Oregon Leadership Network

Fall Leadership InstituteLloyd Center Doubletree

Portland, OregonNovember 28, 2007

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History

2000-2007 effort A decade of work toward sustainability

$3,000,000 Funding support from Wallace Foundation

Research Publications, research reports and studies

Policy Licensure standards, program revisions

Practice “administration to leadership” Culturally competent instructional leadership

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OLN Coherence Framework Mission

Why this work exists Vision

Our desired future Condition of Practice

Powerful lever for improvement Theory of Action

Collective belief about actions necessary to fulfill the mission

Strategy A set of deliberate actions to provide capacity and

support for the relationships among teachers, students and rigorous content

Leadership The ability to mobilize, achieve and sustain coherent

improvements, among varied interests, towards set of commonly constructed outcomes.

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MissionWhy this work exists

Strengthen educational leadership to increase equitable outcomes and improve student achievement and

success

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VisionOur Desired Future

All Oregon school and district leaders model demonstrably enhanced

practice through culturally competent instructional leadership anchored in Oregon’s research-based leadership

standards

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Condition of Practice Powerful lever for improvement

Assessing school and district leadership performance by examining the

behaviors that professional development is designed to foster

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Theory of Action Collective belief about what is necessary to

fulfill mission If…a coherent system of standards-based

leadership development in Oregon is a powerful contribution to continuously

improving the instructional core of teachers and students engaging with

rigorous content;

Then… culturally competent instructional leadership will increase equitable

outcomes and improve student achievement and success.

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StrategiesDeliberate Actions

Induction and

Mentoring

ProfessionalLearningInitiatives

(Innovative Strategies)

Recruitment and

Pre-ServicePreparation

OLN Institutes(Continual professional

development withCommunity of

learners)

OLN StateSteering

Committee(Policy)

Strengthenculturally competent

instructional leadership to increase

equitable outcomes andimprove student

achievement and success

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The Oregon Leadership Network Mission Mission

ConditionCondition

Theory of Action Theory of Action VisionVision

Strategies Strategies

Effective System Practice

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OLN – Who are We?

12 school districts, 1 ESD (9 school districts)

46.2 % of the state student population Eight administrator licensure programs Stakeholder organizations Professional associations State agencies

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OLN Partners Partner School

Districts Bend-LaPine Beaverton Bethel Eugene Hillsboro Lincoln County Nyssa Portland Redmond Salem-Keizer South Lane Southern Oregon ESD

(9 school districts) Springfield

Partner Associations and Organizations

Chalkboard Project COSA E3 NWREL OALA ODE OEA ORPEA OSBA OUS TSPC

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Oregon Leadership Network

Oregon Department of Education, Susan Castillo, Superintendent of Public Instruction

*Redmond

*Salem-Keizer

Hillsboro * Beaverton* *Portland

Nyssa *Bethel* *Bend-LaPineEugene**Springfield

*Lincoln County

* Southern Oregon ESD

*South Lane

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Culturally Competent Instructional Leadership

Culturally Competent

Practice

Successfully and equitably

teach children of all cultures

Focus on Instructional

Core

Teachers, students

and rigorous content

Oregon LeadershipStandards

Statewide vision for

educational leadership

InstructionCultural

CompetencyLeadership

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Our Task Today

Instruction

Cultural Competency

Leadership

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