Artifact Cover Sheet ELCC 5.

EDAD 693 Practicum/Internship Artifact

Standard 5.0 Professional and Ethical Behavior
Element 5.4 Evaluate the legal and moral consequences of
decision making
Activity: Review of past school board reports and minutes in the
form of Boardroom Chatter MILF 5.3/5.4
Time: 1 hour
Artifact: Board Room Chatter newsletter from board meeting
Description: I attended a board meeting to present the Northrop Grumman
award to an Allegany High School student in May of 2014. As I have not
attended a local school board meeting since that date, I collected the Board
Room Chatter newsletters put out to ACPS teachers and personnel over the
course of this past semester. I spent about one hour reading through these
reports and looking for policy changes and concerns.
Reflection: In ELCC 5.4 the impact of decision making for all stakeholders is
evidenced. As an administrator, it is essential to keep up to date on current
policies and county level concerns. As a guidance counselor and a current
ACPS employee, I am aware of the current concern by staff on the new
PARCC tests and the Common Core Curriculum. I have recently attended
training on the newly designed SAT and have been able to witness first-hand
the concerns brought by teachers. An administrator will need to not only be
aware of current issues, but also understand the possible impacts of
decisions that will affect his or her teaching staff. As a former teacher, and a
current counselor, I have seen the respect that staff have had for
administrators who not only are knowledgeable about policy changes, but
who have a firm understanding of the impacts those new policies will have
on his or her faculty. This experience, and particularly, this activity, has
given me an insight into the role of the administrator in the consequences of
decision making on staff.