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Leadership SystemLeadership System

Adopted by SBE November 6, 2009

NEWNEW• Tennessee Instructional Leadership

Standards (TILS) will be used to align:o selection,o preparation,o licensure,o evaluation, ando professional development.

• Collaboration and responsibilities between LEA and higher education are required to be formalized and in writing.• Program admissions standards are more

rigorous.

I. PreparationI. Preparation

• Partnership Agreement. Tennessee educational leaders are currently selected and prepared primarily at the university level. The process must be a dynamic collaborative effort between universities/non-higher education providers and the local education agencies (LEAs) they serve.

PreparationPreparation

• Candidate Selection. 1. Identifying and selecting high performers for leadership training is a daunting task for program providers and LEAs to manage. 2. Candidate selection must be rigorous. 3. Recruitment and selection of program candidates should help address targeted district hiring needs related to candidate experience, demographics, and 4. projected leadership openings. LEAs and their preparation program partners must describe and implement a selection process

Section I. PreparationSection I. Preparation

• Preparation Curriculum.Critical success factors associated with instructional leaders who havesucceeded in raising student achievement in schools have been identified.These factors, organized under three overarching competencies, should be theminimum driving force for instructional leadership preparation programredesign (Bottoms & O’Neill, 2001). TILS aligns with these criticalsuccess factors.

Section Section 1: I Preparation1: I Preparation

• Practicum.Field experiences integrated throughout the entire program and activities aligned with standards and course curricula to provide just-in-time application and learning.

I. PreparationI. Preparation

• Program Approval.1. Tennessee IHEs approved by the State Board of Education (SBE) for teacher education and2. Education-related organizations in partnership with Tennessee LEAs must meet the Organization Preconditions and Documentation (Appendix D)and the Professional Education Unit Standards

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• Preparation curriculum is grounded in practice, learning centered and competency based.• Instructional leader programcompletion standards are clearly defined.

Section 1: NEW

Four tiered TILS competency based licensure system includes:– Instructional Leadership

License - Aspiring (ILL-A) optional– Instructional Leadership License - Beginning (ILL-B)• 5 year license• Program Recommendation

Section Section 1: 1: NEWNEW

– Instructional Leadership License - Professional (ILL-P)• 5 year renewal cycle• LEA recommendation

– Instructional Leadership License - Exemplary (ILL-E) optional• 8 year renewal cycle• LEA and SDE panel recommendation

Section 2: FORMATIVE CLASSROOM Section 2: FORMATIVE CLASSROOM ASSESSMENT-ASSESSMENT- Focus is on AchievementFocus is on Achievement

FEEDBACK-GAP BETWEEN WHAT STUDENTS KNOW AND UNDERSTAND AND WHAT THE TEACHER EXPECTS THEM TO KNOW

STRATEGIES-QUESTIONING, PEER ASSESSMENT AND FEEDBACK THROUGH GRADING

MOTIVATION- MUST HAVE FEEDBACK TO MOTIVATE LEARNERS, PARTICULARLY THE LOWER ACHIEVING STUDENTS

Section 3: ASSESSMENT TOOLSSection 3: ASSESSMENT TOOLS

TEACHER-MADE TESTS

LARGE-SCALE ACHIEVEMENT TESTS(USES AND CONCERNS)

STUDENT-LED CONFERENCES

Section 4: ASSESSMENT Section 4: ASSESSMENT CONSTRUCTIONCONSTRUCTION

GUIDELINES ON PAGE 344-345 IN TEXT

Objective test itemsEssayChecklists/Rating ScalesAnecdotal RecordsPortfoliosRubrics

OBJECTIVE TEST ITEMSOBJECTIVE TEST ITEMS

TRUE-FALSEMATCHINGSHORT ANSWERMULTIPLE-CHOICEESSAY(RESTRICTED AND EXTEDED RESPONSE)

ASSESSING PERFORMANCE AND ASSESSING PERFORMANCE AND PRODUCTSPRODUCTS

PERFORMANCE (ACTIVE)PRODUCTSCHECKLISTSANECDOTAL RECORDS AND OBSERVATIONS

PORTFOLIOSRUBRICS

Section 5: GRADING TO IMPROVE Section 5: GRADING TO IMPROVE STUDENT LEARNINGSTUDENT LEARNING

A TEACHER MUST DETERMINE WHICH ASSESSMENT TOOLS TO USE AND HOW MUCH WEIGHT FOR THE STUDENTS FINAL GRADE WILL THESE CARRY!

ADDITIONALLY, THE TEACHER MUST DEVISE A GRADING SYSTEM AND MUST LET THE STUDENTS KNOW HOW THEIR FINAL GRADE WILL BE ASSESSED!!!

Avoid Grading ErrorsAvoid Grading Errors

Using pre-tests to determine gradesNot informing students of what will

be testedAssigning zero for incomplete workUsing grades for rewards or

punishmentAssigning grades contingent on

improvements