SIP MONITORIN

G AND EVALUATION

WHAT IS SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT?

“When you talk about school improvement, you are talking about people improvement.”

“Focusing on people is the most effective way to change any organization.”

The Principal as Staff Developer by Richard DuFour & Timothy Berkey

WHAT IS SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT?

“A key to school improvement is the willingness & ability of the Principal to assume the role of staff developer to… alter the professional practices, beliefs, & understandings of school personnel toward an articulated end.”

The Principal as Staff Developer by Richard DuFour & Timothy Berkey

HOW CAN PRINCIPALS, APS, & LEADERSHIP TEAM

MEMBERS BECOME STAFF DEVELOPERS?

1’ for Everybody Writes*to answer the above question.

1’ for Numbered Heads Together**: Participants number off in teams.

Participants put heads together.

Participants share what they wrote with their team:

Team members revise their writing as needed as they listen to their team members.

Facilitator selects a number; participants with that number respond. *TE 2.f; **TE 2. c & e

HOW CAN PRINCIPALS, APS, & LEADERSHIP TEAM

MEMBERS BECOME STAFF DEVELOPERS?

Create consensus on the school you are trying to become.

Principals must be able to describe their vision in clear & compelling terms.

Identify, promote, and protect shared values.

Principals must be able to describe the specific behaviors & attitudes that must be evident by teachers & staff to accomplish the school’s vision.

The Principal as Staff Developer by Richard DuFour & Timothy Berkey

HOW CAN PRINCIPALS, APS, & LEADERSHIP TEAM

MEMBERS BECOME STAFF DEVELOPERS?

Monitor the critical elements of the school improvement effort.

Principals must pay attention to both the instructional process* & student outcomes**.

Ensure systematic collaboration throughout the school.

Principals must take steps to ensure that collaboration becomes the norm within their schools. TE: *2.c & e; **2.d

HOW CAN PRINCIPALS, APS, & LEADERSHIP TEAM

MEMBERS BECOME STAFF DEVELOPERS?

Provide one-on-one staff development.

Principals must use their Teacher Evaluation process to increase teachers’ instructional expertise* by providing teachers with their next steps.

Provide PD programs that are purposeful and research based.

Principals must insist that PD is directly related to their schools’ vision. TE: *2.c & e

HOW CAN PRINCIPALS, APS, & LEADERSHIP TEAM

MEMBERS BECOME STAFF DEVELOPERS?

Promote individual and organizational self efficacy.

Principals must model an unwavering faith in the ability of their teachers to improve their instruction* & consequently their students’ achievement.

Stay the course.

Principals must support & sustain the effort to implement an instructional strategy until it is institutionalized. TE: *2.c & e

HOW CAN PRINCIPALS & APS RETAIN

EFFECTIVE TEACHERS? 1’ for Everybody Writes* to answer the above

question.

1’ for Numbered Heads Together**:

Participants number off in teams.

Participants put heads together.

Participants share what they wrote with their team: Team members revise their writing as needed

as they listen to their team members.

Facilitator selects a number; participants with that number respond. *TE2.f **TE 2.c & e

WHAT DO TEACHERS WANT??? (PUBLIC AGENDA, 2010)

Administrators who back & support teachers

74% Gen Y Teachers (born between 1975-1995)

77% Older Teachers (born before 1975)

A principal who frequently observes in classrooms and gives teachers detailed feedback on how they’re doing.

70% Gen Y Teachers

61% Older Teachers

WHAT DO TEACHERS WANT??? (PUBLIC AGENDA, 2010)

Administrators who enable a lot of collaboration among teachers with guidance from other instructional experts in developing lesson plans

68% Gen Y Teachers

67% Older Teachers

Administrators who prepare teachers to adapt or vary their instruction to meet the needs of a diverse classroom

65% Gen Y Teachers

61% Older Teachers

WHAT DO TEACHERS WANT??? (PUBLIC AGENDA, 2010)

Administrators who remove students with severe discipline problems from classrooms

56% Gen Y Teachers

70% Older Teachers

Administrators who make the latest technology available to aid instruction

52% Gen Y Teachers

55% Older Teachers

WHAT DO TEACHERS WANT??? (PUBLIC AGENDA, 2010)

Administrators who provide & improve Professional Development opportunities 50% Gen Y Teachers 52% Older Teachers

HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU SPEND WITH YOUR TEACHERS?

What percent of your time is spent with your teachers?

Observing your teachers & giving them feedback to increase their curricular & instructional expertise?

Providing PD for your teachers to increase their curricular & instructional expertise?

Monitoring/coaching teachers as they implement new skills?

MONITORING AND EVALUATING

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS

Administer Formative assessments to students: August/September November/December February

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS

Use PLCs as a venue to make curricular/instructional decisions based on review and discussion of student data and artifacts

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS

Use Baseline data & common assessment data (unit related and course pre-summative) to determine:

Which students are proficient? (AL3+=Tier 1)

Which students are basic? (AL2=Tier 2)

Which students are below basic? (AL1=Tier 3)

Determine which curricular/instructional changes need to be made. Then teachers plan & adjust accordingly.

This is a continuous cycle

MONITORING SIP WITH TEACHER EVALUATION Who?

The Principal AP

MONITORING SIP WITH TEACHER EVALUATION

1’ for Everybody Writes*: What, why, & how can Principals & APs monitor their SIP implementation using the TE process?

1’ for Numbered Heads Together**:

Participants number off in teams.

Participants put heads together.

Participants share what they wrote with their team:

Team members revise their writing as needed as they listen to their team members.

Facilitator selects a number; participants with that number respond. *TE 2.f; **TE 2. c & e

MONITORING SIP & TEACHER EVALUATION What?

Walk through classrooms daily (30-45 seconds per classroom)

Classroom Walk- throughs (3-5’)

Informal Observations (10-25’) Formal Observations (30’ )

MONITORING SIP & TEACHER EVALUATION Why?

Identify patterns of growth or need for improvement in TE EPCs

MONITORING SIP & TEACHER EVALUATION How? Use TE rubrics to observe:

Knowledge of content & pedagogy (TE 1.a)

Knowledge of students (TE 1. b)

Knowledge of resources & technology (TE 1.d)

Communicating with students (TE 2.a)

Strategies to evoke HOT (TE 2.b)

Lesson delivery & student engagement (TE 2.c)

Using assessment to adjust instruction (TE 2.d & 2.e)

Integrating content area reading & writing (TE 2.f)

MONITORING SIP WITH TEACHER EVALUATION

How? Affirm teachers’ growth &/or provide

next steps (TE) for improvement Provide PD for teachers in areas

needing improvement. Coach & monitor teachers’

implementation of effective instructional strategies* TE: *2 c & e

R E F E R T O T H E F O L L O W I N G E P C S T O E X P L A I N W H E R E Y O U H AV E O B S E R V E D A PAT T E R N I N D I C AT I N G A N E E D F O R I M P R O V E M E N T & H O W Y O U P L A N T O A D D R E S S T H I S N E E D ?

o 2’ for Everybody Writes* Knowledge of content & pedagogy (TE 1.a)

Knowledge of students (TE 1. b)

Knowledge of resources & technology (TE 1.d)

Communicating with students (TE 2.a)

Strategies to evoke HOT (TE 2.b)

Lesson delivery & student engagement (TE 2.c)

Using assessment to adjust instruction (TE 2.d & 2.e)

Integrating content area reading & writing (TE 2.f) TE:*2.f

EPC’S CONT. 2’ for Numbered Heads Together*:

Participants number off in teams.

Participants put heads together.

Participants share what they wrote with their team: Team members revise their writing as needed

as they listen to their team members.

Facilitator selects a number; participants with that number respond.*TE 2.c & e

DO A FEW THINGS WELL!

The Elegance of the Hedgehog: Hedgehogs see what is essential, &

ignore the rest. (They can roll into a ball in order to survive.)

Educators, commit to the essentials for increasing student achievement , & ignore the rest.

Be clear on your priorities!