Standard 5: Community & External Leadership 

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.

NPBEA. (2018). National Educational Leadership Preparation (NELP) Program Standards - Building Level. Retrieved from: www.npbea.org. 

Artifact 1: Below is an example when I collaborated with local community members to support a bowling tournament for kids ages 14-18 in northeastern Iowa. I purchased trophies, called schools, and recruited scorers for the event. The event rules/regulations are listed below with how to get involved. The tournament was so successful that we are going to make it an annual occurrence. The thing that I personally loved about building a youth tournament was the excitement of bringing the community together! 

Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18CbK5al7Oii7fUeRJkwxstA65dACJEdRZh96ehmhaj4 

Artifact 2: As a teacher, I was able to win the "Best of Iowa" for Iowa World Language Association and represent the state of Iowa at a Midwestern conference known as Central States. I won by presenting about building classroom immersion projects. This topic was voted best by world language teachers in Iowa, and the presentation was very successful in Columbus, Ohio. I was able to collaborate with many great educators around the country and share my love for learning.