LEAD FAIRFAX

STRATEGIC PARTNERS

LEAD Fairfax has benefited from relationships with organizations that have expanded the intellectual capital of the program. These strategic partners provide access to cutting edge best practices in leadership development to benefit FCPS aspiring and accomplished leaders and to maximize their effectiveness.

STRATEGIC PARTNERS

Aha, Process, Inc.-Devoted to educating professionals and community leaders about the effects of class and poverty on our society

ASCD -Association for School Curriculum and Development

CaseNEX - CaseNEX supports educators through an online, case-based approach.

CEBE - Center for Evidence-Based Education

CCL- Center for Creative Leadership

CCSSO - Council of Chief State School Officers

HOPE Foundation - To support educational leaders over time in creating school cultures where failure is not an option for any student.

University Partnerships

VA Scope

VA-SEAC - Virginia Statewide Education Advisory Council.

VA-SAELP - Virginia State Action for Educational Leadership Project

Aha, Process, Inc.-Devoted to educating professionals and community leaders about the effects of class and poverty on our society, aha! Process, Inc. was founded as RFT Publishing Co. in 1994 by Dr. Ruby K. Payne. The company began with an emphasis on education and the difficulty children from poverty experience in most schools. The company expanded its focus to include information for government officials, churches, and social service agencies serving people from poverty. The company spreads the message that in all types of social interaction, poverty creates obstacles that require specific tactics to overcome. Experts from aha! Process, Inc. work with school districts, social service groups, and businesses to help people better understand these related issues.

ASCD-ASCD has continued to provide guidance and resources to LEAD. Members of LEAD Fairfax attend the fall conference on Teaching and Learning which gave us new knowledge and information on the evaluation of professional development and focusing on data for decision making. ASCD coordinated with Linda Lambert who collaborated with LEAD and facilitated Building Leadership Capacity with school teams.

CaseNEX -Another important partner of LEAD has been CaseNEX, an education company at the University of Virginia. Through collaboration with LEAD, selected cases with in-depth study and discussion have been added to reinforce the intern job-embedded curriculum. This case study approach helps interns understand and address the complexity leading learning. Analyses of real-life scenarios focus on issues such as the demands of multicultural learning environments, standards of learning and assessment, and using technology to improve instruction. In an interactive online environment, interns develop problem-solving skills and practice a five-step methodology that emphasizes instructional leadership. With this partnership, as with others, the LEAD team has developed the capacity to manage the online interactions around the cases as well as lead the face-to-face discussions with administrative interns. This relationship also serves to enrich our network with university and statewide leaders.

CEBE -The Center for Evidence-Based Education (CEBE) is a network of experienced educators, committed to assisting schools, networks of schools, and school districts in improving practice, transforming performance, and eliminating the achievement gap. Using inquiry as strategy, the examination and clarification of practice-based evidence as a critical aspect of an evidence-based approach to school improvement, leadership development, and breakthrough practice, are key to CEBE’s work.

CCL-The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®) is the leading nonprofit institution dedicated exclusively to leadership. CCL integrates cutting-edge research with innovative training, coaching, assessment and publishing to create proven impact for leaders and organizations around the world. The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®) was recently chosen as one of the overall Top 10 providers of executive education worldwide in a survey released May 16, 2005, by the Financial Times. CCL is the only institution focused exclusively on leadership education in the survey, placing it in the company of many of the world's elite business schools.

CCSSO -The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) partners with states to advance their thinking, planning, and services offered around professional development for chiefs and state education agencies. The partnership also help states comply with No Child Left Behind requirements. CCSSO is a bipartisan, nationwide, nonprofit organization of public officials who head departments of elementary and secondary education in the states, the District of Columbia, the Department of Defense Education Activity, and five U.S. extra-state jurisdictions.

HOPE Foundation -For almost two decades, the HOPE Foundation has led the way in tapping the passion, collective wisdom, and leadership within learning communities to create schools where failure is not an option. The results of our work throughout North America, parts of Africa, and England have been used to re-shape school cultures so that low-performing students succeed in school. Hope does this by helping individuals within the school, district, and region work as a team, one that is collectively focused on learning and success for all students.

University Partnerships-LEAD continues to partner with local universities (University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University and University of Richmond) in identifying potential education leadership candidates. The interns’ participation in the LEAD experience, concurrent with academic classes creates a rich context for cross pollination. LEAD continues to provide support to universities in the selection and orientation of participants. In addition, we have extended our partnership with the University of Virginia to include participation with the Virginia Statewide Education Advisory Council (VSEAC).

VA Scope -Created in collaboration with two LEAD Fairfax strategic partners—the University of Virginia and the Virginia Statewide Education Advisory Council (VSEAC)—SCOPE is an extended leadership cohort designed to support the continuing development of school administrators throughout Virginia. Members are nominated by one of the 12 school district superintendents belonging to VSEAC. The SCOPE cohort helps develop and support a cadre of school leaders through an extended learning community comprised of top education leaders. The SCOPE curriculum includes twelve sessions focused on topics developed under two major themes, Leading People and Leading Learning.

VA-SEAC -Representing 10 school districts and the University of Virginia, this council collaborated with LEAD to offer the LEAD Showcase in June 2003 at the Northern Virginia campus of the University of Virginia. The LEAD team provided an overview of LEAD leadership tools, which were so well received that school districts have requested these professional development sessions for their school districts leaders. As an outgrowth of this sharing, the VSEAC and LEAD are collaborating on the design of a strategic leadership development plan in Virginia.

VA-SAELP -Partnering with State Action for Educational Leadership Project (SAELP), LEAD Fairfax works to strengthen school leadership in our commonwealth. LEAD Fairfax’s project director served on the SAELP I Task Force; LEAD Fairfax’s core team collaborated with SAELP team to create the SAELP II proposal.
The LEAD Fairfax model aligns with and compliments the following components of the Virginia-SAELP II proposal.

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