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SLOs: Structuring for Success Increasing Student Achievement, Advancing Teacher Practice
About this document: This document provides sample structures for principals to employ at
their sites to facilitate the SLO process. While the three common types of school levels are
used, these examples are intentionally illustrative to spark innovative ways to make the SLO
process work for any school configuration. A commonality across the structures we have found
effective is to have the principal directly involved with a group of teachers throughout the SLO
process. This helps maintain an important awareness monitor and inform the overall
leadership of SLO implementation.
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significant, long-term improvements in areas such as student achievement, teacher and
principal effectiveness, school and district turnaround, and organizational capacity. CTAC
introduced Student Learning Objectives nationally through a groundbreaking partnership with
the Denver Public Schools and Denver Classroom Teachers Association. SLOs are now being
implemented in more than 30 states across thousands of school districts in the United States.
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Principal
ELACoach
AssistantPrincipal
Math Coach
Grade K
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Content Specialists
Music Visual Arts Health/PE
Support Staff
Special Ed ESL Gifted Library Technology
Sample Structure: Elementary SchoolBelow is a sample structure for a K‐5 elementary school. Note while leadership of the process has been largely distributed to the assistant principal and the two coaches, the principal maintains the final supervisory role while also working directly with a group of teachers. A sample variation to this structure might have the principal more directly involved in half the grade levels' SLOs (e.g., K‐2), and the assistant principal more directly involved in the other half (e.g., 3‐5).
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Principal
Instructional Lead
*School Library Media Specialist will have a team SLO with the 8th Grade ELA Department.
6th Grade Math
6th Grade ELA
6th GradeScience
6th Grade Social Studies
7th Grade Math
7th Grade ELA
7th GradeScience
7th Grade Social Studies
8th Grade Math
8th Grade ELA*
8th GradeScience
8th Grade Social Studies
Special Education
ESL
Gifted
Visual Arts
Music Health/PE
World Languages
Technology
Below is a sample structure for a 6‐8 middle school. Note in this structure each of the three leaders (principal, assistant principal, and instructional lead) work with a grade level and specialty group of teachers. A sample variation to this structure might have the leaders assigned by content (e.g., principal takes science and social studies, the assistant principal takes math, and the instructional lead takes ELA) rather than by grade level.
Sample Structure: Middle School
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Dance
Assistant Principal
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Fine Arts, Health, and PE
Dance and Visual Arts
AssistantPrincipal
Health
PE
Media
Humanities
ELA
Social Studies
JROTC
World Lang.
Assistant Principal
CTE, STEM, and Media
Science
Math
CTE
Assistant Principal
Special Populations
ESL Teachers
Inclusion Teachers
Resource Teachers
AP, IB Teachers
Principal
Academic Coach 1
Academic Coach 2
Note: Each Department Chair serves as primary contact for communication and first round quality control.
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Below is a sample structure for a 9‐12 comprehensive high school. Note in this approach, departments are clustered into four groups, with an administrator facilitating the departments within a group, and the coaches each supporting two of the four groups directly. A sample variation to this structure might include alternative arrangements of departments, such as embedding the teachers of special populations with a content‐specific group of departments.
Sample Structure: High School
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Principal/Superintendent
Grade LevelChair Team
Grade K
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Sample Structure: Small Elementary School
Below is a sample structure for a small K‐5 elementary school. In this approach, the six grade level chairpersons form a team that review the SLOs vertically to help ensure alignment, comparability, and rigor. A sample variation to this structure might have each grade level chairperson review just his/her own grade level’s SLOs, with the principal/superintendent ensuring the alignment, comparability, and rigor for each grade level individually.
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Note: Teachers of special education, English language learners, or single subjects each team with a grade level.
Principal/Superintendent
Lead Teacher Team
Primary Grades
Grade KGrade 1Grade 2
Sample Structure: Small K-12 School
Below is a sample structure for a small K‐12 school. In this approach, the teachers are grouped at the elementary level by grade, and at the secondary level by content area. Each of the four teams has a lead teacher that serves on the Lead Teacher Team. A sample variation to this structure might have each lead teacher review just his/her own team’s SLOs individually.
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Note: Teachers of special education and English language learners integrate with a teacher or team listed above.
Intermediate Grades
Grade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Secondary Humanities
6-12 Arts6-12 English
6-12 Social Studies6-12 World Languages
Secondary STEM/PE
6-12 CTE6-12 Health/PE
6-12 Math6-12 Science