Henrico County Public Schools Leadership Academy School Year

Baldrige Framework for Excellence

Leadership is Key! Our Vision: Henrico County Public Schools will be the PREMIER school division in the United States. Our Mission: Henrico County Public Schools, an innovative leader in educational excellence, will actively engage our students in diverse learning experiences that inspire and empower them to become contributing citizens.

Leadership is Key! Our Goals:  All students will graduate upon completion of the Henrico County Public School curriculum that exceeds state and national standards.  All students will develop life skills for individual success and total well- being.  All students will graduate prepared to be self-sustaining and competitive as they pursue their personal aspirations.  All students will practice civic responsibility and good stewardship of resources in their communities.  All students will become responsible and effective users of technology.

Leadership How do leader’s actions guide and sustain your organization? How do leaders encourage high performance from the workforce? How does the school division ensure leadership development?

School leaders What are the most important things you do as a leader to sustain your school community?

What Works in Schools Robert Marzano’s Meta-analysis Research (2003):  A guaranteed and viable curriculum  Challenging goals and effective feedback  Parent and community involvement  Safe and orderly environment  Collegiality and professionalism

The Effect of an Individual Teacher Study by S. Paul Wright, Sandra Horn, and William Sanders ( 1997) “ … the most important factor effecting student learning is the teacher. In addition the results show a wide variation in effectiveness among teachers.”

Saunders continued Wright, Horn, and Sanders continued: “…the (study) finding is that seemingly more can be done to improve student learning by improving teacher effectiveness than any other single factor.”

Student Achievement Difference Affected by Teachers

Affects of Ineffective Teaching Over Time

School and Teacher Affects

School leadership How do you ensure high performance of teachers?

Looking Back at the Research Student achievement will not improve unless teaching improves Teachers working alone without feedback will not be able to improve no matter how much professional development they receive The challenge of Teacher Evaluation is to create a system of continuous improvement of instruction, professional development, and feedback Supervision needs to be frequent and focused on the improvement of instruction within a common language of Instruction

Given the research…… How much of your time (percentage) should you spend providing focused feedback to teachers on their instruction through classroom observations?

How much time? A. 10% B. 20% C. 30% D. 40% E. 50%

Let’s Do the Math (at 30 percent) Six hours of instructional time each day Five days in the week Thirty possible hours of instruction each week Thirty percent of the time devoted to providing instructional feedback Nine hours per week devoted to observations and feedback.

More Math (at 30 percent) Nine hours per week to devote to instructional feedback Three hours for each teacher observation cycle- including observation, data review, post-conference, report writing. Three full observation cycles per week.

Let’s Do the Math (at 20 percent) Six hours of instructional time each day Five days in the week Thirty possible hours of instruction each week Twenty percent of the time devoted to providing instructional feedback Six hours per week devoted to observations and feedback.

More Math (at 20 percent) Six hours per week to devote to instructional feedback Three hours for each teacher observation cycle including observation, data review, post-conference, report writing. Two full observation cycles per week.

Expectations for  Each administrator is asked to do a minimum of 39 observation cycles.  That equates to about 10 percent of your time devoted to instructional feedback to teachers through observation.

Making the Most of the Time  Work to document the performance of the least effective teachers to move them up or out.  Support your most effective teachers through the regular bi-annual professional growth cycle.

Making the Most of the Time The biggest impact: Spend your time with the average mid-level teacher. Put them on observation cycles annually Observe them more than the required two observations. Focus on incremental growth in teaching skills using the PQRs as the common language.

Remember Jim Collins…… GOOD is the enemy of GREAT!!

Pretty Good by Charles Osgood There was once a pretty good student Who sat in a pretty good class And was taught by a pretty good teacher Who always let pretty good pass. He wasn’t terrific at reading. He wasn’t whiz-bang at math. But for him, education was leading Straight down a pretty good path.

Pretty Good by Charles Osgood He didn’t find school too exciting But he wanted to do pretty well. He did have some trouble with writing Since nobody taught him to spell. When doing arithmetic problems, Pretty good was regarded as fine. Five plus five needn’t always add up to 10. A pretty good answer was nine.

Pretty Good by Charles Osgood The pretty good class that he sat in Was part of a pretty good school. And the student was not the exception. On the contrary, he was the rule. The pretty good school that he went to Was there in a pretty good town. And nobody there seemed to notice He could not tell a verb form a noun.

Pretty Good by Charles Osgood The pretty good student in fact was Part of a pretty good mob. And the first time he knew what he lacked was When he looked for a pretty good job. It was then when he sought a position, He discovered that life could be tough. And he soon had a sneaking suspicion Pretty good might not be good enough.

Pretty Good by Charles Osgood The pretty good town in our story Was part of a pretty good state Which had pretty good aspirations And prayed for a pretty good fate. There once was a pretty good nation Pretty proud of the greatness it had. Which learned much too late, If you want to be great, Pretty good is in fact, pretty bad.