Because the quality of teaching varies widely from classroom to classroom, schools need skilled and dedicated teachers to extend their influence beyond their classroom —
whether as instructional coaches, leaders of grade - level teams, induction coordinators, mentors, or peer reviewers.
Not exact matches
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.
Coaches from Education Northwest also provide support in other ways, such
as guiding teachers in the use of high - quality data so that they can easily monitor
whether their
instructional strategies are working.
Description:
Whether we are a teacher leader,
instructional coach or a building and district leader we understand the need to focus on students,
as well
as, adult learning and impact.