Presented by Malcolm Thomas Superintendent, Escambia School District mthomas@escambia.k12.fl

1. Stepping up To the Plate: Model of Excellence Presented by Malcolm ThomasSuperintendent, Escambia School District mthomas@escambia.k12.fl.us

2. Stepping up To the Plate: Model of Excellence Presented by Malcolm ThomasSuperintendent, Escambia School District mthomas@escambia.k12.fl.us

3. developing a champion

4. Key to success is understanding how it all fits together.

5. Get Ready for the Game Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. Darrell Royal

6. prepare yourself

7. develop leaders others WANT to follow

8. Let Go of Your Ego let go of YOUR ego

9. be willing to follow

10. build positive relationships

11. give YOUR power away

12. smile through adversity

13. communication

14. take calculated risks

15. A person who never made a mistake, never tried anything new. Albert Einstein

16. putting the pieces together

17. Escambia Model of Excellence

18. Instruction

19. Instruction Professionalism

20. Instruction Professionalism Climate

21. Differentiated Instruction Instruction

22. Instruction Differentiated Instruction Teacher adjusts content, process, and product in response to student readiness, interest, and learning profile (Tomlinson, 1999) make the connection

23. Differentiated Instruction Instruction Cooperative Learning

24. Instruction Cooperative Learning Teacher incorporates strategies that ensure student to student interaction about the concepts that become integral parts of the learning process built in support

25. Differentiated Instruction Data Analysis Instruction Cooperative Learning

26. Instruction • Data Analysis • Teacher compiles relevant, • measurable information about each • student and organizes, analyzes, • and applies that information to plan • and implement instruction Keep the score

27. Differentiated Instruction Data Analysis Instruction Cooperative Learning Employee Training Professionalism

28. Professionalism Employee Training Deliberate professional development based on needsidentified in the school improvement plan/strategic plan, coordinated with individual PD plans, resulting in effective implementation that increases student achievement/ employee productivity

29. Differentiated Instruction Data Analysis Instruction Cooperative Learning Effective Planning Employee Training Professionalism

30. Effective Planning • Scheduled, protected time for individual and collaborative • professional learning, preparing, and • sharing of best practices Professionalism

31. Differentiated Instruction Data Analysis Instruction Cooperative Learning Standards of Behavior Effective Planning Employee Training Professionalism

32. Expectations and Standards Professionalism Pride Teamwork Privacy Safety Service Stewardship Accountability

33. Differentiated Instruction Data Analysis Instruction Cooperative Learning Standards of Behavior Effective Planning Employee Training Professionalism Climate Positive Behavior Systems

34. Climate Positive Behavior Systems STUDENT CLIMATE: School-wide and individual plans for managing the learning environment and student behavior with productive positive results attitude matters

35. Differentiated Instruction Data Analysis Instruction Cooperative Learning Standards of Behavior Effective Planning Teacher Training Professionalism Re-Recruit High & Middle Performers Climate Positive Behavior Systems

36. expect excellence Climate • Employee Climate • Re-Recruit High and Middle Performers • Reward and recognize by utilizing rounding, • writing personal thank you notes, and managing up to identify and continue excellence in the workplace

37. Differentiated Instruction Data Analysis Instruction Cooperative Learning Standards of Behavior Effective Planning Teacher Training Professionalism Re-Recruit High & Middle Performers Implement Improvement Strategies For Low Performers Climate Positive Behavior Systems

38. transparency Climate • Implement Improvement Strategies for Improvement for Low Performers • EMPLOYEE CLIMATE-Provide • individual, specific, measurable • actions identified to improve • employee performance monitored with timely feedback and evaluated for effectiveness

39. the right tools for the job • Instruction • Differentiated Instruction • Cooperative Learning • Data Analysis • Professionalism • Teacher Training • Effective Planning • Standards of Behavior • Climate • Positive Behavior Systems • Re-recruit High and Middle Performers • Implement Strategies for Low Performers

40. Differentiated Instruction Data Analysis Instruction Cooperative Learning Escambia Model of Excellence Standards of Behavior Effective Planning Employee Training Professionalism Re-Recruit High & Middle Performers Implement Improvement Strategies For Low Performers Climate Positive Behavior Systems

41. Administrative Responsibilities to Support Instruction, Professionalism, and Climate • Ensure Planning Time • Collaborative • Individual • Deal with Low Performers • Implement Needs-based Professional Development • Obtain Leadership Development • Meaningful Evaluation Process

42. imagination has no limits

43. impossible I’m Possible