1. Charles Salina Suzann Girtz Joanie Eppinga
45-Day Action Plan
Charles Salina
Suzann Girtz
Joanie Eppinga

2. THE WHAT Relational Trust Academic Press Supports F O R
Feeling Safe
Having something to offer
Providing time and expertise
Academic Press
Provides specific direction embedded in high standards, goals and belief of success for everyone
Supports
Provides assistance/
help in meeting expected standards/goals
LEARNING C U L T R E F O R
ACTIVITY: Connect their frameworks to this, what supports your work as coaches – 3 ?’s
Push for more academic press – higher and higher standards
Define each person
Social Support – we can have systems in place to help students – it is the spirit if intent
Do we use data to punish or to diagnose how we might help
If this is the only spotlight – scores go DOWN
Just social support score slight increase
Student to Student is the most powerful
Relational Trust is the missing link – it is the clues that holds systems together
Salina, Girtz, Eppinga
Salina, Girtz, Eppinga

3. Collaboration& Instruction Team
THE HOW
Leadership Team
Leadership action plan that integrates each of the described factors below
Data Team
Evidence-based processes that assist in monitoring and connecting systems, and collaborative inquiry that supports teaching and learning
Schoolwide Systems
Behavior Management Social Emotional Achievement
Collaboration& Instruction Team
Collaborative practice engaged in action research
CULTURE FOR
LEARNING
Salina, Girtz, Eppinga

4. Combining the WHAT and the HOW in pursuit of School Change Requires:
Leadership demonstrating new behaviors to change old beliefs
Leadership action planning
ACTIVITY: using the two overarching frameworks and rubrics from WSLA – take those out and connect those to this
Salina, Girtz, Eppinga

5. Leadership Action Planning
Intentional – identifies the leaders’ work
Short periods of time – 45 calendar days
Built on quick wins and grounded in evidence
Salina, Girtz, Eppinga

6. Overarching (45-Day) Goals
Strengthen a collaborative culture that promotes student achievement and ensures that each student will graduate. This will be achieved by individually and collectively focusing on the connection of curriculum, instruction, and assessment practices to improved student learning.
Relentlessly utilize data to refine and strengthen systems of social support and academic press for each student that result in increased assessment scores and higher graduation rates.
Develop and implement more opportunities for students to help them connect to school and community, build positive relationships, and envision their future.
Engage our local and school community in building relationships that promote the success of each student.
Salina, Girtz, Eppinga

7. Understanding the HOW The Leadership team acts on the planning process
Data is monitored and used to implement and connect teachers and students to Systems
Teachers act on their instructional goals through their Collaborative work.
Salina, Girtz, Eppinga

8. Collaboration& Instruction Team
THE HOW
Leadership Team
Leadership action plan that integrates each of the described factors below
Data Team
Evidence-based processes that assist in monitoring and connecting systems, and collaborative inquiry that supports teaching and learning
Schoolwide Systems
Behavior Management Social Emotional Achievement
Collaboration& Instruction Team
Collaborative practice engaged in action research
CULTURE FOR
LEARNING
Salina, Girtz, Eppinga

9. Beliefs (First Diagram + Principles = WHAT)
Behaviors (Second Diagram + Lessons Learned = HOW)
BEHAVIOR
BELIEF
CONSISTENT
MESSAGE (Integrity)
Connect to the why – social justice connection to integrity
Explain why backwards from presentation
Salina, Girtz, Eppinga

10. For More Information Read the Books
From Powerless to Powerful: Leadership for School Change
Transforming Schools Through Systems Change
Salina, Girtz, Eppinga