Instructional Leaders Webinar 2 – Nov. 4, 2014

Dr. Traci Seils Component Director for Curriculum & Instruction

Agenda Great Principals at Scale – Strand 2 AP Courses Calculator Policy STAAR A

June 2014 Study George W. Bush Institute Alliance to Reform Education Leadership

Overview

4 Strands Alignment among goals, strategies, structures, and resources Culture of collective responsibility, balanced autonomy, and continuous learning & improvement Effective management and support for principals Systems and policies to effectively manage talent at the school-level

Schedule Webinar 1 – Strand 1 September 23# Webinar 2 – Strand 2 November 4# Webinar 3 – Strand 3 February 24# Webinar 4 – Strand 4 May 5# All webinars are 9:00 – 10:00 AM

Foundation Reciprocal Accountability (Elmore) o Accountability must be a reciprocal process. For every increment of performance I demand from you, I have an equal responsibility to provide you with the capacity to meet that expectation. Likewise, for every investment you make in my skill and knowledge, I have a reciprocal responsibility to demonstrate some new increment in performance. This is the principal of “reciprocity of accountability for capacity.”

time resources materials training encouragement collaboration follow-up process/strategy Reciprocal Accountability

Foundation Distributed Leadership (Spillane) o Collaborative o Collective o Coordinated o Putting the distributed perspective into practice means focusing on the practice of leading and managing, looking at the formal and informal organisation in tandem, attending to followers and focusing on the situations as a defining element of practice, not just a backdrop.

Strand 2: Culture of Collective Responsibility, Balanced Autonomy, & Continuous Learning

Relationships CentralizedDecentralized Central office decision-makingSchool decision-making Central office provides tools, support, systems School leadership finds or develops these themselves District-wide coherenceRedundancy/duplication of effort One-size fits allSchool leadership individualizes for campus

Collective Responsibility Balanced Autonomy Continuous ImprovementDefinitions

Collective Responsibility A system that truly supports effective school leadership at scale across a district is one in which central offices and schools work together as a team in iterative processes to identify and implement strategies that meet the needs of individual schools.

Iterative Process Define Design Deploy Evaluate Refine supporting implementation

Benefits relationships trust networks support

Balanced Autonomy Central OfficeCampus Tools Processes Supports Resources Oversight Teaching Learning Implementation Staffing Adjust Strategies

calendar PD assessment curriculum Centralize

Continuous Improvement Data

Central Office Staff

Resources/Tools

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