Aspiring Principals Program Boston public Schools ~ Office of educator effectiveness Session #1 April 4, 2013

Today’s Agenda Welcome & Introductions Overview of Program Framing the work with Bolman & Deal School profiles Educator Evaluation: rubric & prioritization Closing and Homework Introduce ourselves No Q & A section, but will post-its on tables, will collect questions throughout

Welcome and Introductions Overview of the Program Introduce ourselves No Q & A section, but will post-its on tables, will collect questions throughout

Framing the work with Bolman & Deal Review the text silently, highlighting or using post-it notes to identify those parts of text that: raise questions for you confirm what you already believe make you say, “Ah Ha” conflict with your beliefs cause you to reconsider prior assumptions   Choose two different “golden lines” that you want to share with the group. Introduce ourselves No Q & A section, but will post-its on tables, will collect questions throughout

School profiles Read through the data with your group. If you were a new leadership team in this school, what are three strengths and three potential areas for growth that the data reveal? Using the language from the frames, prepare to present to the larger group as if you were presenting to your School Parent Council. Introduce ourselves No Q & A section, but will post-its on tables, will collect questions throughout

Educator Evaluation: the rubric & prioritization Introduce ourselves No Q & A section, but will post-its on tables, will collect questions throughout

How are district priorities reflected in the rubric? District Priority Element of rubric Common-core shifts Well-Structured Lessons (I-A-4) Data Adjustments to Practice (I-B-2) Educator Effectiveness Goal Setting (IV-A-2) Cultural Proficiency Access to knowledge (II-D-3) Family and Community Engagement Parent/Family Engagement (III-A-1) and Two-way Communication (III-C-1) 9.15 -9.25 This slide shows district priorities (with corresponding priority elements) ask participants to share current practices in their school which are linked to these priorities Notes: Priority elements reflect academic priorities, and PD and supports will be provided around these elements. These elements should be used in making decisions relative to an overall rating on a standard. Other elements may also be used that are relative to a school / team goals when rating a standard. Use these priority elements when helping people to plan to do their self-assessment. The Acceleration Agenda should guide school goals and targets and should guide team and individual goals and targets. Professional Practice goals should be related to the priority elements on the rubric. They should reflect in groups about this question on the bottom of the screen. The district has 4 priorities : data analysis common core standards differentiated instruction ---- there is a mistake in the slide. Note that participants should cross off cultural proficiency and instead write “differentiated instruction.” teacher effectiveness

Educator Evaluation: the rubric & prioritization Based on the data in the case studies, including the school’s self-assessment and goals reports, prioritize elements in the rubric for your case study school. Explain why you made your decisions. Introduce ourselves No Q & A section, but will post-its on tables, will collect questions throughout

Closing and Homework Include in your portfolio evidence / examples of your school’s own priorities and artifacts and how this was communicated to your staff. OR, based on the case study discussion today, what would you do or do differently? Introduce ourselves No Q & A section, but will post-its on tables, will collect questions throughout

Upcoming meetings, 3:00-6:00 pm April 9 April 25 May 7 May 28 June 4 June 11 Make-up session

Feedback Please complete the Plus / Delta sheet What was positive about today? What would you change?

Resources: on the Weebly http://educatoreffectiveness.weebly.com

Contacts Ross Wilson (rwilson@boston.k12.ma.us) Jared Joiner (jjoiner) Emily Kalejs Qazilbash (eqazilbash) Kris Taylor (ktaylor2)