Think of an hypothetical situation where you are doing an internship at an elementary school, careful planning will ensure that your experience will have the greatest value in making you an effective administrator.

In this internship, you will be assessed by your GCU faculty supervisor using the "Instrument for Measuring Leadership Effectiveness." As a best practice, it is important to communicate with your GCU faculty supervisor early in this course to arrange the time and date of the evaluation meeting. Your GCU faculty supervisor will require you to have an updated e-portfolio of artifacts to demonstrate and showcase evidence of meeting the ELCC standards you have addressed to this point.

For this assignment, work with your principal mentor using the "Instrument for Measuring Leadership Effectiveness (EAD-529 Evaluation)" as a guide to identify potential internship activities. You can also identify leadership activities in which you will be involved, using the "Sample Educational Administration Internship Activities Expectations" as a guide. Outline a seven hundred word schedule and plan demonstrating how you will complete the required 90 internship hours.

When possible, include experiences related to the following concepts presented in EAD-513, EAD-520, and EAD-523:

• Shaping school culture
• Strengthening curricular programs to continue school improvement
• Developing professional capacity

Include the following in your plan:

• Description of your specific placement and schedule.
• Minimum of 90 hours of leadership activities in which you intend to be involved and the alignment of those activities with ELCC standards.
• Artifacts that will document your activities and their alignment with ELCC standards.
• Strategies to communicate with compassion and care while working with your principal mentor and GCU faculty supervisor.
• Planned evaluation schedule. (Evaluation will be submitted in Topic 6.)