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NYSED Principal Evaluation Training Program

NYSED Principal Evaluation Training Program. February 10, 2012 Session 3: Effective Leadership for the Common Core. Session 3: Effective Leadership for the Common Core. Aims of The Session. To enhance your understanding of implications of the Common Core standards for principal leadership.

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NYSED Principal Evaluation Training Program

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  1. NYSED Principal Evaluation Training Program February 10, 2012 Session 3: Effective Leadership for the Common Core

  2. Session 3: • Effective Leadership for the Common Core

  3. Aims of The Session • To enhance your understanding of implications of the Common Core standards for principal leadership. • To help you understand the types of evidence needed to evaluate implementation of the Common Core in schools. • To prepare you to train colleagues to evaluate the implementation of the Common Core in schools.

  4. Agenda: Effective Leadership for the Common Core • 1. Whole Group Introduction (5 minutes) • Aims of today’s session • 2. Activity 1: Principal Responsibilities (20 minutes) • 3. Activity 2: Evidence of Principal Leadership (35 minutes) • Small group brainstorm • Paired group share • 4. Discussion and Close (30 minutes) • 5. Evaluation and reflection (15 minutes)

  5. Three Initiatives Data Driven Instruction College & Career Ready Students Common Core State Standards Teacher/ Leader Effectiveness

  6. Engage NY Website

  7. 6 Shifts in ELA/Literacy Balancing Informational and Literary Text Building Knowledge in the Disciplines Staircase of Complexity Text-based Answers Writing from Sources Academic Vocabulary ELA/Literacy & Math Shifts 6 Shifts in Mathematics Focus Coherence Fluency Deep Understanding Applications Dual Intensity

  8. Activity 1: Principal Responsibilities 8

  9. ELA/Literacy Shift 1: Balancing Informational and Literary Text

  10. Activity 1: Principal Responsibilities • Use the handouts provided to examine the implications of one ELA/Literacy shift and one Mathematics shift • For students • For teachers • Brainstorm “what the principal does” • The implications for principal leadership • Document your ideas on chart paper

  11. Activity 2: Evidence of Principal Leadership 11

  12. Changing Role of the Principal • Transformational leadership through implementation of: • Common Core State Standards • Data-Driven Instruction • Teacher Effectiveness: Evidence-Based Observation

  13. Changing Role of the Principal (continued) Successful Implementation through strategic use of: • Teacher Planning Time • Teacher Professional Development Time • Principal Time and Energy • Resources on EngageNY.org • Observation and Feedback cycle between Principals & Teachers • Interim Assessment Results

  14. Leadership in The Common Core • Principals Should: • Purchase and provide equal amounts of informational and literacy texts for each classroom • Hold teachers accountable for building student content knowledge through text • Provide PD and co-planning opportunities for teachers to become more intimate with non fiction texts and the way they spiral together • Support and demand the role of all teachers in advancing students’ literacy • Support and demand ELA teachers’ transition to a balance of informational text\ • Give teachers permission to slow down and deeply study texts with students ELA Shift One: Balancing Literary & Informational Text ELA Shift Two: Building Knowledge in the Disciplines 14

  15. Activity 2a: Evidence of Principal Leadership • Your group will focus either on ELA/Literacy or Mathematics • Examine NYSED’s “Leadership in the Common Core” handout • Proposed principal responsibilities for implementing the Common Core • Brainstorm examples of evidence that you could use to evaluate principal leadership in this domain • Draw on yesterday’s discussion of objective evidence • Document on chart paper

  16. Activity 2b: Evidence of Principal Leadership • Share your ideas about evidence of principal leadership with your partner table • Ask questions of each other and add new ideas as they emerge

  17. Silent Writing Time and Whole-Group Discussion • What are some of the most important types of evidence your group identified? • What noticings or reflections can you share regarding evaluating principal Common Core leadership? • What questions do you have regarding evaluating principal Common Core leadership?

  18. Three Key Take-Aways

  19. Feedback on today and close Even better if … What went well?

  20. www.camb-ed-us.com

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