Sentences with phrase «principal supervisors»

Lastly, I wondered about the role of principal supervisors in building the social capital of the principals they support.

We have the honor of providing the professional learning for this academy as well as for principal supervisors in several districts throughout the country.

In many school districts, this has meant a more robust instructional leadership role for principal supervisors as well.

With principal supervisors working smarter, your principals will be better able to focus on the task at hand: improving student achievement.

The first part involved a survey administered to member district staff serving as principal supervisors in the fall of 2012.

Principal supervisors need to have a reasonable number of schools — probably not much more than 20 — for which they are responsible.

Principal supervisors serve as «leaders of leaders,» modeling the type of student - focused leadership districts need from every principal.

One main focus will be on building the skills needed by principal supervisors to develop instructional leadership expertise in the principals with whom they work.

This toolkit guides the design of networks supported by individual principal supervisors so they can effectively cultivate instructional excellence.

With a focus on balancing support with evaluation, the program helps principal supervisors build their skills and provides them with opportunities to practice and refine those skills through authentic simulations and role plays.

Establish information - sharing policies or procedures to ensure clear lines of communication and collaboration between principal supervisors and central office staff.

This toolkit provides practical guidance for developing and hiring strong principal supervisor candidates.

Provide principal supervisors with the professional development and training they need to assume new instructional leadership roles.

Principal supervisors often feel a need to be either a coach or a supervisor.

Bring principal supervisors together around a common approach to school visits and a shared understanding of high quality instruction, while leaving flexibility for differentiation according to variation in principal and school needs.

The principal pipeline districts are also participating, having received funding for various principal supervisor projects.

The work is very different from that of the traditional principal supervisor.

Even though principal supervisors are often designated as central office staff, their work with principals must begin by understanding the problems of student learning that schools are addressing.

Part II provides recommendations for building more effective principal supervisors.

Over time you can train your own principal supervisors and will be more than able to meet your demand.

Our experience partnering with school districts tells us that districts need these tools to better develop leaders, particularly principal supervisors, an ever - evolving position.

Principal supervisors then have the experience and qualifications to provide meaningful support and feedback to principals.

In our practice, we see many school districts hiring smart and motivated principal supervisors only to have them sit in central office meetings more than half of their time.

In a number of districts, principal supervisors now have blocks of days when they can be in the field with principals.

That's why we work with all levels of a school district — teachers, principals, and increasingly principal supervisors and central office staff.

Build your district's principal supervisor team with a consistent vision of practice across the team.

Practice learning walks that enable principal supervisors to engage in conversations about teaching and learning with principals.

This toolkit provides guidance for hiring strong principal supervisors and preparing them to evaluate and strengthen principal performance.

To what extent are principal supervisors expected to assume an instructional leadership role within the district, and how are they supported in this role?

It also means that principal supervisors assist with the full spectrum of issues confronting school leaders.

How do principal supervisors maintain a strategic focus and look at the big picture as they engage in the work?

We encourage all districts to set aside resources and time to enable the individuals to grow and evolve in the critical position of principal supervisor.

The first part involved a survey administered to district staff serving as principal supervisors in the fall of 2012.

It's the same for principal supervisors and we need to ensure that we are doing all we can to guarantee that each school has an effective instructional leader.

Over the years we have developed an instructional leadership inquiry cycle tool that helps principal supervisors and principals to collaboratively engage in a continuous process of instructional improvement and analysis.

Principal supervisors serve a dual role; they are responsible for coaching and evaluating principals.

In our wide array of work with principal supervisors, I have seen this many times.

Foundations of Principal Supervision is a yearlong program that brings together principal supervisors from across the country.

Developing a Pipeline of Future Principal Supervisors: This tool describes the skills and experiences that should be cultivated among principals targeted for potential advancement to principal supervisor roles, including ideas for job - embedded and centrally offered development opportunities.

In the final installment in a series of webinars exploring issues around how central offices can best support principals as instructional leaders, Dr. Meredith Honig of the University of Washington shares her team's research on what principal supervisors do when they lead principal professional learning communities in ways that support principals» growth as instructional leaders.

The reality is that there are outstanding principal supervisors who have never been principals themselves, but they had to overcome the skepticism of their supervisees.

As national leadership development strategist for NYCLA, Gutierrez works to build leadership capacity with current and aspiring principal supervisors in 12 states across the U...

The question the initiative seeks to answer is: «If principal supervisors shift from overseeing compliance to shaping principals» instructional leadership capabilities and are given the right training, support and number of principals to supervise, will this improve the effectiveness of the principals with whom they work?»

«Our research to date has shown what principal supervisors do when their work supports principals» growth as instructional leaders,» noted Meredith Honig, associate professor at the University of Washington and director of the District Leadership Design Lab.

In a new white paper from the University of Washington Center for Educational Leadership (CEL) and the District Leadership Design Lab (DL2), authors Drs. Lydia Rainey and Meredith Honig describe the initial efforts of 11 school systems that are redesigning principal supervisor positions, highlight common trends and share emerging best practices.