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Texas Education Agency Updated 2011

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Welcome to Instructional Leadership Development FOUNDATION • Please be sure you have signed in. • Help yourself to coffee, etc. • Please introduce yourself to your “new friends” at your table. • Take a minute to look through your materials. F-3

Setting the Stage for Our Work Together FOUNDATION • Introductions • Ground Norms • Logistics • Materials F-4

Goals of Instructional Leadership Development FOUNDATION Leaders will be able to: • Recognize that all decisions should lead to quality learning for all students to support student achievement and a vision that assures “Learning for All”. • Recognize the importance of utilizing systems thinking to make decisions. • Understand the role as an instructional leader in the system. • Apply a framework for continuous improvement to school organization and individuals in order to promote student success. • Identify and utilize four critical elements in understanding and making decisions about Teaching and Learning. • Use data to guide decision making. F-5

10 5 15 0 20, etc. Years of Experience Line-Up FOUNDATION F-6

A Vision for Success of My Student FOUNDATION My Special Student F-7

FOUNDATION A Vision of Success for ALL TEXAS Students Success for EACH Texas Student F-8

FOUNDATION Successful Students(+) Successful Teachers(+) Successful LeadersEffectiveSchools Successful Students Must HaveSuccessful, Effective Teachers Successful Teachers Must HaveSuccessful, Effective Leaders F-9

FOUNDATION Definition of an EffectiveSchool “An Effective School is one in which allthe students learn the specified curriculum regardless of factors in their backgrounds which have ordinarily been identified as those which prevent such learning.” —Lawrence Lezotte —Learning for All F-10

FOUNDATION —Ron Edmonds—Effective Schools for the Poor “We can, whenever and wherever we want, successfully teach all children whose schooling is of interest to us. We already know more than we need to do that. Whether or not we do it must depend on how we feel about the fact that we haven’t so far.” F-11

FOUNDATION What DO we know that effective schools DO? ? ? ? F-12

Effective School Correlates FOUNDATION Clear & Focused Mission Strong Instructional Leadership Climate of High Expectations for Student Success Frequent Monitoring of Student Progress Positive Home-School Relations Opportunity to Learn & Student Time on Task Safe & Orderly Environment F-13

FOUNDATION Learning for All—A Vision forALL Texas Students F-14

FOUNDATION Key Concepts of Systems Thinking F-15

FOUNDATION Thinking About Systems Thinking What kind of system needs to be in place to assure success for all students in the state? What kind of system needs to be in place to assure success for all students in the district? What kind of system needs to be in place to assure success for all students on the campus? What kind of system needs to be in place to assure success for all students in a classroom? F-16

FOUNDATION Texas Education: A Work in Progress • What conclusions can you draw about the changes in the state system? • Do you see any patterns in the state system? F-17

FOUNDATION Continuous Improvement Process Moves the State Toward the Vision Quality Student Performance Where the State needs to be Where the State is F-18

FOUNDATION Continuous Improvement Process • Needs Assessment • Data collection • Analysis Goals & Objectives Summative Evaluation Quality Ongoing Formative Evaluation Strategies & Activities Student Performance • Implementation • Who? • What? • What do we need? Professional Development & Sustained Support F-19

FOUNDATION Where Do We Stand as a State? • Review pp. H-F-17–20 and highlight any data that impacts your campus. • Analyze reading data (H-F-21) and share observations at your table. • Analyze math data (H-F-22) and share. • Analyze writing data (H-F-23) and share. F-20

FOUNDATION DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA Instructional Leadership Development Frameworkfor Data-driven Systems CULTURE Learner-Centered High Expectations Curriculum/Instruction/ Assessment Organizational Management Supervision QUALITY STUDENT PERFORMANCE Communication and Community Partnerships Professional Development Collaborative Continuous Improvement F-21 ETHICS AND INTEGRITY

FOUNDATION ILD Framework: Foundation Ethics and Integrity: An effective instructional leader models and supports honesty, responsibility, fairness, respect for individual differences, and compliance with the spirit and intent, as well as the letter, of the law. F-23

FOUNDATION ILD Framework: Foundation Ethics and Integrity • Find the Review of Literature in your notebook and turn to the first section, Ethics and Integrity. • Quickly read a “sampling” of the citations and select two or three to highlight and share at your table. F-24

FOUNDATION ILD Framework: Culture An effective instructional leader models, encourages and creates conditions/attributes in the school culture that are: • Learner-Centered: Views all members of the learning community as lifelong, successful learners. • Based on High Expectations: Expects everyone to work to ensure a safe, respectful, inclusive, risk-taking, and academically rich environment in which all stakeholders accept accountability for the success of all students. • Collaborative: Views teamwork, collegiality, and a sense of community as necessary for maximizing the goal of success for all. • Based on Continuous Improvement: Views continuous planning, monitoring, evaluation, and assessment of progress as essential to the goal of continuous and ever-improving success for all. F-26

Where do the things that effectiveschools do fit on this framework? FOUNDATION F-28

FOUNDATION CONGRATULATIONS! You’ve just been named the new principal of . . . Lone Star Middle School F-29

FOUNDATION “Quality school systems...constantly improve the appropriateness and responsiveness of their services. Key elements that make this improvement possible are: information gathering and analysis…” —American Association of School Administrators — Creating Quality Schools F-31

FOUNDATION Lone Star Middle School Needs Assessment • Data Collection • Analysis Quality Student Performance F-32

FOUNDATION Campus Profile • Scan the Lone Star Middle School profile on pp. 1–6 in the data packet. • Discuss the question, “What do we know about Lone Star Middle School?” • Each group selects one highlight. • Groups chart areas of strength and areas for improvement. F-33

FOUNDATION Guiding Questions • What additional data do you need? • Based on the information you have at this time, what are the implications for Lone Star Middle School? F-34

FOUNDATION Campus Composite • Read through the campus composite data on pp. 7–8 in the data packet and discuss initial impressions in your group. • What additional insights have you gained about Lone Star Middle School? • Add additional areas of strength and areas for improvement to your charts. F-35

FOUNDATION Accountability Data Tables • Read through the accountability tables on pages 9-13 in the data packet and discuss initial impressions with your group. • Add areas of strength and areas for improvement to your charts. F-37

FOUNDATION Characteristics of a Measurable Objective • Who? • What? • When? • To what extent? F-40

FOUNDATION Nonacademic Objective Ninety percent of parent/guardian responses on an annual climate survey will be favorable toward Lone Star Middle School. F-41

FOUNDATION Academic Objective F-42

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