ASAP Assessments
ASAP Assessments can be used to identify leadership development needs of aspiring and existing school leaders. They can be used to develop professional learning plans or as activities for leadership cohorts.
Click on each assessment below to learn more and enroll.
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ASAPCA-A01The Educational Leadership Assessment (ELA) is a set of multiple choice tests based on the dimensions of educational leadership. The assessment...
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ASAPCA-IB01
InBasket: Decision Making & Prioritization
The Decision Making & Prioritization InBasket simulates the issues that face a busy principal each day. Key characteristics of effective... -
ASAPCA-IB02
InBasket: Community & Parent Relationships
The Community & Parent Relationships InBasket simulates the issues that face a busy principal each day while interacting with the broader... -
ASAPCA-IB03
InBasket: Diversity
The Diversity InBasket simulates the issues that face a busy principal each day while interacting with the broader school community in a diversity-enhanced... -
ASAPCA-IB04
InBasket: Shared Vision
The Shared Vision InBasket simulates the issues faced by a busy principal each day while working continuously to create, sustain and evolve... -
ASAPCA-IB05
InBasket: Professional & Ethical Behaviour
The InBasket for Professional and Ethical Behaviour simulates the issues faced by a busy principal each day while working to maintain a sense... -
ASAPCA-CS00
Case Study Assessment Library
The ASAP Case Study Assessment Library is a package containing all 16 of the ASAP Case Studies. Titles include: The Principled Principal Developing... -
ASAPCA-CS01
Case Study: The Principled Principal
About This Case: In our current educational landscape, leaders are expected to formulate and examine their own professional codes of ethics,... -
ASAPCA-CS02
Case Study: Developing Professional Development the Tech Way
About This Case: Research is replete with evidence demonstrating that greater collaboration will foster collegial trust, enhance job satisfaction,... -
ASAPCA-CS03
Case Study: The Facebook Predicament
About This Case: Educational leadership research is replete with guidance regarding ethical decision-making and organizational leadership practice.... -
ASAPCA-CS04
Case Study: What Fits the Teaching Bill?
About This Case: In an era of Race to the Top, it is increasingly clear that educational leaders at all levels must be more than administrators.... -
ASAPCA-CS05
Case Study: Driving Miss Jacobs
About This Case: Given the litigious nature of our society and the current educational landscape, leaders are expected to know and adhere to... -
ASAPCA-CS06
Case Study: The Abuse Allegation
About This Case: The fostering of an effective school culture; creating strong lines of communication; and employing ethical decision-making... -
ASAPCA-CS07
Case Study: The Classified Claims
About This Case: The fostering of an effective school culture; creating strong lines of communication; and employing ethical decision-making... -
ASAPCA-CS08
Case Study: The Shady Substitute
About This Case: The fostering of an effective school culture; creating strong lines of communication; and employing ethical decision-making... -
ASAPCA-CS09
Case Study: The Suspected Students
About This Case: The fostering of an effective school culture; creating strong lines of communication; and employing ethical decision-making... -
ASAPCA-CS10
Case Study: Implementing an Instructional Plan
About this case: In our current educational landscape, leaders are expected to model practices and behaviors to assist educators in enhancing... -
ASAPCA-CS11
Case Study: Technology and the School Climate
About This Case: Many teachers continue to have difficulty integrating technology into classroom learning. Despite the fact that novice teachers... -
ASAPCA-CS12
Case Study: Supporting All Students
About This Case: School leadership is second only to teaching in its impact on student learning. High-quality school leaders make a difference... -
ASAPCA-CS13
Case Study: The Canary in the Data Mine
About This Case: Effective school leaders actively cultivate, support, and develop other leaders within the organization, modeling trust, competency,... -
ASAPCA-CS14
Case Study: Continuum of Services
About This Case: As principal, it is the school leader’s obligation to ensure that all students receive access to a quality education. Students... -
ASAPCA-CS15
Case Study: Leading the Leadership Team
About This Case: This case focuses on the need for a strong and cohesive leadership team. According to Fullan (2001), “the litmus test of... -
ASAPCA-CS16
Case Study: Keeping the Campus Safe
A safe and supportive environment is one of the most important factors influencing the quality of student learning and achievement. Effective...
ASAP Course Modules
Once the leadership needs of administrative candidates have been identified, the ASAP Modules provide high-quality, interactive learning to increase the participant's knowledge and skills. ASAP Modules qualify for Continuing Education Unit (CEU) credits in many jurisdictions, including 300 clock hours of total credit under the Pennsylvania Inspired Leaders (PIL) program, approved by the state. There are 20 course modules directly correlated to the 2015 ISLLC standards, and meeting or exceeding the state standards in your jurisdiction.
Click on the module titles below to learn more and enroll.
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ASAPCA-M01
Course: Shared Vision
This course module provides practical strategies to assist school leaders in creating a learning community that will shape a school’s... -
ASAPCA-M02
Course: Using Data for Teaching & Learning
This course module guides the school leader in effective use and analysis of data to improve student achievement, enhancing skills as an instructional... -
ASAPCA-M03
Course: Assessment & Evaluation
Assessment plays a major role in how students learn, their motivation to learn, and how teachers teach. Assessment is embedded in the learning... -
ASAPCA-M04
Course: Staff Development
Ensuring that well-qualified personnel exist in every classroom is a guiding principle in the life of a school and the purpose of staff development.... -
ASAPCA-M05
Course: Team Building
This course module provides information and describes skills needed for teaming to make a difference at the school site. Effective school teams... -
ASAPCA-M06
Course: Collaborative School Culture
The learning environment is made richer through collaboration, community, collegiality, celebration and recognition. Schools and districts... -
ASAPCA-M07
Course: Diversity
Diversity crosses through and impacts all of the Professional Standards for Educational Leaders. As an element common to all aspects of leadership... -
ASAPCA-M08
Course: Community in the Classroom
This course module focuses on recommended classroom management procedures and routines that help to develop relationships and build community.... -
ASAPCA-M09
Course: Building Instructional Capacity
Instructional capacity can be described as the quantity and quality of resources provided to the school to ensure high quality instruction... -
ASAPCA-M10
Course: Instructional Leadership
This course module is a guide to independent and collaborative strategies and activities that promote effective instructional leadership. An... -
ASAPCA-M12
Course: Community & Parent Relationships
This course module provides strategies and best practices for guiding parent involvement and developing and sustaining meaningful relationships... -
ASAPCA-M13
Course: The Skilled Communicator
This course module provides fundamental information, vital strategies, and opportunities to practice effective communication. The module addresses... -
ASAPCA-M14
Course: Operational Leadership
This course module examines the managerial aspects of leadership and the significance of efficiency, preparedness, and effectiveness in managing... -
ASAPCA-M15
Course: Decision Making & Prioritization
An effective school leader must efficiently prioritize the myriad tasks, decisions and activities that occur in the daily life of a school,... -
ASAPCA-M16
Course: Professional & Ethical Behaviour
Ethical leadership is the demonstration of appropriate conduct through personal actions and relationships and the promotion of such conduct... -
ASAPCA-M17
Course: Transformational Leadership
In education, transformational leaders go beyond the implementation of change. They become driving forces, empowering people and generating... -
ASAPCA-M18
Course: Continuous School Improvement
An effective educational leader promotes the success of every student by ensuring the development of a culture of continuous school improvement.... -
ASAPCA-M19
Course: School Entry Planning
This course module assists new principals, and principals who are changing schools, in being fully prepared for their new leadership role,...