June 28, 2011Superintendent’s Conference

Elevating the Importance of Great Teachers and Learning

Overview•Introductions and Greeting•Overview of Core Elements•Teacher Leadership Presentation–Lisa Lowe, Tony Tagliente (Boone County)

•Collaborative Teams Presentation–Sonya Lettieri, Sandy D'Alesio, Amy Angle, Kathy Griffith, Stacy Slack, Jennifier Marchese (Weir Middle School, Hancock County)

•Superintendents’ Reaction

Core Elements• Create opportunities to acknowledge and celebrate the

importance of teachers and learning • Create a professional and collaborative atmosphere that

values teacher voice and teacher leadership • Provide adequate individual and collaborative planning

time, tools and resources to enhance teacher effectiveness.• Create evaluation and professional development systems

that identify and reward proficiency, promote reflection and advance professional growth.

• Compensate teachers in ways that will attract quality educators to the profession, promote professional growth, and reward collective results.

Elevating Teaching and Learning

• Professional and Collaborative Atmosphere

• Values teacher voice

• Values teacher leadership

Boone County Leadership Development

Program

Boone County Leadership Development

Program

• Year of implementation 2008

• First participants to complete the program

Focusing on Leadership for the 21st Century

• Preparing future principals, aspiring leaders and teacher leaders

• To improve curriculum, instruction and student achievement

• Program framework was designed around the Correlates of Effective Schools

Boone County Leadership Development

Program

Benefits and Effectiveness• Field Experiences- Job shadowing and

principal interviews• Modules • Leadership Principles• Lincoln on Leadership• Importance of school culture• ISLLC

• Internship

Boone County Leadership Development

Program

Impact on Leadership

• Teacher leader values• Student achievement• Future principal preparation

Boone County Leadership Development

Program

Weir Middle, Hancock CountyCollaborative Teams

Goals and objectives of WMS• AYP or Non-AYP• Structure/Format of WMS• Emerging Growth Model vs. Status

Model• PLC Room

Weir Middle, Hancock CountyCollaborative Teams

Individual Planning Time• Schedule• Embedded PLCs• Other PLCs

Weir Middle, Hancock CountyCollaborative Teams

Tools and Resources• SEEDS technology• PLC Room • Lexia• RTI Room• RTI interventions

Weir Middle, Hancock CountyCollaborative Teams

Impact on Elevating Teachers

Questions and

Comments

Superintendents’ Reactions