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Instructional Leadership Development Frameworkfor Data-driven Systems
QUALITYSTUDENT
PERFORMANCE
ETHICS AND INTEGRITY
Curriculum/Instruction/Assessment
Supervision
ProfessionalDevelopmen
t
OrganizationalManagement
CULTURE
Communication and Community
Partnerships
Learner-Centered High Expectations
Collaborative Continuous Improvement
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Premises
• The purposes of school are teaching and learning.
• Teaching is a skill that can be improved and teachers are at different developmental levels.
• Supervision focuses on assisting, supporting, and collaborating with teachers to enhance their repertoire of skills to improve student performance.
• Professionals have the expertise and the responsibility to help other professionals grow.
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“Supervision is assistance for the improvement of instruction. This definition allows supervision to be viewed as a function and process rather than a role or position.”
—C. Glickman, S. Gordon, and J.Ross-Gordon
—Supervision of Instruction
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“Supervision is not the act of instructing students—that is, teaching—but rather the actions that enable teachers to improve instruction for students.”
— C. Glickman, S. Gordon, and J.Ross-Gordon
— Supervision of Instruction
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• Decisions based on assumptions rather than data
Increase
• Directive leadership
• A lack of focus on instruction
• Supervisor as expert who knows what is best and how to fix it
• Little involvement in decisions regarding curriculum/teaching strategies
• Collaborative leadership
• A focus on the learning of all students
• Supervisor as mentor/facilitator who encourages self-direction among staff
Decrease• Data-driven decisions
• High involvement in decisions that impact student learning
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Objective
1. Understand and apply developmental supervision concepts:
• Make informed decisions• Provide quality feedback• Provide sustained support• Identify different developmental
levels of teachers
2. Understand and utilize a variety of supervisory tools.
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Continuous Improvement Process Moves the Campus Toward the Vision
Where your campus is
Where your campus needs to be
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Continuous Improvement Planning ProcessData Sources for Data-driven Decision-making
Curriculum/Instruction/Assessment
Supervision
Professional Development
Communication and Community Partnerships
Organizational Management
Quality
StudentPerformance
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1. Make informed decisions
Key Concepts for Developmental Supervision
• Data collection
• Data analysis
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Data Collection Data Analysis
As a supervisor on a campus, how could you collect data?
What does the data help the supervisor identify?
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Data Collection• Walk-throughs• Third-party information• Student data• Meetings• Lesson plans• Observations• Teacher reflections• Notes to parents• Other
Data Analysis• Identify strong
instructional models, attributes, and strategies
• Identify areas of concern
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2. Provide quality feedback
Key Concepts for DevelopmentalSupervision
• Informal• Notes• Conversations• Walk-throughs
• Formal • Conferences• Documentation
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3. Provide sustained support
Key Concepts for DevelopmentalSupervision
• Plan for growth• Professional
development
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Data
Collection OngoingFeedback
SustainedSupport
PressureSupport
Instructional Leadership Process
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Instructional Leadership Process
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Establishing High Expectations
• Establish high expectations for the presence of each of the four critical elements in each and every classroom.
• Monitor for the implementation of each of these elements.
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Establishing High Expectations
Thinking at High Cognitive Levels
Addressing Varied Needs
Assessing Student Progress
Alignment of Learning Objectives
Observations (Walk-throughs and Formal)
Plans and Planning
Samples of Student Work
Teacher/Supervisor Conferences/Conversations
Open-ended Questions, Analysis Activities
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Supervisory Styles
• Supervisory beliefs inventory• Behaviors with individuals
• Directive control• Directive informational • Collaborative• Nondirective
• When to use
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Supervisory Styles Jigsaw
1. Number one to four.
2. Read the description that corresponds to your assigned supervisory style.
3. Highlight key ideas for a 3-minute presentation.
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Supervisory Styles
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Discuss at your table:
1) a teacher who would benefit most from non-directive style,
2) a teacher who would benefit most from collaborative style,
3) a teacher who would benefit most from directive informational style, and
4) a teacher who would benefit most from directive control style
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Developmental SupervisionProcess for a Formal Observation
• Preconference• Data collection: Observation data• Data analysis: Observation data
• Plan conference• Conduct conference
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Purpose of a Preconference
• Build a professional collaborative relationship
• Develop communication
• Discuss the expectations of the observation
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Preconference
• Set the stage
• Solicit input from teacher about the class• Planned objective(s)• Demographics• Special needs of students• Targeted area for feedback
• Share expectations
• Clarify questions and concerns
• Discuss logistics
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Video Clip
What evidence did you observe of the key concepts of developmental supervision that made the preconferences successful?
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Cheryl Kelley
Unique to Cheryl
Unique to Kelley
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Comparison of Preconferences
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Data Collection/Observation
Components of data collection:
• What is said?
• What is happening?
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Data Collection Activity
Observe Cheryl teaching.
Collect specific data of what is being said and what is happening.
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Data Analysis: Observation Data
• Did you record some language?
• Did you record what was happening?
• Are your notes nonjudgmental?
• Do you have evidence of student learning?
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Data Analysis: Observation Data
Nonjudgmental • factual • specific• observable teacher behavior• observable student behavior• objective
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• What are some perceived strengths observed? Evidence?
• What are your concerns? Evidence?
• What are some potential developmental suggestions?
Data Analysis: Observation Data
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Developmental Suggestions:
Strengths:
Concerns:
Evidence Implications
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Plan Postobservation Conference
• Reflect on the data.
• Identify the objective.
• Plan supervisory style/behaviors.
• Develop potential questions.
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Plan Postobservation Conference
• Study Supervisory Behavior Continuum on pp. H-S-19–20.
• Identify supervisory behavior of the principal.
• Examine behaviors that influence teacher’s actions.
• Identify the teacher’s level of development, expertise, and commitment.
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Conduct the Postobservation Conference
• Review/reflect on the lesson.
• Share/discuss data gathered.
• Identify common understandings.• Develop plan of action collaboratively.
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Activity
• Objective of the conference• Steps observed• Data shared• Principal’s questioning techniques
and specific questions asked
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Developmental SupervisionProcess for a Formal Observation
• Preconference
• Data collection: Observation data
• Data analysis: Observation plus other
• Plan conference
• Conduct conference
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Data Collection: Observation Data
Components of data collection:
• Scripting: What is said?
• Describing: What is happening?
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Data Analysis/Application
• Did you record some language?
• Did you record what was happening?
• Are your notes nonjudgmental?
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Plan Postobservation Conference
• Study the data.
• Plan supervisory style/behaviors.
• Identify the objective.
• Develop potential questions.
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Conduct the Postobservation Conference
• Review/reflect on the lesson.
• Share/discuss data gathered.
• Identify common understandings.
• Develop plan of action collaboratively.
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Plan Kelley’s Postobservation Conference
• In your triad, role-play a postobservation conference.
• Person #1: principal
• Person #2: teacher
• Person #3: observer
• The principal will use documentation, data, and observation notes to conference with Kelley.
• After the conference, the observer will provide feedback on what he/she heard and saw in the conference.
• Observer’s role is nonjudgmental.
• Observer should not offer criticism or suggestions.
• The observer moves clockwise to a new group.
• Observer becomes the principal.
• Teacher becomes the observer.
• Principal becomes the teacher.
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Postobservation Conference Video
• What style did the principal use?• What directives did she give?• Identify some commonalities between
your conferences and the video conference.
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Instructional Leadership Process
Data
Collection OngoingFeedback
SustainedSupport
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Follow-Up Conference
Based upon the directive from the principal to Kelley in the postobservation conference, discuss the follow-up conference to be conducted on Friday.
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Plan Summative Conference
• What additional data is needed?
• What are your responsibilities between the formal observation and the summative conference?
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Getting to the Summative Conference
Be prepared to:
•Share/discuss data gathered.
•Identify common understandings.
•Discuss future goals and professional development.
•Provide ongoing feedback.
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Self-Assessment/Reflection
• Based on the Supervision component, what additional knowledge and skills do you need for continuous improvement?
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“The only way we’re going to get from where we are to where we want to be is through staff development. . . When you talk about school improvement, you’re talking about people improvement. That’s the only way to improve schools.”
—Ernest Boyer—Principal as Staff Developer
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Instructional Leadership Development Frameworkfor Data-driven Systems
QUALITYSTUDENT
PERFORMANCE
ETHICS AND INTEGRITY
Curriculum/Instruction/Assessment
Supervision
ProfessionalDevelopmen
t
OrganizationalManagement
CULTURE
Communication and Community
Partnerships
Learner-Centered High Expectations
Collaborative Continuous Improvement
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