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Divisions > Leadership Development
Overview
  

Vision
The vision for leadership development is effective instructional leaders in all Maryland schools.

We Believe:
Leadership matters.
Leadership is learned.
Leadership impacts every child's achievement.

Mission
The mission of the Division for Leadership Development is to build the capacity of present and potential school leaders to increase student achievement by using the Maryland Instructional Leadership Framework outcomes as the foundation of all learning experiences. These outcomes include the following:

  • Facilitate the Development of a School Vision
  • Align All Aspects of a School Culture to Student and Adult Learning
  • Monitor Alignment of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
  • Improve Instructional Practices Through the Purposeful Observation and Evaluation of Teachers
  • Ensure the Regular Integration of Appropriate Assessments into Daily Classroom Instruction
  • Use Technology and Multiple Sources of Data to Improve Classroom Instruction
  • Provide Staff with Focused, Sustained, Research-based Professional Development
  • Engage All Community Stakeholders in a Shared Responsibility for Student and School Success
In Focus
Maryland Principals’ Academy
The Academy's content is based on the Maryland Instructional Leadership Framework and is focused on building the instructional capacity of principals. “As a second year principal, this Academy has given me the tools to take my school to the next level – I am inspired and ready to deliver." Maryland Principals' Academy 2009 Participant

Publications

Maryland Instructional Leadership Framework (2005) - This document serves as the philosophical basis for the work of the Division for Leadership Development.  It defines instructional leadership through eight outcomes and provides evidences in practice that should be evident where such leadership exists.
Traditional Mandarin Version
Simplified Mandarin Version

The Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR) regarding the new certification policy for assistant principals, principals, and supervisors has been revised.  The new licensure regulation requires all Maryland Institutions of Higher Education to integrate the framework outcomes into their administrative preparation programs.

The Critical Middle:a reason for hopeThis report describes the specific recommendations supporting the goal of the Middle School Steering Committee that “all middle school students will be provided a rigorous and relevant core academic program that engages them in learning, develops critical literacy skills, and prepares them for high school success, postsecondary enrollment, and 21st-Century careers.”

Leadership Succession Planning Guide for Maryland Schools (2006) - This innovative guide is a unique look at leadership succession issues in the public school sector, particularly the shortage of quality principals.  It provides a stimulus for conversation for senior leadership in school systems, an outline for those educators interested in preparing their own leadership succession plan, and an actual leadership succession plan for an example school system.
Traditional Mandarin Version
Simplified Mandarin Version

Maryland Leadership Development Program Brochure (updated regularly) - This brochure describes the vision, belief statements, and mission for the Division for Leadership Development.  It also describes the various components that make up the program.

Maryland Task Force on the Principalship (2000) - This report offers recommendations for redefining the role of the principal; recruiting, retaining, and rewarding principals; and improving their preparation and development.

Two companion documents to the Maryland Task Force on the Principalship report are:

 

For more information concerning any aspect of the Maryland Leadership Development Program, please contact one of the individuals in the Division for Leadership Development shown below.

Mary Carey Mary Cary
Assistant State Superintendent
410-767-0368

James Foran

James V. Foran
Executive Director of High School and Postsecondary Initiatives
410-767-0589

Paul Dunford

Paul Dunford
Director of Middle School Initiatives
410-767-0793

Robert Glascock Robert Glascock
Executive Director, Breakthrough Center
410-767-0322
Ann Glazer

Ann Glazer
Director of Improvement Initiatives
410-767-0321

Mary Bea Preston Mary Bea Preston
Director of Grant Program Initiatives 
410-767-0381
Ilene Swirnow Ilene J. Swirnow
Director of Elementary School Initiatives
410-767-5317
   
For information on specific leadership programs, click on the following link: Programs.
































Contact Information
Joseph S. Freed, Staff Specialist, High School and Postsecondary Initiatives
Maryland State Department of Education
200 West Baltimore Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone:  410-767-0725
Email:  jfreed@msde.state.md.us
Toni Montoya, Executive Associate
Maryland State Department of Education
200 West Baltimore Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
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