 * Biology Lead**,

Central Medical Magnet High School, Beaumont, TX 2006 – 2009 · Involved in the initial development and planning process of the medical magnet program · Involved in the selection, reviewing, and monitoring process of students in the program
 * Medical Magnet Lead**,

Central Medical Magnet High School, Beaumont, TX 2008- 2010 · Involved in communicating the vision of the school · Involved in decision making process for incorporating new programs for school improvement · Involved in evaluating programs incorporated on campus Teaching Experience
 * Campus Educational Improvement Committee Member**,

Central Medical Magnet High School, Beaumont, TX 1997- Present · Differentiated instruction for all students · Organized cooperative learning communities · Motivated students to reach their highest potential of success · Emphasized student-centered learning
 * High School Biology Teacher**,

Beaumont Independent School District, Beaumont, TX Summer 2005 · Emphasized science TAKS objectives through hands-on learning · Increased Exit Level TAKS scores by 15%
 * District TAKS Science Teacher**,

Odom Academy Middle School, Beaumont, TX Summer 97, 98, 99 · Incorporated Language Arts and Science into the summer school curriculum · Compiled a lab manual for hands on experience based on district’s curriculum
 * Sixth Grade Summer School Teacher**,


 * Curriculum Experience**

Beaumont Independent School, Beaumont, TX Summer 2006 and 2007 · Designed lecture resource guide for teachers and students in Biology for district use based on the district’s curriculum · Worked cooperatively with team members to align the district’s biology curriculum with Texas Education Agency’s biology objectives · Conducted workshops for district’s plan in biology for upcoming school years
 * Biology Curriculum Writing Team Member**,


 * Training and Staff Development**

"Biology End of Course TEKS", Region IV, Beaumont, TX, May 2010.

“Instructional Leadership Development”, Region V, Silsbee, TX, July 2008.

“Professional Development and Appraisal System”, Region V, Silsbee, TX, July 2008.

“Creating Aligned Lesson Plan Models, Mathematics and Science, Gr. 9 -12, Margaret Kilgo, Austin, TX, February 2008.

“Breaking Ranks II”, Region V, Beaumont, TX, September 2007.


 * Presentations**

Cobb, L. (2010, October). Biology End of Course TEKS.Presentation at Beaumont Independent School District In-service, Beaumont, TX.

Cobb, L. (2010, July). Biology End of Course TEKS.Presentation at Region V, Beaumont, TX.

Cobb, L. (2008, October). The Quilt Model. Presentation at Central Medical Magnet High School Faculty In-service, Beaumont, TX.

Cobb, L. and McSwain, S. (2008, August). Grade Speed Training. Presentation at Central Medical High School Faculty In-service, Beaumont, TX.

Cobb, L. (2008, August). Vocabulary Building In Science. Presentation at Central Medical Magnet High School 2nd Annual Staff Development Retreat, Beaumont, TX.


 * Honors and Awards**

Teacher of the Year, Beaumont A & M Club, Beaumont, TX, 2008

Teacher of the Month, Central Medical Magnet High School, Beaumont, TX, 2007 – 2008 (9 times)

Leadership Award, Central Medical Magnet High School, Beaumont, TX, 2008

Pi Gamma Mu International Honor Society in Social Science, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, LA, 1996

Cum Laud Graduate, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, LA, 1996


 * Professional Affiliations**

Beaumont Teacher Association, 1997 – Present National Education Association, 1997 – Present Texas Science Teacher Association 1999- Present
 * References**

References will be included on the following page, if requested

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