4.1$%$4.2%4.3$Pretrenia E. Sutton

N.C. State University-NELA #19

4.1$Leading$With$Emotion:$I.$Mission,'Vision,'Core'Values'and'Beliefs'$

As a future administrator, it is important to ensure and or establish that a school has its mission, vision, core values and beliefs connected to its goal of school improvement. This will help to promote success if everyone is of the same or like mindset. This will promote teambuilding because when everyone knows what the goals are, and has helped to create them based on the school’s needs, know the role they play in making it come to pass, and how their individual and collaborative effort contributes to school wide success.

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II.'School'Leader:'Teaching'and'Learning'

It is impossible for an administrator to everything about each grade level and its curriculum. However, if and when there is county wide PD available, an effort should be made to attend. In return, at least enough would be known to determine whether on not students are being taught according to the Common Core State Standards. I also think that Instructional strategies and methods of teaching play a very important role out of whether it’s the Common Core or not. That would be the first thing that I would look at. Delivery for me would be my key focus point. I’ve observed several classrooms where it was obvious that the teacher knew her content, however, it was not connecting to the students learning styles or it just information without student voice or input. I would be looking at not only what is being taught, but also how it’s being taught, how the kids are receiving it, and are they able to apply the knowledge given.

III.'Improving'Teacher'Effectiveness:''

Instructional'Leader'Challenge'

It is challenging because most teachers either teach the way they were taught as kids, what’s most comfortable to them, and even sometimes the way they were taught in college. Another point, it is that is very easy to take constructive criticism personal and see it as an attack of ones intelligence. In addition, most teachers put a lot of work into planning lessons, whether effective or not, in a teacher’s mind, it is their time and effort that may not be seen as appreciated. However, effective instructional leaders create opportunities for teachers to having training in the areas that teachers may struggle with additional follow- up and feedback. In addition, creating these opportunities in a safe environment can help teachers to grow and get the needed support so that they in turn can support others in the future.

$4.2:'NC'PDSA'in'Action'$

What$data$do$you$use$at$school$to$monitor$student$learning?$

$ELA/Math: Class Scape Read 180: B-M-E/PM System 44 ELA/Math Bi-Weekly Common Assessments ELA County Benchmark ELA/Math EOG Content: EOC

What$processes$and$procedures$do$you$have$in$place$at$your$school$to$analyze$the$student$

learning?$

Bi-Weekly PLC Weekly Grade Level Meetings Data Days Individual Teacher Classroom Observations Research Based Strategies Read 180: BOY-MOY-EOY

What$do$your$teachers$do$with$the$formative$assessment$information$and$how$do$they$use$it$

to$improve$student$learning?$$

Readjusting teaching Remediation and Acceleration Re-Teaching

How$do$your$teachers$measures$student$accomplishments$and$how$are$these$accomplishments$recorded?$Do$teachers$

use$rubrics?$

Formative and summative assessments PLC discussions Instructional strategies Exit tickets Clickers Honor Roll Student of Merit

Do$you$expect$teachers$to$collaboratively$plan$and$if$not,$why?$

Yes. Grade and Content level meetings and PLC’s.

As$the$Instructional$Leader,$what$2%3$goals$would$you$have$for$your$school$regarding$student$learning?$$

Provide the tools that teachers will need to be successful in the classroom Train teachers to connect technology to the Common Core Curriculum Train teachers in small group instruction

Which$would$be$your$top$priority?$How$will$you$communicate$these$expectations$especially$for$the$

high$priority$grades?$

-Top Priority: Providing teachers with the tools that they would need to be successful. -Weekly Grade Level Meetings -Daily Classroom Walkthroughs

How$will$I$ensure$this$information$to$make$the$kinds$of$instructional$decisions$that$would$result$

in$achieving$my$priority$goal?$

Data collection and disaggregation Sharing ideas for improving during PLC’s

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PDSA_SIP'$Strengths: -All School Improvement plans for each school is in one location -Open for easy public/parent view -Follow-up for implementation -Data driven -SIP Leader other than the Prinicpal

Weakness: -Lot of information to absorb for maybe a new teacher and the procedure for revisiting may be overwhelming for new teachers, but if it’s the culture of the way the district is ran than it would be something that can benefit a new teacher in the long run.