Transcript NIUSI-Leadscape Guide for Coaching Dialogues

Professional Learning for School Leaders:
The Principal’s Role in School Transformation
Cynthia Mruczek
Rich Barbacane
April 19, 2011
What is NIUSI-LeadScape?
Technical
assistance
Ongoing
professional
learning
Ongoing
coaching
Support
for
Principals
Web-based
tools
Our Partners:
Outcomes
Participants will be able to…
 Explain the importance of
the Systemic Change
Framework to principals
 Communicate the benefits
of partnering with State
Associations and other
organizations
 Understand the value of
consistency and alignment
of core concepts across
systems for sustainability
and scaling innovation
The Systemic Change Framework
The Equity Alliance at ASU’s
Framework for Approaching
and Assessing Systemic
Change
The Systemic Change Framework
Where is your organization
on the radar screen?
Mark the radar level on each screen
according to the extent to which you
believe your organization is
accomplishing that element.
RADAR
RHETORIC
EMERGING
ACCOMPLISHED
A. RADAR: This framework is just
on the screen.
B. RHETORIC: There has been
talk about this framework, but
little action.
C. EMERGING: Our organization
is aware of this element and has
taken some action to implement
it.
D. ACCOMPLISHED: This
framework is part of our practice.
The Systemic Change Framework
School level
The Systemic Change Framework
Why involve principals?
• Important entry point to school
reform
• Positions of influence within the
school
• Principals need to understand
the Systemic Change Framework
(they cannot do it on their own)
The Systemic Change Framework
What are some
thoughts you have
about this
framework?
How does it relate
to your work?
The Systemic Change Framework
The Systemic Change Framework
http://www.equityallianceatasu.edu/lc
http://www.niusileadscape.org/lc/
The benefits of partnering with State Associations
and other organizations
When thinking about the Systemic Change Framework we just discussed,
what are some benefits of partnerships between schools and State
Associations or other agencies?
The benefits of partnering with State Associations
and other organizations
People, Policy, and Practices link the multiple levels of the Systemic Change
Framework
People: Students, teachers,
administrators, families, etc.
Policy: Federal and state mandates, district
and school level, classroom policy, etc.
Practice: Pedagogy, discipline,
curriculum, etc.
The benefits of partnering with State Associations
and other organizations
Essential Variables for Leading
Inclusive Schools
Vision + Skills + Incentives + Resources + Action Plan =
CHANGE
______ + Skills + Incentives + Resources + Action Plan = CONFUSION
Vision + ______ + Incentives + Resources + Action Plan = ANXIETY
Vision + Skills + _________ + Resources + Action Plan = RESISTANCE
Vision + Skills + Incentives + __________ + Action Plan =
FRUSTRATION
Vision + Skills + Incentives + Resources + ___________ = TREADMILL
The benefits of partnering with State Associations and
other organizations
Processes for developing high quality, inclusive practices
• Your vision for
inclusive
practices
• The ways you
establish for
working
together
Vision
Technical
Assistance
• You provide or
connect staff to
resources to build
their repertoire of
skills (how to)
Frameworks
for Acting
Mediated
Experience
• You help develop the
internal scripts to
interpret, reflect, and
continuously improve
practice
The benefits of partnering with State Associations
and other organizations
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Why partner?
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LeadScape and the Learning Carousel
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Networking, communication, resources, etc.
Avoiding the perspective of “Just one more thing” to do
Working more efficiently
Resources available (data maps, professional learning
modules)
Other partnerships?
The benefits of partnering with State
Associations and other organizations
The benefits of partnering with State
Associations and other organizations
Developed by Art Costa and Bob
Garmston, Cognitive CoachingSM is
based on the following four major
propositions:
• Thought and perception produce all behavior.
• Teaching is constant decision-making.
• To learn something new requires engagement
and alteration in thought.
• Humans continue to grow cognitively.
The benefits of partnering with State
Associations and other organizations
The benefits of partnering with State Associations
and other organizations
Learning results
from how
How People
individuals actively
Learn
make meaning,
engage, resist,
Learning
contest, and build
scientists concur:
their own mental
Deeper conceptual
schemas about the
understanding
world around them
comes from active
and their role in it
participation in
one’s own learning
Learning occurs when
we teach (tell) people
“how to”
(Sawyer,
The benefits of partnering with State
Associations and other organizations
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Coaching is used in many different ways to
support the ongoing learning and
improvement of educators
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Cognitive coaching focuses on changing patterns of thought
in order to open new paths for learning
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Our model of coaching builds on what the research
says about how people effectively learn
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The broad idea behind coaching is to help
educators develop new ways of looking at their
work so that they can create new ‘scripts’ for
addressing challenges of practice
Consistency and alignment of core concepts across
systems for sustainability and scaling innovation
How experienced are you with culturally responsive pedagogy?
A. I’m very experienced with CRP and have a firm grasp of it
B. I’ve heard of it, but have a small understanding of it
C. I’ve never heard of it
Consistency and alignment of core concepts across
systems for sustainability and scaling innovation
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Discussion of fidelity
90% implementation by 90% of the individuals to have
sustainable change
Discuss notions of fidelity through a culturally responsive
lens
Consistency and alignment of core concepts across
systems for sustainability and scaling innovation
At all tiers, teachers…
 use culturally responsive teaching
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implement linguistically appropriate
instruction
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ensure explicit instruction to acquire academic
language
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Embed culturally responsive behavior
strategies
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Consistency and alignment of core concepts across
systems for sustainability and scaling innovation
Culturally responsive teachers
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Believe in student ability and desire to learn
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Hold high expectations for student learning
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Explicitly teach skills
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Challenge and support students
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Respect student language
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Relate to student social context
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Consistency and alignment of core concepts across
systems for sustainability and scaling innovation
Linguistically appropriate instruction
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Total Physical Response
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Use of visuals
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Use of real objects
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Modeling – reading, writing, conversation
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Repetitive language
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Use of gestures
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Culturally responsive approaches for the support
and development of personnel
Effective practices for ELLs
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Attend to language development
Build on background experiences
Focus on building understanding
Provide multiple opportunities for practice and
application
Use repetition and redundant information
Assess frequently
Reteach as necessary
Source: Center for Research on the Educational
Achievement and Teaching of English Language Learners
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Consistency and alignment of core concepts across
systems for sustainability and scaling innovation
Vision for Schools of Tomorrow
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Shared ownership, accountability, and leadership
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Flexible delivery of support services
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All struggling students receive supports
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Eligibility considered after intervention and ongoing
progress monitoring within MTSS
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Consistency and alignment of core concepts across
systems for sustainability and scaling innovation
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Wrapping up the conversation
How do you, as state leaders, help principals change their
perspective from “Assessment OF learning” to “Assessment FOR
learning?”
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Wrapping it up…
Participants will be able to…
 Explain the importance of
the Systemic Change
Framework to principals
 Communicate the benefits
of partnering with State
Associations and other
organizations
 Examine culturally
responsive approaches for
the support and
development of personnel
Comments, Questions, or Concerns
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Thank You!!