Texas Adult Education & Literacy Leadership Excellence Academy

TEXAS Adult Education & Literacy Leadership Excellence AcademY

Application Information:

Administrator Leadership (ALEA) applicants must be recommended by their director (or be self-nominated) and approved by the AEL State Director. MUST complete the Nomination and Commitment Form linked at bottom.

Instructional Leadership (ILEA) applicants must be nominated by their director and should be in an Instructional Leadership position. MUST complete the Nomination and Commitment Form linked at bottom.

If you are a member of a Consortium, nominations need to be submitted by the Consortium lead.

Program Expectations:

Administrators

Make the commitment for self or other staff member to participate in and attend the Texas Leadership Excellence Academy
Nominate self or other candidates
Support Administrator or Instructional Leader who is attending the training
Support the implementation of the TX LEA project

Instructional Leaders

Participate in the Leadership Excellence Academy forum (Community of Practice in PD Portal)
Participate in intensive training through March 2024
Facilitate creation, delivery and implementation of the Leadership project
Align and implement the Leadership project to AEL program’s instructional content
Provide feedback on the Academy

Criteria for Selection:

Must be in an administrator or instructional lead position within the AEL program
Desire to be a successful leader and acquire additional leadership skills
Desire to improve program based on self-assessment and program data
Motivation and passion toward program improvement
Willingness to commit time and energy to project completion
Flexibility
Can effectively implement best practices
Understands challenges of AEL
Great people skills—Can adapt approach to staff with different needs
Preparedness—Knowledge AEL program needs

Upon completion of training, Leadership Excellence Academy participants will:

Identify and apply leadership concepts addressed in the Academy
Identify individual opportunities for improvement based on self-assessment and program data
Acquire skills and support to lead a program improvement initiative
Explain and implement one of several collaboration models
Describe strategies to support initiative, persistence and planning
Use data analysis to make decisions
Receive a Certificate of Completion.

Following is the Project Timeline for the Texas Instructional Leadership Excellence Academies:

Local programs will provide all costs and travel-related expenses to the face-to-face training.

Date/Time	Event	Description
8/17/2023 2:00 - 3:00 pm CST	LEA Orientation (Webinar)	Orientation to the Academy webinar which will cover pertinent information, participant expectations and timelines.
9/19/2023, 8:30 am - 4:00 pm CST	Session 1 Kickoff (F2F)	Participants will cover the following: Overview of ALEA, timeline, and expectations Our approach: “Leadership Framework Wheel” Transformational Leadership & Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) leadership styles Leadership vision statement Teamwork Strategies: COMPASS Overview of improvement project Intro to the Portal & Assignments
10/18/23, 10:00 - 11:00 am CST	Webinar 1	Introduction to Data-Driven Decision Making Assignments
11/8/23 10:00 am-12:00 pm CST	Webinar 2	Participants will cover the following: Project conceptualization and initial peer feedback What are your project ideas? Considerations and advice What makes a good project? How to run a meeting
12/5/23, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm CST	Webinar 3	This webinar will cover the following: Collecting and using qualitative data Plan, Do, Study, Act SMART goals Assignments
1/18/24, 8:30 am - 4:00 pm CST 1/19/24, 8:30 am - 3:00 pm CST	Session 2 (F2F)	In this training, participants will cover the following: Day 1 (6 hours): Leading change Influencing and developing others Team Communication activity Project discussions in topic groups Day 2 (5 hours): Managing different personalities Teacher Competencies SBI Feedback Next steps and assignments
2/6/24-10:00 - 11:30 am CST 2/7/24- 1:00 - 2:30 pm CST 2/6 /24- -1:00 - 2:30 pm CST	Small Group Meetings	This webinar will provide an opportunity for individuals to report on their project and progress and solicit specific feedback and advice.
2/28/24- 10:00 - 11:15 am CST	Webinar 4	Participants will hear from a practitioner panel on leading a team in data-based decision making and collaboratively looking at data for program improvement.
3/29/24 -8:30 am – 4:00 pm CST	Session 3 (F2F)	In this final session, participants will revisit their personal vision statements and Leadership Wheel, present the outcomes from their improvement projects, and receive and give feedback to colleagues.

Nomination Instructions:

Administrator Leadership (ALEA) applicants must be recommended by their director (or be self-nominated) and approved by the AEL State Director.

ALEA nominator/nominee MUST complete the Nomination Form and Nominee MUST complete the Commitment Form.

ALEA Nomination Form

ALEA Commitment Form

Instructional Leadership (ILEA) applicants must be nominated by their director and should be in an Instructional Leadership position.

Directors MUST complete the Nomination Form and ILEA Applicant/Nominee MUST complete the Commitment Form.

ILEA Nomination Form

ILEA Commitment Form