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Wallace Fellows
“This experience is the way education ought to be.” Sponsored by: UW – Madison What is the MACC?The Master Administrators Capstone Certificate program is a partnership of professors and practitioners that promotes collaborative professional development for practicing administrators committed to advancing educational quality and equity for all K-16 students. The primary purpose of the Master Administrator Capstone Certificate (MACC) is to identify and promote excellence in leadership for equity, inquiry, and reflection. One important objective of MACC is to provide an avenue for administrators to develop the knowledge, skills, and reflective practice approaches to obtain master administrator licensure from the Department of Public Instruction. Participants will have an opportunity to reflect on their work, link research and practice, and hone the skills necessary to raise the quality of administrative practice more broadly by mentoring others. Content will be linked to developing leadership in areas identified by the licensure standards, research literature, and real problems of practice currently facing participants. What will I be doing?MACC candidates will participate in four learning experiences over a two year period including:
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Candidates should expect to be in learning experiences that involve substantial collaboration with fellow MACC administrators, practitioners, and research professors. Through project-based learning, inquiry, and reflection, candidates will work to expose professional practice, identify and discuss mastery-level practices, and deliberately refine their practices to improve our schools. View sample portfolio. Candidates will focus on their role in advancing equity in student learning, building teacher capacity, leading their organization, and engaging and serving their communities from a unified mission and vision. Site visits, discussions, readings, speakers, reflection, and the development of an electronic portfolio all interact to help candidates improve and demonstrate expertise in administrative leadership.
Who should Apply to be a MACC candidate?
Then the MACC academy is for you! Contact Clinical Profesor Jim Shaw Whom do previous participants recommend for the MACC?“Administrators who are willing to critically examine their work.” “Someone committed to on-going leadership improvement, equity is student learning, and collaboration.” “Administrators who want to continue to improve their practice and who want to improve the profession as a whole.” What do participants say about the MACC?“It is a great chance to network and discuss issues with some fantastic administrators while actually working to improve your practice.” “This has been the best collegial sharing experience I had had that has focused on personal reflection and professional growth.” “This course is unlike any other. It blends practice with research in a compelling and collaborative context.” “The program provides a forum to share ideas, network, problem-solve, and create an electronic portfolio to be used for a variety of purposes.” "The cohort group has exceptional people participating at all levels."
MACC InformationWhile the experiences are aligned with the UW semesters, our scheduling & delivery methods are not tied to traditional course models. Candidates will have substantial say & flexibility in the development of the program so it becomes centered on the learners, knowledge, assessments, & community. Though it is not required to be involved in all four learning experiences to participate, the program is based on a cohort format.
How do I Apply?Download the Word file of the application packet. Application can be made by contacting Professor Jim Shaw (jimshaw@education.wisc.edu) or Admissions Coordinator Shari Smith (ssmith@education.wisc.edu). Your complete application will include:
Once admitted to the MACC program, you must also enroll as a special student unless you are already currently enrolled in a UW program as a graduate student. You may wait to fill out the special student application until you are notified that you have been accepted as a MACC Candidate. How can I nominate someone for the MACC?You can nominate a candidate for the MACC by encouraging local school and district administrators to apply and writing a letter of recommendation to support the nomination. Print out a MACC program brochure to help them learn about the MACC.
Contacts:Jim Shaw George Kliminski
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