NELP Standard 5

Standard 5: Community and External Leadership

Candidates who successfully complete a building-level educational leadership preparation

program understand and demonstrate the capacity to promote the current and future
success and well-being of each student and adult by applying the knowledge, skills, and
commitments necessary to engage families, community, and school personnel in order to
strengthen student learning, support school improvement, and advocate for the needs of
their school and community.

Component 5.1 Program completers understand and demonstrate the capacity to

collaboratively engage diverse families in strengthening student learning in and out of
school.

Component 5.2 Program completers understand and demonstrate the capacity to

collaboratively engage and cultivate relationships with diverse community members,
partners, and other constituencies for the benefit of school improvement and student
development.

Component 5.3 Program completers understand and demonstrate the capacity to

communicate through oral, written, and digital means within the larger organizational,
community, and political contexts when advocating for the needs of their school and
community.

Standard Artifact/Activity Reflection Source

Component (Course)
5.1, 5.2, 5.3 Galileo Teacher Leadership training EA 7950/8950
Leadership to develop leadership skills
Academy to support teachers and the
district at a whole.
5.1, 5.2, 5.3 Social Studies Guiding the department EA 7950/8950
Department through new curriculum,
Chair technology, and standards
changes.
5.1, 5.2, 5.3 Trauma Trainer Training staff to become EA 7950/8950
more trauma informed.
5.1, 5.2, 5.3 National Junior Guiding students to help the EA 7950/8950
Honor Society school and community
Advisor through community service
and keeping high academic
standards.
5.1, 5.2, 5.3 Social Studies Discovering new resources EA 7950/8950
Leadership in Social Studies to use to
Council help my department
improve student growth and
engagement.
5.1, 5.2, 5.3 Trauma Developing Professional EA 7950/8950
Learning Learning and tools to help
Community my district become more
trauma informed.
5.1, 5.2, 5.3 IEP Attendance Attending IEP meetings as a EA 7950/8950
general education
representative to help
develop plans and provide
feedback about student
growth.
5.1, 5.2, 5.3 Chaperoning Making sure students are EA 7950/8950
the Washington safe and engaged in learning
DC Trip while out of the building.
Also helping to solve
challenges as they come up
on the trip.
5.1, 5.3 Four Frame District analysis using EA 7720
Analysis Bolman and Deal’s Four
Frames
5.1, 5.3 Failure is Not District Critique Using EA 7720
an Option Blankstein’s Six Principles
5.1, 5.2 Personal Examination of my Personal EA 7740
Development role, responsibilities and
Plan growth.

5.1, 5.2 Professional A plan for the future of EA 7740

Learning Action Trauma Informed Training
Plan at Lamphere
5.1, 5.3 Action Research A study of how Trauma EA
Paper Informed Learning has 8895/7995/
impacted John Page Middle 7750/7730
School so far.
5.1, 5.2 Teacher Teacher development
Induction Plan training outline. EA 8820

5.1, 5.2 Webster Case A case study of supporting EA 8820

an administrator with an
HR employee issue.
5.1, 5.2 Wellness/Stress Personal plan of wellness EA 8820
Reduction and stress reduction. EA 8820