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 * Session 2**

Course participants will be able to: - analyze four leverage points that have the greatest influence on student achievement. - evaluate three alternate techniques to implement when interviewing teacher and/or administrator candidates. - synthesize their district or school’s strategic plan or School Improvement Plan.
 * Session 2 – Planning Change**

The administrator is able to incorporate key leverage factors into his/her preparation process in order to ensure the greatest probability of success for change efforts.
 * Competency: **


 * Essential Question: //How do we elevate planning for change to a critical element in any initiative that is launched in our schools?//**


 * Online Completion Activities**

3. Participants will read two articles on the Leverage Point: Teacher Assignment 4. Post at least two key points of each article in the Discussion Tab above. Be sure to post on the correct Article Title.
 * 1) Read about the leverage points that have the greatest influence on student achievement that are presented in Chapter 6. These are 1) teacher assignment; 2) professional development; 3) collaboration; 4) time; and 5) meetings
 * 2) Post strategies employed currently within your district that incorporate some of the leverage points and describe their benefits. If there are no leverage points currently being incorporated, provide your rationale about why they are not incorporated.
 * 3) To make your post, click on the Discussion Tab above and respond to the Leverage Points Posting.
 * 4) After posting your original response, read and respond, in a value-added, reflective manner, to at least three of your colleagues' postings.
 * 1) //[|Educational Leadership: How Teachers Learn - "Model Teachers"]//
 * 2) “Transforming Teacher Leadership”

5. After posting your response, read and respond, in a value-added, reflective manner, to at least three of your colleagues' postings.

6. Journal Reflection: Post, on the discussion Tab, the opportunities/challenges that are presented when developing teacher leaders in schools.

7. Read Chapter 7 and the following article: "Hiring the Best Middle School Teachers with Behavior-Based Interviewing”. [|**Behavior-Based Interviewing**]

8. Evaluate the viability of incorporating at least one of these techniques into the interviewing procedures used in the districts represented in the course – post your reflection in the Discussion Tab.

9. After posting your response, read and respond, in a value-added, reflective manner, to at least three of your colleagues' postings.

10. Read Part 3 of the text: Chapters 10-13 in preparation for the next section of the course.