Competency Reflection – Intern II – EDUC 6331 – Fall 2018
Intern: Patricia Villalon
Competency
Competency 001
The principal knows how
to shape campus culture by
facilitating the
development, articulation,
implementation, and
stewardship of a vision of
learning that is shared and
supported by the school
community.
Competency 002
The principal knows how
How was this competency
addressed?
By working and providing a variety of
strategies and activities during Literacy
Night. Parents took home ideas to help
children at home.
Work on new plans and set up
What did I learn?
I learned that parents are willing to
help their children if provided with
that opportunity.
I learned that even though new
My goals for continued
learning include the
following.
My goals for continued
learning include having
additional subjects included in
these planned parent nights. I
would like to include a
science and math night to help
in these areas as well.
My goals is to continue
planning and working with
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to communicate and resources to start as soon as possible. strategies were implemented certain staff in order to help those
Including in these plans are using new students continued to struggle in struggling students and help
collaborate with all strategies for students to meet standards certain standards. them succeed.
members of the school
community, respond to
diverse interests and needs,
and mobilize resources to
promote student success.

Competency 003
The principal knows how
to act with integrity,
fairness, and in an ethical
and legal manner.
When working with ESL children, I
provided a variety of strategies to help
them understand when there were
language barriers. I motivated them by
listening to them and assisting them
when they were struggling. Eventually
it built their self-esteem and felt
confident when learning a second
language.
I learned that children are eager to
learn. They just need guidance and
My goal is to continue
motivation. By supporting them
supporting these children and
and helping them in every way
provide assistance as needed.
possible will help them learn what
By allowing them to grow and
is needed. This is most helpful
succeed they will become
when in small groups because they
productive citizens.
feel more comfortable
communicating with each other.

Competency 004

The principal knows how Training parents on ways to teach their I learned that it is not easy having My goal is to encourage
to facilitate the design and children at home. First, parents were parent involvement all the time, but teachers to attend other
given results of their child’s last in this case it was a great turn out schools that will help them
implementation of benchmark. Then, provided a variety and the parents were grateful for all gain knowledge on ways to
curricula and strategic of strategies including reading, math, the ideas given. have more parents help their
plans that enhance teaching and writing to help them understand children at home.
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and learning; ensure where their child was struggling in.
alignment of curriculum,
instruction, resources, and
assessment; and promote
the use of varied
assessments to measure
student performance.

Competency 006

The principal knows how

to implement a staff
evaluation and
development system to
improve the performance
of all staff members, select
and implement appropriate
models for supervision and
staff development, and
apply the legal
requirements for personnel
management.
I had the opportunity to do several
observations in first and second grade
classrooms. When completed, I met
with my mentor and discussed the
positive things I saw and areas of
improvement. I also met with teachers
to give them feedback.
I learned that it was one of my
hardest competencies because it
was not easy critiquing other
teachers. I also learned that
everyone has different techniques
of teaching and there is no right or
wrong way. The important part is
to guide students and help them
succeed.
My goals for continued
learning is to attend courses to
learn more about T-TESS
(Texas Teacher & Evaluation
System). This will help me
by assisting struggling
teachers
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Competency 007
I learned that working in smaller
The principal knows how My goal for continued
groups makes a big difference.
to apply organizational, learning in this competency is
Despite the amount of students per Students mastered many objectives
to attend professional
decision-making, and class on our campus, I managed to they were having trouble with. I
development in differentiation
problem-solving skills to work with different teachers in order to also learned that many teachers also
and encouraged other teachers
help struggling students. I designed struggled with students who did not
ensure an effective learning lesson plans for them to differentiate. to attend so they can learn
understand certain objectives
new ideas and implement in
environment. because they did not know how to
the classroom.
differentiate.

Competency 008

The principal knows how

to apply principles of My goal is to continue to
I addressed this competency by
effective leadership and research and find programs
installing several programs in I learned that even though these
for all grades. I also would
management in relation to classroom computers. I also had the programs were successful, they
like to provide teachers an
campus budgeting, opportunity to pick the resources should not be limited to only upper
opportunity to be trained and
needed for upper grades in order to help grades.
personnel, resource understand the importance of
them develop comprehension.
utilization, financial technology in the program.
management, and
technology use.
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Competency 009

The principal knows how I addressed this competency by

to apply principles of discussing certain issues we had with
leadership and our building manager. Some problems
we encountered in the classroom were
management to the campus
having rodents coming in through
physical plant and support
cracks on the floors. I was able to
systems to ensure a safe bring in district maintenance workers to
come and close gaps in between doors
and effective learning
and building that was allowing animals
environment. in.
I learned that it is not easy to get
My goal is to continue
maintenance workers to come when
working with the plant
you call them. First, I needed to
manager because they are
make a report several times. When
very knowledgeable and are
they did come in, they wanted to
always willing to explain
just fix one area. I had to explain
what procedures are used to
that problems were in all the
keep the building safe.
building.