Standard 2. Instructional Leadership
School executives set high standards for the professional practice of 21st century instruction and assessment that result in a no nonsense accountable environment. The school executive must be knowledgeable of best instructional and school practices and must use this knowledge to cause the creation of collaborative structures within the school for the design of highly engaging schoolwork for students, the ongoing peer review of this work, and the sharing of this work throughout the professional community.
Element 2A. Focus on Learning and Teaching, Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment: The school executive leads the discussion about standards for curriculum, instruction and assessment based on research and best practices in order to establish and achieve high expectations for students. I have had the opportunity to lead PLC's for teachers and discuss curriculum. I discussed with teachers what the administration would be looking for in our evaluations, the teacher's professional development plans, and shared examples of evidence for each standard. Element 2B. Focus on Instructional Time: The school executive creates processes and schedules which protect teachers from disruption of instructional or preparation time. I developed a schedule for one of our PBIS Celebrations that would allow teachers to keep their planning periods intact and also be involved in the PBIS celebration. I gained the assistance of the school counselor, school psychologist, and the administration to create a training for our students that did not attend the celebration. Instead of them being stuck with teachers with nothing to do, we developed activities and discussions to focus on making better choices and gave them scenarios to decide what choices would be best. We set the goal for them to be a part of the last PBIS celebration of the year. |