Executive Director of Principal Leadership and Effectiveness Tommie L. McCarter Executive Director of Principal Leadership and Effectiveness

Sustaining Student Achievement Teacher Professional Development Data-Driven Instruction Professional Learning Communities Intervention Strategies Formative Assessment Strategies Building Strong Community Partnerships Transformational Leadership

Common, Agree-upon Definition of Effective School Principals MCS APPROACH Vision and Theory of Change A Collaborative Effort of PEI and TEI to Improve Student Achievement Improve Principal Leadership Capacity to Drive TEI Build a school culture that promotes high academic standards in preparing students to become successful, productive citizens and to live life abundantly. Improve Principal Professional Development and Support System Dramatically Improve Student Achievement, ACT Scores, and Graduation Rates Common, Agree-upon Definition of Effective School Principals Increase the number of Highly Effective Instructional Principals and Assistant Principals Increase Principal Recruitment and Retention Rate Improve Culture Building leadership training for new and existing Principals

The 8 Steps to Leading Transformative Change STEP ONE Increase Urgency STEP FIVE Empower Action STEP TWO Build the Guiding Team STEP SIX Create Short-Term Wins STEP THREE Get the Vision Right STEP SEVEN Don’t Let Up STEP FOUR Communicate for Buy-in STEP EIGHT Make Change Stick

Closing I believe that each child is an individual of worth, who is to be respected, accepted, encouraged, and provided a quality education. My guiding principle is to focus unrelentingly on teaching and learning. Growth in student achievement, reflected in multiple indicators, supported by student interventions is the outcome I use to gauge productivity. Of every program in place, and every reform proposed, I ask: “Does it improve student achievement?”