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Week 5: Ongoing Follow-up after Professional Development
NELP Standard 4: Learning and Instruction
Candidates who successfully complete a building-level educational leadership preparation program understand and demonstrate the capacity to promote the current and future success and well-being of each student and adult by applying the knowledge, skills, and commitments necessary to evaluate, develop, and implement coherent systems of curriculum, instruction, data systems, supports, and assessment.
PSEL 4: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
Effective educational leaders develop and support intellectually rigorous and coherent systems of curriculum, instruction, and assessment to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.
Texas Principal Standards Pillar: Professional Development
Principal Domain and Competency
Domain II: Leading Learning
Competency 2
Domain II/Competency 4 A
Domain III: Human Capital
Competency 5
Domain III/Competency 5 C& D
Competency 6
Domain III/Competency 6 B
Domain V: Strategic Operations
Competency 9
Domain V/Competency 9 B
Course-level Objectives (CLOs):
Week 5 Learning Objectives (W5LO):
1. W5LO1: (CLO4)-Formulate a professional development ongoing yearlong follow-up process to ensure sustainable instructional practices that improve student achievement.
2. W5LO2: (CLO1)- Complete course reflective questioning on Professional Learning as an Instructional Leadership.
3. W5LO3: (CLO4)- Describe impact on personal learning from course material.
4. W5LO4: (CLO5) Program Requirements: Submit Progress Check and Practicum Log.
5. W5LO5: (CLO5) Program Requirements: Schedule your post conference with your Field Supervisor
Overview:
In Week 1 of Instructional Leadership you examined the framework of the Instructional Core. Aligning in Week 2, you focused on the curriculum by examining both external and internal accountability when aligning curriculum. Driving the data in Week 3, you focused on growing your understanding of the importance of making data driven decisions about the instructional practices on your campus. Developing and instructing in Week 4, you focused on students having academically challenging instruction in the classroom by developing teachers' instructional practices. Ongoing and follow-up will wrap up with Week 5, you will focus on the importance of building ongoing observations, walkthroughs, data meetings, action plans, needs assessments, and many other tools that you will work on throughout the year. You will grow your knowledge, skills, and mindset on the importance of ongoing follow-up practices and schedules to ensure the time you spend professionally developing your faculty has the ongoing support it needs to be sustainable development. This focus is the hardest to maintain as it requires time, planning, and personnel, but it is still important for continuous school improvement for Instructional Leaders during the 21st century.
Resources:
Week 5 Readings: Be sure you are logged into Blackboard in order to access all of the readings from these links. All References listed below are in APA format for citation.
1. EL Education Core Practices. (2017) (n.d.). Retrieved from https://eleducation.org/resources/core-practices-beta-version-2017. p.83-84
https://eleducation.org/uploads/downloads/ELED-CorePractices-1115.pdf
2. Desravines, J., Aquino, J., & Fenton, B. (2016). Breakthrough principals: A step-by-step guide to building stronger schools. John Wiley & Sons. p.227-266
3. Bambrick-Santoyo, P. (2018). Leverage Leadership 2.0: A Practical Guide to Building Exceptional Schools. John Wiley & Sons. p.127-180, 315-346 Suggested Reading: p.289-314
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Week 5 Assignment Rubric:
Use the Rubric to guide your writing.
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Level 1: Does not meet the minimum criteria 0 points |
Level 2: Approaches minimum criteria 10 points |
Level 3: Meets minimum criteria 15 points |
Level 4: Meets target criteria 25 points |
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Part 1: Ongoing Follow-up after Professional Development: Principal as Instructional Leader. Candidate creates a Principal as Instructional Leader Monthly Map that provides them a Year-At-a-Glance to sustain ongoing follow-up from their professional development. W5LO1: (CLO4) |
Candidate lists no elements on the monthly map. (K) |
Candidate lists a few elements on the monthly map, but it was incomplete. (K) |
Candidate completed the elements on the monthly map but was not descriptive about the Action. (K) |
Candidate a comprehensive list of the elements on the Monthly Map with clarity and specificity. (K) |
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Part 2: Reflection Questions on Professional Learning: Candidate examines their ability to use professional learning questioning as an Instructional Leader. W5LO2: (CLO1) |
Candidate articulates no supporting evidence from the readings and lectures in the reflection questions on professional learning. (S) |
Candidate articulates little supporting evidence from the readings and lectures in the reflection questions on professional learning. (S) |
Candidate articulates general supporting evidence from the readings and lectures in the reflection questions on professional learning. (S) |
Candidate articulates comprehensive evidence from the readings and lectures for specificity and clarity in the reflection questions on professional learning. (S) |
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Part 3: Personal Learning Reflection as an Emerging Instructional Leader Candidate examines the impact on their personal learning as an emerging Instructional Leader. W5LO3: (CLO4) |
Candidate demonstrates little or no self-reflection regarding the impact on their personal learning as an emerging Instructional Leader. (M) |
Candidate demonstrates vague or superficial self-reflection regarding the impact on their personal learning as an emerging Instructional Leader. (M) |
Candidate demonstrates an emerging depth of self-reflection regarding the impact on their personal learning as an emerging Instructional Leader. (M) |
Candidate articulates depth of self-awareness regarding the impact on their personal learning as an emerging Instructional Leader. (M) |
Part 1: Ongoing Follow-up after Professional Development
Directions:
A. Ongoing Follow-up W5LO1: (CLO4): Use your Leverage Leadership 2.0 textbook and resources as a guide in building a Principal as Instructional Leader Monthly Map. This map will assist you in time management, planning, and designating personnel to assist you in your efforts to establish ongoing follow-up practices and schedules. This ensures the time you spent professionally developing your faculty has the ongoing support it needs to be sustainable development. This Monthly Map should grow and change throughout the year as your campus needs grow and change. Leverage Leadership 2.0 Chapter 3: Observation and Feedback (127-180), Ch. 8: Finding the Time (315-346). Also, reference the CD Resource Document from that textbook named: “001 DDI-6B –Monthly-Map—DDI-Sample” this is an Exemplar example of the Monthly Map you will need during this process to sustain your Professional Development efforts. Examples are listed in gray for you to reference, delete examples prior to beginning. Provide at least one item per month. Complete the table.
B. Use 12 pt. black font: Times New Roman. The table cells will expand to fit your text.
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Part 2: Reflection Questions on Professional Learning
Directions:
A. Reflection Questioning W5LO2: (CLO1): Complete the Tool 5.4 called Reflection Questions on Professional Learning from p.302 of your Breakthrough Principal Textbook.
B. Cite any sources and/or readings used as evidence to support your statements in APA format.
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Instructional Leader Reflection Tool: |
Directions: Complete 1-3 sentences per question on the reflective questioning Tool 5.4 called Reflection Questions on Professional Learning. Record your answers here. |
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Professional Learning Structures
1. How do you connect new initiatives with your year-long goals?
2. Who leads professional learning?
3. How do you monitor professional learning you are not leading?
4. How are schoolwide topics identified?
5. Are topics linked to school goals?
6. Are the whole school improvement priorities clear to teachers?
7. How do you track and align the whole school improvement priorities with teacher team development goals/needs and individual teacher development needs?
8. How are teachers held accountable for implementing practices shared during professional learning structures?
9. How do you introduce your teachers to new initiatives? How do you assess if teachers are implementing the content of training?
10. Over time, how do you assess that professional learning sessions are improving teacher practice and student outcomes?
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Part 3: Personal Learning Reflection as an Emerging Instructional Leader
Directions:
A. Reflections W5LO3: (CLO4): Now that you have read, researched, watched, practiced, and planned for professional development as an Instructional Leader, what do you feel has had the greatest impact on your learning? Was it learning about the elements of the Instructional Core, understanding the importance of curriculum alignment, digging into the data to drive your instruction, planning a professional development, or understanding the importance of ongoing follow-up as an emerging Instructional Leader? Share your greatest Aha! moments, what you felt was your area of greatest growth from this course, and what areas you feel you need to pursue more learning. Also include, “best practices”, strategies, processes, or tools you learned about that impacted your learning the greatest. We look forward to your submissions and seeing you move into your new roles as Instructional Leaders!!!
Well Done! You Finished!
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Personal Learning Reflection as an Emerging Instructional Leader: |
Directions: Compose a 300-word in-depth reflection regarding the impact on your learning this process has made. Include how your perspective has changed into an instructional leader.
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