Educator Effectiveness (Central Office View)

Mike Clemens and Chris BiggerDecember 10th, 2013

• http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nightly-news/53728699/#53728699

Reflection on Current Organization Design for Management or Leadership

Things to think about in your Design

Central Office Transformation1. Create learning-focused partnerships between executive-level central

office leaders and principals, dedicated to helping principals grow as instructional leaders.

2. Redesign the rest of the central office so it functions as a high-performance service organization providing high-quality, relevant and differentiated instructional, human resources, business and other services that support the learning-focused partnerships.

3. Lead by teaching and learning---engage all central office staff in continuously finding, designing and implementing progressively more effective services and supports for districtwide teaching and learning improvement.

ConnectednessBetween the Leadership and Danielson Frameworks

• There is a broad connection between the Framework for Leadership (principal) and the Danielson Framework (teacher) that warrants close inspection. Although the differences are obvious in that they apply to different positions in the educational system, they have imperative systemic goals in common. The visual below illustrates this connectedness:

Framework for

Leadership

Danielson Framework for

TeachingStrategic Discussions

 Area of

Commonality

Wise and Sundstrum in The Power of Coaching(2011) tell us……..“Teaching effectiveness and the commensurate ability to influence student academic performance

remain critically dependent upon teaching behaviors and the ability to communicate meaningfully.”

Schedules

Time

Art of teaching

Science-The how of

teaching

Area of CommonalityBetween the Leadership and Danielson Frameworks (continued)

• The two overlapping circles of principal and teacher effectiveness create an area of commonality. This area of commonality requires alignment of goals, effort and resources in a system that is student-centered. In the next

slide, eight essential factors contribute to this area of commonality:

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Framework for

Leadership

Danielson Framework for

TeachingStrategic Discussions

 Area of

Commonality

Area of Commonality

Framework for

Leadership

Danielson Framework

for Teaching

Vision

Common Standards

High Expectations

Instruction

Assessment

Collaboration

Safety and Security

Professionalism

What do we have in common?

Teachers and Administrators• Successful students

• Safe school and communities• A strong global economy

• An encouraging workplace• A love of teaching and learning• The camaraderie of our peers

• Appropriate support

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Structured Supportfor Strategic Discussions about Learning

To ensure that principal and teacher effectiveness remain connected; highly strategic discussions regarding the eight essential factors must occur among all partners.

Possible Guiding Questions

• Strategic discussions between supervising administrators and principals

Possible Guiding Questions

• Strategic discussions between principals and teachers

Decreased

IsolationIncreased

Conversation

What Have We Gained ?

Shared Vision

Aligned Goals

Distributive Leadership

Student Focused

Instruction

Transformation Planning

If the central office does

then the principals

will be able to

which will help teachers

to

so that student learning

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Copyright University of Washington- Center for Educational Leadership

• I used to think– effectiveness is based on

opinions and judgments – average and mediocrity was

accepted in the classroom– it was about teaching – the principal told everyone

what to do– instruction came from

textbooks– facts and knowledge were the

basics– isolation allowed me to be

creative

• Now I think– effectiveness is based on

evidence and data– average is over (Thomas

Friedman) – it is about learning– we have a collegial

responsibility – we can design learning based

on standards and frameworks– conceptual understanding and

application are essential – collaboration is necessary to

be creative

Paradigm Shifts

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