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Leadership Matters District 6 Administrative Academy December 14, 2005. From ASCD, Schools Moving Up, Summer 2005. PERB Findings . 4 styles of leadership: Powerless leader Absent leader Controlling leader Balanced leader
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Leadership MattersDistrict 6 Administrative AcademyDecember 14, 2005 From ASCD, Schools Moving Up, Summer 2005
PERB Findings • 4 styles of leadership: • Powerless leader • Absent leader • Controlling leader • Balanced leader Our objective is to practice balanced leadership throughout Local District 6.
“Schools Moving Up” • How do we use effective leadership and focused professional development to move our schools up?
18 Schools Studied by WestEd • Schools served high numbers of at-risk students • All had dramatic gains in test scores or raised scores and consistently kept them high • No group of students fell behind academically
Common Features (The what) • High Expectations: Beyond Pobrecito • Making Data Part of the Culture • A Focused Plan • Interactive Principal Leadership • Professional Development Redefined • Standards-Based Curriculum and Instruction
District 6 Focus (The what) • Balanced Leadership • Quality professional development that focuses on classroom practice and linked to adopted curriculum and programs • Developing grade level and content learning communities • Using data to inform practice and creating urgency for improvement • Internal accountability for implementation
Leadership Goals for Principals and Assistant Principals (How?) • Model instructional leadership including ability to articulate and reinforce the vision and goals of core instructional programs • Hold ourselves out as learners • Focus on teaching practices • Accept the the challenges inherent in the leadership role by working collaboratively to solve problems
Table Talk • Select the one feature from “Schools Moving Up”, that you are successfully implementing at your school site. • Share that successful feature at your table and explain why you feel that it is successful.
School Team Reflection • Review the 6 features of “Schools Moving Up”. • With your team, identify one feature that you will begin to implement in January. • Write 3 steps to begin the implementation. • What support do you need from LD 6?