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The San Diego County Office of Education (SDCOE) offers a continuum of professional development services and programs for school leaders that provide an interrelated, cohesive set of developmental learning experiences designed to build capacity with new and experienced administrators, as well as prepare prospective school principals for the challenges of school leadership.

Programs facilitated by SDCOE make a significant contribution to the region by preparing future school leaders and educational administrators to become "leaders of learning" who are capable of attaining the level of effectiveness needed to produce high-performing schools.

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Credential Programs

Preliminary Administrative Services Credential Program

Meets Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) requirements for the Preliminary Administrative Credential. This program offers a high-quality preparation program that is focused on developing leaders by providing a rigorous and relevant course of study on instructional leadership. Certification of all CTC requirements is accomplished through a 17-month program, which includes coursework, integrated online learning, field experience, and action research.

Clear Administrative Services Credential Program

Meets CTC requirements for the Administrative Services Clear Credential. CTC requires new administrators to enter a Clear Induction program within 120 days of your first administrative assignment. Certification of the completion of all requirements is accomplished through a two year program that includes one‐on‐one coaching with a skilled administrator, an individualized leadership growth plan, professional learning, as well as a culminating portfolio representing two years of leadership development as an instructional leader based upon the California Professional Standards for Educational Leaders.

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School Leadership Institutes

Aspiring leaders and school administrators can build their professional practice through participation in SDCOE School Leadership Institutes. These leadership programs are designed based on what San Diego County superintendents say they are looking for in district and school leaders.

About SDCOE Leadership Institutes

High-quality, coherent professional learning system for aspiring leaders and current school leaders
Authentic experiences that develop instructional leadership
Courses offered in a blended, online learning format
Grounded in research-based instructional leadership practices and principles
Informed by leadership needs identified by districts throughout the county

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Targeted Feedback Institute

Are you interested in providing the kind of feedback to your teachers that they can implement immediately and independently? Wondering how to effectively give this kind of feedback? The Targeted Feedback Institute will guide you in how to do so.

SDCOE partnered with the nationally recognized University of Washington Center for Educational Leadership to offer the Targeted Feedback Institute.

Giving targeted feedback is a powerful skill and an important support for helping teachers grow their practice throughout a school year. This kind of professional support serves to give immediate feedback to teachers in relation to a specific learning goal or area of focus they choose. Participants will learn the characteristics of effective targeted feedback and how to engage in feedback cycles with their teachers that result in improved student outcomes.

Who Should Attend this Event?

Principals and teacher teams
School district leaders and site teams
Instructional coaches and mentors
Teachers and teacher leaders

We will use the 5 Dimensions of Teaching and Learning instructional framework as the foundation of the work each day. However, the process can be used with any instructional framework.

Have questions or need more information?

Please contact Tiffny Jones, program administrative assistant, to learn more.

February 19-20, 2025

Teacher Leadership Academy

This five-day, intensive Teacher Leadership Academy is a great fit for classroom teachers, teachers on special assignment, content coaches, grade-level and team leads of all content areas grades K-12.

Please contact Cherissa Beck if you would like to offer the Teacher Leadership Academy for your school or district.

School Leadership Transitions

We expect a lot from our principals. When they start at a new school, there's no practice, no rehearsal. There's just a new leader who has to hit the ground running.

The SDCOE Leadership Transition service gets principals up to speed quickly by helping school staff members communicate their culture and needs.

The process is adapted from military and organizational development methods, and focuses on the data rather than judgment or opinions.

The Leadership Transition service includes an online survey of all staff – certificated and classified – that examines the internal management processes and procedures for improving overall effectiveness at the school.

The survey data is unpacked by a representative group of school staff members in a day long workshop facilitated by the SDCOE Leadership Transition team. The group uses the data to identify trends, themes, strengths, areas of need, and recommendations, which they present to the new principal.

Together the principal and Leadership Transition group submit the process and the work to all school staff members, so that everyone understands the concerns, expectations, and major priorities of the school.

The Leadership Transition service is an opportunity for school staff members to feel supported and validated. It also aids new principals in building a team, tackling challenges, and developing trust throughout the campus.

Minimize individual and organizational stress and help your new school leaders embark on productive working relationships with staff through the Leadership Transition service.

Contact Sheelagh Moran today to schedule the service.

School Coaches and Teacher Leaders

MTSS Professional Learning Institute (PLI) Pre-Conference Institute - July 16

Deep Dive Session (3 hours): Elevating Coaching and Teacher Leadership Capacity - The TOSA/Coach Practice Profile Unveiled!
Breakout Session (75 minutes): Moves for Launching a New Year of Student-Centered Coaching
Networking Session (60 minutes): Coaching, TOSA’ing, and Intervention for the Whole Child - A Statewide Networking Event

Registration is open for the MTSS PLI. Attendees have the option to register for the MTSS PLI Pre-Conference Institute only for $99.

Student-Centered Coaching Institute Levels 1 and 2 with Diane Sweeney Consulting

Irvine - Sept. 9-10
Back Bay Conference Center (the second level of Irvine Lanes)
3415 Michelson Drive
Irvine, CA. 92612

Learn more/register: http://sdcoe.k12oms.org/902-249571

San Diego - Sept. 19-20

Handlery Hotel
950 Hotel Circle North
San Diego, CA. 92108

Learn more/register: http://sdcoe.k12oms.org/902-249582

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