Leadership Development Series #1 Wed. Sept. 10, 2014

Goals and Objectives Goal: Identify an area of focus and learn, plan, practice, deliver and reflect on your process for supporting PLC’s with effective two-way feedback. Objective: Reflecting on staar4ward levels of implementation – principals will evaluate PLCs for effectiveness

The Principal Reflect on 2 teachers who are now Superior/Great teachers in 2014-2015 as a result of your leadership last year.

The Principal The impact of the principal’s intentional leadership can be huge! The principal accounts for almost 60% of the school’s impact on student achievement. (Marzano, 2005).

Intentional Leadership Focused Action Leading the Learning Learning through Leadership Intentional Communication Effective Connections

Connections are made by… …ongoing feedback Remember: No time to give and use feedback means no time to cause learning.

Connections are made by… “By receiving weekly observations and feedback, a teacher develops as much in one year as most teachers do in twenty.” Paul Bambrick Santoyo

Leadership 101 “Leaders must have conversations that interrogate reality, provoke learning, tackle tough challenges, and enrich relationships.” --Susan Scott, Fierce Conversations

Activating Prior Knowledge What you did in staar4ward Webinar #1: Creating Focus Communicated a focus on learning… Analyzing process and readiness standards to map and plan for the delivery of TEKS-based instruction Improve instructional practice through committing to the work of the PLC

Activity Turn and talk about how you have created focus on campus.

Activating Prior Knowledge What you did in staar4ward Webinar #2: Planning Instruction Communicated a focus on learning… Using the process standards to teach for transfer Using the PLC menu to increase levels of rigor

Activity Turn and talk: Discuss how your campus PLCs are using the tools (e.g. analyzing learning standards, CARE plan) to address the emphasis on “transfer of learning,” utilizing process standards, learning strategies & content builder.

Activating Prior Knowledge Setting the stage for your learning in staar4ward Webinar 3: Organizing Intervention Communicating a focus on learning… Using the process standards to teach for transfer, using the PLC for PLC Monitoring and measuring student progress

What is a PLC? The very essence of a learning community is a focus on and a commitment to the learning of each student. So, what is a PLC? It is an ongoing process in which educators work collaboratively in recurring cycles of collective inquiry and action research to achieve better results for the students they serve. --from DuFour, et. al.

C C or C? Coordinate-shared information, time, space Cooperate-coordinate plus individual effort Collaborate-cooperate plus collective effort and responsibility

Subtracting: Thinking about the difference Using the subtract-map-select-commit process to determine your area of focus Subtracting: Thinking about the difference Think about each PLC on your campus… How are they working? Are they Coordinating, Cooperating or Collaborating?

Focus Activity Mapping List the PLC’s on your campus Determine which level they are functioning: Coordinating- red Cooperating-yellow Collaborating- green Provide evidence to support your evaluation of each PLC

Focus Activity Think Pair Share: Using your campus PLC data sheet, discuss with a non-table partner… Highlights and insights The qualities associated with your high performing PLC’s –what actions do they take that create positive student results?

Focused Feedback Framed as Learning Frequent Early Evidence-based Dialogue-oriented Beneficial Accurate Clear Kind

Intentional Practice Selecting Select two PLC’s: a collaborating (green) and a coordinating (red) Develop a Plan of Action—using FEEDBACK!

Intentional Practice Committing What commitments will you make to move your PLC’s into action? Intentional Practice Given your green and red selections, execute your FEEDBACK plan. Be prepared to share your evidence of progress in the October principal business and leadership meeting.

Feedback Framed as Learning Opportunity for Feedback On your index card reflect on the following question stem… I am currently challenged by_____________ I have done ____________ about it Find someone in the room to get feedback from.

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