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Developing Effective School Improvement Teams October 20, 2009

Developing Effective School Improvement Teams October 20, 2009. School Improvement Webinar Series www.acteonline.org/multimedia.aspx. Your Moderator, Host and Presenter. Catherine Imperatore Electronic Media Manager ACTE. Don Washburn HSTW/MMGW School Improvement Coach

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Developing Effective School Improvement Teams October 20, 2009

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  1. Developing Effective School Improvement Teams October 20, 2009 School Improvement Webinar Series www.acteonline.org/multimedia.aspx

  2. Your Moderator, Host and Presenter Catherine Imperatore • Electronic Media Manager • ACTE Don Washburn • HSTW/MMGW School Improvement Coach • HSTW C/SE Ohio Region Diana Rogers • Regional Coordinator • HSTW NE Ohio Region

  3. Sound Check • Can everyone hear me? • If not, please check the volume on your computer

  4. Questions To ask about the content type a question in the Q&A panel and send to All Panelists. Questions will be addressed at the end of the presentation For technical problems or any other questions, type in the Chat panel and send to the Host.

  5. Replay or Register for Webinars Replay/register www.acteonline.org/multimedia.aspx Invite your colleaguesto register Complete webinar survey Graduate credit available

  6. Creating Our Own Future Change is disturbing when it is done to us, exhilarating when it is done by us. SOURCE: Resabeth Moss Kanter

  7. Take Away from Today If teachers are to successfully teach all students to high standards, virtually everyone who affects student learning must be learning virtually all the time. SOURCE: Sparks in Guskey 2000, Evaluating Professional Development

  8. Our Essential Questions Why should we have instructional leadership teams (ILT)? What is the purpose of ILTs? How do we structure teams? Who should serve on teams? What are team members’ roles? How do we find time for meetings? What do regular meetings look like?

  9. Why ILT? • When teachers formed learning teams for sharing, observing, and peer coaching • 88% used new strategies regularly and effectively. • The effectiveness of the classroom teacher’s instructional strategies is the • #1 factor in increasing student achievement… SOURCE: Lashway, 1988, Effective Leadership Effective Schools SOURCE: What Matters Most: Teaching for America’s Future

  10. What is the purpose of ILT? ILT’s are small groups of people with complimentary skills who are committed to: • Shared purpose • Shared performance goals • Shared approach to school improvement SOURCE: Building Instructional Leadership Teams That Make a Difference, SREB, 2008-2009

  11. SOURCE: Building Instructional Leadership Teams That Make a Difference, SREB, 2008-2009

  12. Poll Activity • Share an example from your own experience in working • together with teachers. • How would you classify this experience? • a) Committee • b) Instructional Leadership Team • c) Unsure

  13. How do we structure ILTs? The litmus testof all leadership is whether it mobilizes people’s commitmentto putting their energy into actions designed to improve things. SOURCE: Fullan, 2001, The Moral Imperative of School Leadership

  14. ILT Structure and Principal Readiness • Have you experienced shared leadership? • What authority are you willing to share?

  15. Principal’s Role in Sharing Power The principal builds capacity of ILT: • Models shared leadership • Shapes cultural conditions that support people to grow and to be at their best • Provides vision, guidance, resources • Encourages and supports teams

  16. Structures of ILTs • Horizontal alignment • Vertical alignment • Specialist arrangement • Combination of teams SOURCE: Center for Performance Assessment, 2006 16

  17. Horizontal ILT SOURCE: Center for Performance Assessment, 2006 17

  18. Vertical ILT SOURCE: Center for Performance Assessment, 2006 18

  19. Specialist ILT SOURCE: Center for Performance Assessment, 2006 19

  20. Poll Activity • What types of Instructional Leadership Team (ILT) • structures do you have in place in your school? • a) Horizontal teams • b) Vertical teams • c) Specialist teams • d) Two or more of the above • e) None of the above

  21. Who should serve on the teams? Getting people on the “ILT” team bus — and in the right seats…

  22. ILT Members on the Right Bus… SOURCE: Center for Performance Assessment, 2006 22

  23. What are Team Members’ Roles? 23

  24. Team Development Wheel SOURCE: Building Instructional Leadership Teams That Make a Difference, SREB, 2008-2009 24

  25. How do we find time for meetings? • Rotating Substitutes • Assembly Schedule • Early Release/Late Start Days • Waiver Days • Planning Period Exchange • Common Planning Time • Monthly Use of Rotating Period 25

  26. How often should we meet? • Frequency of Meetings: • District Reviews Progress of ILT’s Quarterly • ILT’s Meet Monthly at a Minimum • Duration of Meetings: • ILT’s Meet from 45 to 120 minutes 26

  27. Principal’s Expectations for Monthly Meeting Meet at least monthly to discuss Achievement gaps Successes and challenges Progress monitoring Assessment schedules Intervention needs Resources 27

  28. What do regular meetings look like? • You should pay special attention to a handful of high leverage behaviors. • Use data well. • Focus your goals. • Share instructional practices. • Implement deeply. • Monitor and provide feedback and support. Source: Patterson, K., et. Al. (2008). Influencer: The Power to Change Anything. McGraw-Hill. NY, NY 28

  29. Establishing Meeting Norms • Listen Actively • Speak from your Own Experience • Practice Timely Attendance • Respectfully Challenge One Another • Participate to the Fullest of Your Ability • Be Conscious of Body Language and Non-verbal Responses 29

  30. The Meeting Process 5 - 10 minutes 3 -5 minutes 10 minutes 3 - 5 minutes 8- 10 minutes 30

  31. Sample Meeting Agenda & Minutes Team: Literacy Date: 9/28/09 Time: 2:30 – 3:15 p.m. Attendees: Snow, Miller, Brown, T Jones, P Jones, Sims Location: Room 201 31

  32. Adult Actions Produce Student Performance Goal A broad statement that specifies a desired change Strategy Key approaches the district will implement Tasks A list of activities to complete an action Action Steps Specific steps to operationalize a strategy Adult Implementation and Student Performance Indicators Gauge/measurement to determine if the strategy is met and the overall impact of the strategy. Baseline Measure - Establishes a starting point. Progress Measures - Assess short-term measures of change.

  33. How do we communicate? Internal ILT/stakeholders Minutes Agendas Data Walls External stakeholders Newsletter School Web site School TV Channel Stakeholder Meeting 33

  34. Data Walls“The Science Fair for Grownups” Strategies Actions of the adults Analysis Why are we getting the results we are? Data State and district 34

  35. Month-to-Month Focus • Simple bar graphs • Can be student generated • Updated frequently • Data from various sources 9 9 35

  36. How do we communicate? • Internal ILT/stakeholders • Minutes • Agendas • External stakeholders • Newsletter • School Web site • School TV Channel • Stakeholder Meeting 36

  37. How to sustain ILTs? Steps to sustain the work of ILT’s while implementing a continuous school improvement : • How will you implement each step? • When will it happen? • Who is responsible? • What resources will you need? 37

  38. The Purpose of Monitoring the Plan Is Continuous Improvement An Internal Accountability System Implementation with Fidelity

  39. Recommended Resources Publication: Developing Effective Leadership Teams – Implementing the High Schools That Work School Improvement Design www.sreb.org/programs/hstw/publications/site-guides/ SiteDevelopmentGuide2.asp Websites: Golden & Gall. The complete toolkit for building high performance work teams. Eric Clearinghouse on Educational Management https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1794/3295/toolkit.pdf Southern Regional Education Board www.sreb.org

  40. Questions? • To ask about the content, type a question in the Q&A panel and send to All Panelists. • Questions will be addressed at this time • Or an email response will be sent to you after the webinar.

  41. Question What research-based approaches for establishing effective instructional leadership teams would you recommend?

  42. Question What tools and professional development are available for developing effective leadership teams?

  43. More Q & A Questions and responses

  44. Contact Information If you have questions or would like to learn more about developing effective leadership teams, please contact: Don Washburn, Presenter donnie.washburn@lc.k12.oh.us

  45. Next Webinar in the Series Motivating Students to Participate in Assessments Mike Ross, HSTW/MMGW Coach November 10, 2009 from 11:30 – 12:30 ET

  46. Thank you for participating! Reminders… Register for future webinars or to view archived webinars at www.acteonline.org/multimedia.aspx orwww.hstwohioregions.org After leaving today’s webinar… Please complete the webinar survey If you are interested in graduate credit, remember to print a copy of the survey

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