Post on 28-Dec-2015
Dr. Traci SeilsComponent Director for
Curriculum & Instructiontseils@esc6.net936-435-8220
Agenda• Great Principals at Scale
– Strand 2• AP Courses• Calculator Policy• STAAR A
June 2014 StudyGeorge 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 #177204• Webinar 2 – Strand 2 November 4 #177205• Webinar 3 – Strand 3 February 24 #177206• Webinar 4 – Strand 4 May 5 #177207
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
encouragementcollaboration
follow-up
process/strategy
Reciprocal Accountability
Foundation• Distributed Leadership (Spillane)
o Collaborativeo Collectiveo 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
RelationshipsCentralized Decentralized
Central office decision-making School decision-making
Central office provides tools, support, systems
School leadership finds or develops these themselves
District-wide coherence Redundancy/duplication of effort
One-size fits all School leadership individualizes for campus
Collective Responsibility
Balanced Autonomy
Continuous Improvement
Definitions
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 ProcessDefine
Design
Deploy
Evaluate
Refine
supporting implementation
Benefits
relationships trust
networks
support
Balanced AutonomyCentral Office
Campus
ToolsProcessesSupports
ResourcesOversight
TeachingLearning
Implementation
StaffingAdjust
StrategiesCAUTION
calendar
PD
assessment
curriculum
Centralize
Continuous Improvement
Dat
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Central Office Staff
Resources/Tools
Process
Rubric
Survey
Updates• AP Courses• Calculator Policy• STAAR A
AP Courses2014-15 2015-16
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AP Seminar AP Research
AP U.S. History
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