Not exact matches
This approach presents numerous day - to - day challenges and demands
aligned systems for instructional
leadership and coaching.
By instructional
leadership, we mean the principal's capacity to: 1) offer a vision for instruction that will inspire the faculty; 2) analyze student performance data and make sound judgments as to which areas of the curriculum need attention; 3) make good judgments about the quality of the teaching in a classroom based on analysis of student work; 4) recognize the elements of sound standards - based classroom organization and practice; 5) provide strong coaching to teachers on all of the foregoing; 6) evaluate whether instructional
systems in the school are properly
aligned; and 7) determine the quality and fitness of instructional materials.
By 2000, the entire state
leadership realized that something had to be done to better
align all the facets of the accountability
system and to lessen the impact of Stanford 9 testing.
Under Commissioner Morath's
leadership, TEA is advancing a key goal to establish one vision for the future of the agency,
aligning key decision points in developing
systems to support ESSA implementation with a new TEA Strategic Plan that will guide all TEA work.
His expertise is in the areas of
systems thinking; shared
leadership; strategic planning; data collection, measurement, information, and analysis; customer service; and
aligning school districts as professional learning communities.
CEL tailors each partnership to a specific district, with services that include
leadership coaching, subject matter coaching, guided walkthroughs, central office transformation, and support for
aligning practices
system - wide in support of student learning.
The Leader in Me process of gradually embedding a whole school approach of life skills such as; resilience, independence, and
leadership with strong emphasis on character education is totally
aligned to the Dutch school
system.
These goals serve as the primary tenants for advancing the high school renewal work to: 1) establish
system coherence by
aligning central office and site programs, and accelerating student learning by leveraging and expanding knowledge and skills among staff, parents, and community members; 2) improve the quality of instructional
leadership by providing ongoing professional development for school leaders; 3) improve the quality of teaching throughout the district through embedded professional development; 4) increase student engagement in the learning process by personalizing learning environments to build on student interests; 5) increase community involvement in schools by giving principals ownership of the change process, expanding student voice, and bringing parents and students into the school renewal process.
The EL collaborative explores issues of policy implementation, particularly focusing on college - and career - ready academic standards and state English Language Proficiency (ELP) standards, their
aligned assessment and accountability
systems, and state policies that affect instruction, curriculum, professional supports and
leadership for ELs.
Effective principal talent management
systems coordinate programs and supports that serve both current and future leaders and
align them to a common set of research - based competencies or standards for school
leadership.
Raise Your Hand partnered with E3 Alliance, a regional collaborative to increase economic outcomes by
aligning education
systems, and the International Center for
Leadership in Education (ICLE) to provide executive coaching to school leaders in the Central Texas region (Austin, Hutto, and Lockhart) to enhance and expand their organizational and instructional
leadership skills.
Huge shifts in pedagogical practice and that takes visionary
leadership and a strong administrative team to...» plan, implement, monitor, and adjust improvement efforts, as well as to review and
align district strategies, policies, protocols, practices, processes, curriculum, instruction, assessment, professional development, and myriad other
systems that must work synchronously to meet achievement and instructional goals.
CTL convenes higher education institutions to
align teacher
leadership initiatives with one another and with Kentucky's Professional Growth and Effectiveness
System (PGES).
A rural district partnered with McREL on
system - wide PD for instruction and
leadership that was
aligned with the district's strategic plan and personnel evaluation
systems.
The TAP
System for Teacher and Student Advancement is implemented in school districts across the country, affecting approximately 15,000 teachers and 200,000 students.46 With support from the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching, school districts create multiple career paths for teachers, including career, mentor, and master teacher.47 Teacher leaders participate in school
leadership teams with administrators, provide colleagues with regular professional learning opportunities and individualized coaching, observe and provide feedback for instructional improvement, and are compensated for these additional responsibilities.48 Trained teacher leaders in schools using the TAP
System have demonstrated an ability to evaluate classroom instruction with accuracy and consistency, and their observations are closely
aligned to student learning gains in classrooms.49 According to Lori Johnson, a participating TAP master teacher in Phoenix, «It was the best decision I ever made professionally.
Paul area, turned to McREL for a research - based principal evaluation
system and
aligned leadership development program to build a framework that met the state's goals and requirements.
In 2007, The Wallace Foundation took stock of progress in 21 states and several more districts that it had been funding and otherwise supporting and classified them into one of three categories: CLS,
aligned system of leader development or
leadership network.
Sites in the
leadership network category were deemed to be making less progress on creating
aligned systems.
Align the work of coaches with the
system's identified
leadership competencies and development priorities.
The idea, as foreshadowed in the
leadership of states, is to build a coherent
system of supports to facilitate the implementation of instruction
aligned to the content standards: student achievement tests, performance standards, accountability,
align curriculum materials,
aligned teacher education and professional development.
High - impact practices are organized into a framework of five broad categories — learning and teaching; school - wide culture;
aligned staff, operations and
systems; and personal
leadership — and are brought to life by examples of school leaders applying these practices to achieve dramatic improvements.
To provide
leadership in monitoring certification within the district and principal evaluation support
aligned to the EE
System implementation timeline.
Provide
leadership around employee engagement, coaching managers on people - related issues,
aligning HR processes and
systems with business unit and location strategies, and provide HR solutions for all people - related processes.