TBAISD Superintendents Association Leadership Academy 2010

Effective Instruction Association Goal: 100 percent of our students will graduate ready for college, ready for career and ready for a 21 st Century World 100 percent of our students will graduate ready for college, ready for career and ready for a 21 st Century World. To what extent do typical instructional practices within our schools move us closer to attaining this goal? TBAISD Leadership Academy 2010

An expert’s view: “The role of the superintendent is to be the first teacher and first learner within the school district.” TBAISD Leadership Academy 2010

Mike Schmoker’s walk-through “study” Looked for Quality instruction: Clear objectives, modeling, practice, & assessment Standards Students on task Asked: What are you supposed to be learning? Found: Poorly designed lessons Irrelevant activities Inability to articulate outcomes Majority of students off task Teachers focus on those paying attention Lack of assessment

1500 Classroom observations Clear evidence of learning 4% Use of high-yield L&T strategies.2% Evidence of HOTS 3% Students using/creating rubrics 0% Less than 50% of students on task 85% Students using worksheets 52% Non-instructional activities occurring 35%

The Challenge of Change Leadership TBAISD Leadership Academy 2010

Implementation Identify two important things that you and your administrative team could do to improve instruction within in your district. What should we expect of our principals in this regard? How might we hold them accountable? TBAISD Leadership Academy 2010

Implementation Continued How might you use administrative team meetings to reinforce expectations, improve instruction and maintain focus on this initiative as a priority? As school leaders what could we do to support one another with this process? TBAISD Leadership Academy 2010