ISLLC Standard #4ISLLC Standard #4 Monitoring

Diverse Needs

NameWorkshop Facilitator

Welcome

Name of Superintendent Welcome Why Important

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Overview & Introductions

Name of Facilitator Introductions Overview / Agenda Guiding Questions Targeted Objectives ISLLC Standards

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Proposed Norms & ExpectationsProposed Norms & Expectations

Stay focused and fully engaged no competing conversations please

Participate to grow share openly and monitor your listening

Be a learner create your own meaning and application

Get your needs met ask questions that benefit the group personal questions on breaks

Housekeeping silence cell phones handle business later share ONE point …then next person

Leadership ModelA Systems Thinking Approach: ISLLC Standards and

improvement strategies are managed through Key Processes

ISLLC Standards A principal may choose to implement specific strategies to meet the

ISLLC Standards and/or improve his/her performance relevant to the ISLLC Standards. The standards are:

1. Facilitating the development, articulation, implementation, and stewardship of a vision of learning

2. Advocating, nurturing, and sustaining a school culture and instructional program conducive to student learning and staff professional growth

3. Ensuring management of the organization, operation, and resources for a safe, efficient, and effective learning environment

4. Collaborating with faculty and community members, responding to diverse community interests and needs, and mobilizing community resources

5. Acting with integrity, fairness, and in an ethical manner

6. Understanding, responding to, and influencing the political, social, economic, legal, and cultural context

Sample Application Focus

ISLLC Standard #1: An education leader promotes the success of every student by facilitating the development, articulation, implementation, and stewardship of a vision of learning that is shared and supported by all stakeholders” ISLLC Element, Criteria, or Targeted Behavior:

Current Reality (include evidence)

Ideas/Strategies to apply

Next Steps What additional data do you need? Who will you involve in process? What resources do you need?

My Application Focus Do WHAT? By WHEN?

Aligning vision, mission, & goals [including collecting data and using data identify need and establish goals]

Collecting evidence of shared vision, mission, & goals [including data on share commitment and aligned behaviors]

Aligning professional development with student needs and school improvement planning [including systems thinking approach to verify alignment of leadership]

What ideas, strategies, and/or concepts presented/discussed in this professional development provided reinforcement for things you already do well?

What ideas, strategies, and/or concepts presented/discussed in this professional development may address refinement for growth in your leadership role?

What is the projected impact to teacher quality and student achievement?

Application Focus

• At the conclusion of this module you will identify key concepts and plan your application focus

• In the column labeled “Current Reality” – Rate yourself on a scale of 1-5

5 = Highly effective 3 = Satisfactorily Effective 1 = Ineffective

– Describe the evidence that supports your application of this concept

Monitoring Diverse Needs

Segment Guiding Question

How do you go about uncovering and addressing diverse needs without offending families or misunderstanding their beliefs?

Kugler, E. G. (2011). Is Anyone Listening to Families’ Dreams? Educational Leadership, 68(8), 32-36.

Handout: Parent Engagement Strategy

Choose one of the “practices” from the article. Describe a new parent engagement strategy that you could use at your school.

* reach out to families with programs that are novel and non-threatening

* take outreach to the community * send out invitations in multiple ways, the

more personal the better * ask current family leaders to serve as mentors

for newly involved families

TeachingChannel (Producer). (2011, September 6). The ABCs of parent involvement [Video]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com

Application Focus

Consider the guiding question, and think about connects between the ISSLC Standard and workshop’s key concepts

Use column labeled “Strategies/Ideas” List at least THREE things per box

Pair Share ONE strategy you learned today and how you plan to use it at your school.

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Workshop Closure

Review the following… Targeted Objectives ISLLC Standard (Elements, Criteria, or

Targeted Behavior list on Application Focus) Next Steps

What additional data do you need? Who will you involve in process? What resources do you need?

Application Focus Do what? By when?

Workshop Closure

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