Structures, processes and protocols are critical to
helping instructional leaders and teachers learn collaboratively how to use a framework to observe and analyze instruction.
For example, they will learn strategies for
helping instructional leaders transfer their new knowledge to practice and for establishing routines that support continuous, on - the - job learning.
This workshop shares our approach to professional development with the goal of
helping instructional leaders design and lead professional development that gets teachers practicing the skills of effective instruction.
This article in Learning Forward's «The Learning Professional» is about how AppleTree Institute's professional development component of its instructional model Every Child Ready
helps instructional leaders close the achievement gap for preschool and pre-kindergarten students.
Educators need to make sure that every student has the chance to succeed and this framework
helps instructional leaders create an environment where this is possible.
The August 2017 issue of Learning Forward's «The Learning Professional» includes this article written by AppleTree Institute's Natasha Parrilla and Kelly Trygstad about how AppleTree's professional development component of its instructional model Every Child Ready
helps instructional leaders close the achievement gap for preschool and pre-kindergarten students.
Not exact matches
Consult your department chair, team
leader, or
instructional coach for constructive advice and counsel — they might be able to mediate, make suggestions, transform your collaborative model, and
help your team get back on track.
We
help them see which of their daily activities add value to their role as an
instructional leader, which jobs are necessary, and which are a waste of time.
Even without a SAMs
help, though, he is committed to his new role as an
instructional leader.
We
help principals see which of their daily activities add value to their role as an
instructional leader, which jobs are necessary, and which are a waste of time, she said.
Throughout her 25 - year career as a network
leader,
instructional coach, teacher and consultant, Hillary has drawn on her social and emotional skills to
help organizations, schools, and teachers improve performance by framing issues, building teams, leading difficult conversations, and facilitating problem solving.
School
leaders need such metrics to
help them ensure that the technologies they purchase are actually
helping teachers to be more productive and flexible, rather than merely providing
instructional bells and whistles.
Downloads from the toolkit include a variety of resources to
help school
leaders, teachers, teacher
leaders,
instructional coaches, and personal learning networks prepare for, launch, and evaluate the success of video observations in school communities.
«My experiences as a junior college teacher (grade 12) in Singapore, as well as my interaction with
leaders within the Ministry of Education as a preschool education officer,
helped shape my belief that
instructional leaders are not merely those with a vision for the future but those who also remain rooted in ground realities,» says Suet Ling Juliet Chia.
Schools should seize this window of transition — when it is safest for teachers to ask for
help (and for
instructional leaders to offer it)-- to completely reinvent the teacher evaluation process.
School
leaders may have very different
instructional goals, but as a diagnostic tool, the distributed framework can
help them reach these goals.
Silvestre Arcos, an award - winning math
instructional leader, has found that resourceful use of technology can
help teachers personalize instruction so that «students at every level can make tremendous gains.»
«We
help principals see which of their daily activities add value to their role as an
instructional leader» Education World writer Sharon Cromwell recently interviewed participants in Denver's program.
The theme of the events, «
Instructional Coaching and Better Conversations», aims to
help school
leaders by utilising research - based strategies for teaching, coaching, and learning in a 2 - day format:
This paper explores to what extent central office administrators lead meetings of principal professional learning communities in ways that promise to strengthen principals» development as
instructional leaders and the conditions that
help or hinder administrators in the process.
The
Instructional Coaching Institute will
help school
leaders find the answers to these key questions:
Annual teacher surveys between 2010 and 2013 asked teachers about the frequency of visiting another teacher's classroom to watch him or her teach; having a colleague observe their classroom; inviting someone in to
help their class; going to a colleague to get advice about an
instructional challenge they faced; receiving useful suggestions for curriculum material from colleagues; receiving meaningful feedback on their teaching practice from colleagues; receiving meaningful feedback on their teaching practice from their principal; and receiving meaningful feedback on their teaching practice from another school
leader (e.g., AP,
instructional coach).
As one practitioner explained, «A teacher
leader can still focus on
helping teachers modify what they have to be much more effective, and work with teachers on using an
instructional model in which to frame their teaching.»
This takes many forms — from working in classrooms to
help teachers adopt effective
instructional practices to
helping school
leaders establish effective human capital management systems.
Prior experience with the
instructional materials that they are supporting will
help teacher
leaders understand the challenges the materials pose, and how to maximize the learning opportunities.
LDC's embedded supports
help teacher
leaders and coaches facilitate and support powerful professional learning using LDC LEARN to drive the
instructional coaching cycles they enact in their schools.
Indianapolis — The Mind Trust has entered into a partnership with the Relay Graduate School of Education, a nationally recognized, nonprofit graduate school of education, to sponsor an
instructional leadership program for Indianapolis principals that will
help them excel as educators and school
leaders.
This second installment of our webinar series on the 4 Dimensions of
Instructional Leadership ™,
helps school
leaders understand why it is so important to have a rationale behind the strategies they choose and how to
help school staff articulate the thinking behind their decisions.
It
helps school
leaders find balance and synergy between
instructional and operational leadership
Describing the most important aspects of
instructional leadership in more detail and clarity, this refined version of the framework
helps school
leaders better identify areas for
instructional improvement and focus their time and energy on academic achievement for all students.
Effective school
leaders help ensure that innovation has a trajectory that's guided by a shared vision and a shared
instructional language.
A teacher
leader's deep knowledge of the science and mathematics content in the
instructional materials
helps in assessing the content knowledge of the teachers with whom they work.
Get priorities straight — Teacher
leaders need to
help keep teachers focused on the content and pedagogy of the new
instructional materials.
The Teaching, Leading, & Learning Collaborative (TLLC) supports states as they identify and take action on policies to improve teachers» and
leaders»
instructional practices that will
help prepare all students to graduate ready for college, careers, and life.
We developed the 4 Dimensions of
Instructional Leadership ™ to
help principals, principal supervisors and other school
leaders to become more effective in the improvement of instruction.
Helping teachers determine the right
instructional practice goals, linked to student learning, is often a top priority for school
leaders.
This takes many forms — from working in classrooms to
help teachers adopt effective
instructional practices to
helping school
leaders establish effective human capital management systems to customizing after school programs.
-- Teacher
leaders need to be able to
help teachers understand and work through their reluctance to implement the
instructional materials.
These teams are comprised of experienced educators with the knowledge to
help leaders and teachers implement effective
instructional practices and improve experiences and outcomes for all students.
Teacher
leaders can play a leadership role in
helping their district or school adopt the highest - quality
instructional materials available.
Using CEL's 5 Dimensions of Teaching and Learning ™
instructional framework, principals and assistant principals across the entire 89 - school district are working to improve their collective ability to analyze the quality of classroom teaching, bringing to life CEL's long held belief that in order to support high quality teaching, district and school
leaders must be able to recognize quality classroom teaching and possess the ability to
help teachers improve in their practice.
Slater et al. (1998) studied the impact of a program to prepare teacher
leaders to
help mathematics and science teachers implement
instructional materials.
Prior to moving to Rhode Island, she worked for Grand Rapids Public Schools,
helping district and school
leaders manage dramatic
instructional reforms as part of a $ 5 million federal grant.
Coggins et al. (2003) found that teacher
leaders distributed resources to
help teachers improve their classroom practice as they used new
instructional materials.
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KIPP School Leadership Programs: Teacher
Leader http://www.kipp.org/approach/highly-effective-teachers-and-
leaders/kipp-leadership/ Designed exclusively for KIPP teachers in roles such as grade - level chair, department / content chair, or Saturday school coordinator, the KIPP Teacher
Leader Program is designed to
help teacher -
leaders hone their
instructional skills while learning new strategies to bring out the best in their colleagues.
These kinds of interactions between teacher
leaders» and principals» practice
help shape the overall direction of leadership and
instructional improvement in schools.
One of the best strategies to overcome these problems is to
help principals and other
instructional leaders understand their role in supporting teachers during and after professional development sessions.
This work involves (1) hearing about the strategies BMTN teachers are testing and refining, and having teachers the
leaders are working with test out the strategies in their classrooms; (2) sharing resources and strategies that BMTN teachers might use in their improvement projects, (3) providing insights into policies that might affect the
instructional work of the network; and (4)
helping recruit additional teachers and
instructional leaders to the network.
Shifting the focus of the principal supervisor job from overseeing compliance with regulations to
helping principals succeed as «
instructional leaders.»