In Denver, the district works closely with the University of Denver's
rigorous school leadership program and a nonprofit charter school leadership organization.
Not exact matches
Projects have included: teacher career pathway
programs that diversified roles in the teaching force; teacher career pathways that recognize, develop, and reward excellent teachers as they advance through various career stages; incentives for effective teachers who take on instructional
leadership roles within their
schools; incentives that attract, support, reward, and retain the most effective teachers and administrators at high - need
schools;
rigorous, ongoing
leadership development training for teacher leaders and principals,
leadership roles for teachers aimed at
school turnaround; and the creation of new salary structures based on effectiveness.
A highly effective
school results from a
rigorous academic
program in a culture of trust and high expectations, led by a visionary instructional
leadership team and implemented by talented, dedicated teachers.
Establish appropriate and
rigorous research and evaluation components in the development of the process in order to measure the effectiveness of the
program related to
school leadership practices and their impact on student learning.
This one - year
program begins with a
rigorous summer intensive (two weeks), and continues with four intersessions throughout the
school year, during which participants focus on Relay's key instructional pillars: observation and feedback, data - driven instruction, positive student culture of high expectations, adult professional development, instructional planning, an aligned staff culture and strategic
leadership.
Even
rigorous studies of
programs designed to include the elements researchers have identified as essential to effectiveness — including inquiry - oriented learning approaches, a strong content focus, collaborative
leadership, and coherence with
school curriculum and policies — have yielded disappointing results (see Garet, Porter, Desimone, Birman, & Yoon, 2001; Penuel, Fishman, Yamaguchi, & Gallagher, 2007).
In addition to his K - 12 public education experience, Alan has also been the
Program Director for the Center for Educational
Leadership and Effective
Schools at the University of California, Santa Barbara where he collaboratively supported the delivery of high quality services and research to
school districts focusing on the
rigorous examination of strengths, building
leadership capacity, and facilitating the potential of systems for transformation.
A member of the 2006 Teach For America corps in Memphis, Michael taught elementary
school with Memphis City
Schools before being selected for the Building Excellent
Schools Fellowship, nationally recognized for its
rigorous, year - long training
program in
school leadership.
In this, our first, issue,
Leadership Spotlight introduces a white paper highlighting
school leadership development opportunities in ESSA and two recent research reports — a Wallace Foundation - funded study by the RAND Corporation and a George W. Bush Institute funded study by the American Institutes for Research — that identify
leadership development
programs meeting the
rigorous research requirements under ESSA.
This research has driven our work from the start — to address the changing role of
school leaders, to build our
rigorous curriculum rich in lessons on education and
leadership, and finally to how we deliver our
program to be as impactful as possible.
Although all EFC
schools have a strong focus on teacher collaboration, teacher
leadership, data analysis and providing
rigorous academics, the instructional
programs through which this is accomplished varies by
school.