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Ms. Whitley demonstrated strong leadership skills as the diagnostician during a SAT meeting to discuss interventions for a special education student. She actively led the meeting, addressed all concerns, and ensured all issues were resolved. As diagnostician, Ms. Whitley assesses students' learning needs, collaborates with teachers, and ensures student-centered decisions during meetings. She advocates for all students and supports teachers' professional development. The observation showed how Ms. Whitley's leadership fulfills standards of cultivating core values of child-centered education and developing teachers' skills.

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Ms. Whitley demonstrated strong leadership skills as the diagnostician during a SAT meeting to discuss interventions for a special education student. She actively led the meeting, addressed all concerns, and ensured all issues were resolved. As diagnostician, Ms. Whitley assesses students' learning needs, collaborates with teachers, and ensures student-centered decisions during meetings. She advocates for all students and supports teachers' professional development. The observation showed how Ms. Whitley's leadership fulfills standards of cultivating core values of child-centered education and developing teachers' skills.

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Clinical Field Experience A: Leadership Assessment

Curt McCollum

EAD 533 - Developing and Empowering Instructional Leaders

Grand Canyon University


August 3, 2022

Dr. Carlson
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Clinical Field Experience A: Leadership Assessment

This assignment gave me the opportunity to observe one of the most important non-

academic roles in a school district. I had the opportunity to sit in a SAT (Student Assessment

Team) meeting with one of our Diagnostician to review appropriate interventions for a student

that has enrolled into our district. This is a student that has qualified for special education

services. Ms. Whitley had complete control of the meeting, showcasing her leadership abilities

by actively reviewing and addressing all the concerns of the campus. Ms. Whitley handled

herself with professionalism when discussing the academic year for this particular student. At the

conclusion of the meeting, Ms. Whitley read the deliberations to the committee to make sure that

all concerns were addressed accordingly.

Throughout the observation of Ms. Whitley, she demonstrated compassion, caring,

honesty, dependability and an advocate that believes that all students can learn. Ms. Whitley

promotes the mission of the school by making sure that all students are in their correct LRE

(Least restrictive environment) in order to receive the highest quality of instruction. Ms. Whitley

ensure that every student is ready for the future.

Ms. Whitley has proven to be such an asset to this district with her knowledge and

expertise in special education law. As a diagnostician, she is responsible for assessing the

educational, learning styles, and program needs of students referred to special education services.

She also collaborates with instructional staff, assist in providing training to new and seasoned

teachers in the proper way to write PLAAFPs and IEP goals. Her role in ARDs, SAT and parent

meetings is making sure that all the decisions are student centered.

To be an effective diagnostician, you have to have leadership qualities, be able to

navigate litigious ARDs and have the confidence to defend your testing and recommendations.

She has earned the respect of all the principals and teachers in our district.
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“PSEL 1(a) – “Articulate, advocate, and cultivate core values that define the school’s

culture and stress the imperative of child-centered education; high expectations and student

support; equity, inclusiveness, and social justice; openness, caring, and trust; and continuous

improvement.” Ms. Whitley ability to advocate for her students are the core values of the

district. She believes every student can learn in their own way and it is our responsibility to find

out what that way is.

“PSEL 6(c) – “Develop teachers’ and staff members’ professional knowledge, skills, and

practice through differentiated opportunities for learning and growth, guided by understanding of

professional and adult learning and development.” Ms. Whitley is not your ordinary

diagnostician, she is one that is committed to not just our students learning but our teachers as

well. She spends countless hours helping teachers with PLAAFP and goals. She is most

definitely an advocate for adult learning and has always gone the extra mile to make sure that

teachers are successful.


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Resources

National Policy Board for Educational Administration (2015). Professional Standards for

Educational Leaders (PSEL). http://www.npbea.org/wpcontent/uploads/2017/06/Professional-

Standards-for-Educational-Leaders 2015.pdf
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