Leadership

Instructional Leadership and School Improvement

Instructional leadership and school improvement start here. Principals and school leaders charged with developing a student-focused environment face more challenges than ever before. Our articles below contain insights, strategies, and tools designed to support principal and leader development in driving teacher effectiveness and student achievement.

 

 

 

The #1 Element of Effective Teacher Professional Development

By Don Marlett

It takes more than one-and-done professional development to make a true impact. The goal of all effective teacher professional development is for educators to acquire new knowledge and skills, and most importantly, translate their new knowledge and skills into classroom practice. Clearly, without classroom implementation, there is no impact on student learning. Unfortunately, professional development…

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monitoring student learning

How Do You Monitor Student Learning? (Implement This Today)

By Don Marlett

How is student learning monitored for flexibility and connections to real life? Monitoring student learning is an ongoing challenge. Students can complete an assignment, but still not be flexible with their learning. They have trouble making connections or explaining a task in a different way other than the examples you have used. For example: When asked…

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Classroom walkthrough tips

Classroom Walkthrough Tips for Focused Support

By Don Marlett

How do you narrow the focus of walkthroughs? Typically when principals plan for and schedule walkthroughs, they are looking at teachers and for best practices. Moss and Brookhart (2013), however, suggest that a better plan is that they begin to observe what’s happening in the classroom from the students’ perspective rather than just checking off…

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