1. Leadership Matters District 6 Administrative Academy December 14, 2005
From ASCD, Schools Moving Up, Summer 2005

2. PERB Findings 4 styles of leadership: Powerless leader Absent leader
Controlling leader
Balanced leader
Our objective is to practice balanced leadership throughout Local District 6.
Hi Merle, in discussing this with the directors today, we thought it would be good to review what we discussed at our October meeting so we listed the styles of leadership from the PERB report.

3. “Schools Moving Up”
How do we use effective leadership and focused professional development to move our schools up?
WE added this slide to connect to the article

4. 18 Schools Studied by WestEd
Schools served high numbers of at-risk students
All had dramatic gains in test scores or raised scores and consistently kept them high
No group of students fell behind academically

5. Common Features (The what)
High Expectations: Beyond Pobrecito
Making Data Part of the Culture
A Focused Plan
Interactive Principal Leadership
Professional Development Redefined
Standards-Based Curriculum and Instruction

6. District 6 Focus (The what)
Balanced Leadership
Quality professional development that focuses on classroom practice and linked to adopted curriculum and programs
Developing grade level and content learning communities
Using data to inform practice and creating urgency for improvement
Internal accountability for implementation
Hi again, added balanced leadership at the top

7. Leadership Goals for Principals and Assistant Principals (How?)
Model instructional leadership including ability to articulate and reinforce the vision and goals of core instructional programs
Hold ourselves out as learners
Focus on teaching practices
Accept the the challenges inherent in the leadership role by working collaboratively to solve problems

8. Table Talk
Select the one feature from “Schools Moving Up”, that you are successfully implementing at your school site.
Share that successful feature at your table and explain why you feel that it is successful.

9. School Team Reflection
Review the 6 features of “Schools Moving Up”.
With your team, identify one feature that you will begin to implement in January.
Write 3 steps to begin the implementation.
What support do you need from LD 6?