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Principal Practices : Planning for instructional leadership

Principal Practices : Planning for instructional leadership. “Now that I have more time to spend on instruction, what do I do with it?”. Dave Sechler principalteacher@comcast.net. Primary audience. Principals – to create * the plan SAMs – to help implement the plan. Take- away s.

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Principal Practices : Planning for instructional leadership

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  1. Principal Practices: Planningfor instructional leadership “Now that I have more time to spend on instruction, what do I do with it?” Dave Sechler principalteacher@comcast.net

  2. Primary audience • Principals – to create* the plan • SAMs – to help implement the plan

  3. Take-aways • School-wide Expectations outline • Tools & Templates Feel free to adopt, adapt, ignore…

  4. NSIP Conference connections Kim Marshall • Big Rocks • Weekly staff memo Will Bowen • Clear expectations • “No weeds in my garden.”

  5. introductions • Presenter: Dave Sechler • Participants • Thought Partners

  6. The REAL work of the SAM project “SAM is a complex change process disguised as a simple idea.” Jody Spiro Wallace Foundation

  7. 3 precepts: • . • . • .

  8. Best practice: Assessment Would you expect teachers to assess their students without first telling students what they were going to be expected to know or be able to do?

  9. Best practice: Assessment Be crystal clear about your expectations for staff.

  10. Goal: School-Wide Expectations • “Living” document • Short: 1-3 pp. • Plan / Prepare before school year begins • Execute / Implement during school year

  11. School-wide Expectations – Goals • Common beliefs / understandings • What do you expect teachers and/or students to know or be able to do?

  12. School-wide Expectations – parts • Introductory Statement • Expectations • Concluding remarks

  13. School-wide Expectations – style • Sense of connection • Build on what you’ve done • Past work doesn’t get lost • Sense of direction • Forward – always forward

  14. School-wide Expectations – flow • Past • How you got to where you are now • “The past is prologue”

  15. School-wide Expectations – flow • Present • Next steps (connection) • What I/we expect to see • What I/we will use to evaluate you

  16. School-wide Expectations – flow • Conclusion • Wrap it up • Bring it home

  17. School-wide Expectations – write • Past • How you got to where you are now • “The past is prologue” • 5 minutes

  18. Thought partners • Share with your thought partners: • Where you are now • How you got there • 2 minutes or less, then switch

  19. School-wide Expectations – write BE SPECIFIC !!! • Present • Next steps (connection) • What I/we expect to see • What I/we will use to evaluate you • 10 minutes

  20. Thought partners • Share with your thought partners • Thought Partners – prepare for “critical friends” critique • 5 minutes per team

  21. School-wide Expectations – write • Conclusion • Wrap it up • Bring it home

  22. Thought partners • Share with your thought partners: • How did you wrap it up? • How did you “bring it home”? • 2 minutes or less

  23. School-wide Expectations • Sample

  24. School-wide Expectations • Q & A

  25. School-wide Expectations • Revisions

  26. Tools • Important Dates List • Monday Morning Mail • Parent/Community newsletters

  27. Tools – Making them effective • Don’t enable your staff’s lazy habits. • Don’t fall for answering the easy questions. • “If it’s important enough for me to write, it’s important enough for you to read.”

  28. School-wide Expectations • Q & A

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