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**Lamar University Online Superintendent Program**

__**Courses:** __ EDLD 5396 - Internship in Administration EDLD 5371 - The School Superintendent EDLD 5342 - School Finance EDLD 5343 - Educational Facilities Planning EDLD 5387 - Seminar in School Administration EDLD 5399 - Internship in Superintendency @Internship Plan Log

__**Resource Materials:** __ SBEC and TExES Superintendent Competencies and Quality Indicators [] - this is also an excellent resource for preparation for the TExES Superintendent exam. ELCC Standards [|www.npbea.org] Martin, G. E., et.al. //School// //Leader// //Internship:// //Developing,// //Monitoring// //and// //Evaluating////Your// //Leadership// //Experience,// 2nd edition, Eye on Education Press, 2005.

__**Superintendent Domains & Competencies: **__ Domain I - Leadership of the Educational Community
 * Competency 1: The Superintendent knows how to act with integrity, fairness and in an ethical manner in order to promote the success of all students.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Competency 2: The Superintendent knows how to shape district culture by facilitating the Development, Articulation, Implementation and Stewardship of a Vision of Learning that is shared and supported by the educational community.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Competency 3: The Superintendent utilizes community resources to ensure educational success for all students.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Competency 4: The Superintendent knows how to respond to and influence the larger political, social, economic, legal, and cultural context, including working with the board of trustees, to achieve the district’s educational vision.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Domain II - Instructional Leadership
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Competency 5: The Superintendent knows how to facilitate the planning and implementation of strategic plans that enhance teaching and learning; ensure alignment among curriculum, curriculum resources and assessment; use the current accountability system; and promote the use of varied assessments to measure student performances.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Competency 6: The Superintendent knows how to advocate, promote and sustain an instructional program and district culture that are conducive to student learning and staff professional growth.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Competency 7: The Superintendent knows how to implement a staff evaluation and development system and select appropriate models for supervision and staff development to improve the performance of all staff members.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Domain III - Administrative Leadership
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Competency 8: The Superintendent knows how to apply principles of effective leadership and management in relation to district budgeting, personnel, resource utilization, financial, management and technology applications.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Competency 9: The Superintendent knows how to apply principles of leadership and management to the district’s physical plant and support systems to ensure a safe and effective learning environment.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Competency 10: The Superintendent knows how to apply organizational, decision-making and problem solving skills to comply with federal and state requirements and facilitate positive change in varied contexts.

__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Total Hours Required for Completion of the Internship**: __ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Internship requires a minimum of 240 Internship hours. This includes the 120 hours of Course-Embedded, Field-Based Application Assignments in the courses taken during the Internship and 120 hours of District-Supervised Internship Activities (based on the 38 leadership activities that must encompasses the ten Superintendent Competencies).

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