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= Building Strong Leaders with Online Professional Development = toc //Session 4: Thursday, November 10 from 4:00 - 5:00 pm//
 * //Barbara Treacy,Director,EDC/EdTech Leaders Online// **
 * //Bob Farrace,National Association of Secondary School Principals// **
 * //Leinda Peterman,Project Director,Education Development Center, EdTech Leaders Online// **

**Session Information**

 * **Location:** 201/202 //(Click Here to View the Session Map)//
 * **Track:** Professional Development
 * **Grade Level Focus:** K-5|6-8|9-12|High school to college transition
 * **Experience Level:** Level 101 - For beginners new to the field (0-1 years experience in K-12 Online Learning)|Level 201 - For intermediate level participants (2-4 years experience in K-12 Online Learning)|Level 301 - For advanced participants (5+ years of experience in K-12 Online Learning)
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**Session Description**
//The National Association of Secondary School Principals(NASSP) has embarked on an ambitious path to expand their highly effective training for school principals by providing it an online format, working in partnership with Education Development Center who helped them develop capacity to facilitate and design online professional development. Learn about the process to transition to online professional development for school leaders and explore the Breaking Ranks: Leading Change course.//

Session Twitter Hashtag: // #vss201s4 //
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Presentation Materials and Contributions
Please add your contributions here. Notes by Marcel Kielkucki, Director of HS Completion Programs, Kirkwood Community College

This session was also recorded. Barbara Treacy—Ed Tech Leaders Online Program and Bob Farrace, NASSP NASSP focuses on knowledge, skills, and attitudes for effective administrators. You need to assess where your school leaders are before you can develop them. However, this often doesn’t always happen. All principals want to raise student achievement by creating a context where this can occur. Back in 1996, a series called Breaking Ranks Framework was started. More information can be found at [|www.nassp.org] Check out #cpchat if you’re looking for PD for principals on Twitter Online learning remains new territory for many principals Once principals have the experience of it (online courses,) they will get it. [|www.nassp.org/skillsassessment] -An online skills assessments for principals to use as a self-assessment---a 360 degree assessment -At the conclusion, you get a sense of strengths and areas to develop as a principal To help with the PD, NASSP worked with EdTech Leaders Online at the Education Development Center to develop a platform for their courses, starting with facilitation and then course developing training.

Encourage principals to engage online themselves—use twitter, take an online course, etc.