1. Essential Questions for
Purposeful Instruction
Dr. Keith Eades and Ms. Jan King
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI)
Collaborative Conference on Student Achievement
(CCSA)
March 27, 2013
5. Let’s Agree To:
Share expertise
Reference the research (Wiki)
Leadership focus for instructional
improvement
Reflect on the “now” of your own
situation
Visualize the possibilities (Take Away)
6. Do you have the right people
on the bus and in the right seats?
-Jim Collins
8. Considerations:
Certified Staffing - admins, teachers, etc
Non-certified staffing
Substitutes
Volunteers
Professional Development (for all)
What is the IMPACT of
what adults are doing?
11. Meet a New Colleague and Discuss:
Your Non-negotiables
Getting the Right People on the Bus
(In the Right Seats)
12. Since schools are particularly dynamic
organizations and your role as the
Instructional Leader requires you to
help teachers through positive changes,
today’s session will delve deeper into
simple techniques for School
Improvement using regular intentional
feedback to create a state of positive,
stable change for improvement.
13. Is there a strategic plan for improvement
based on data?
14.
15. Questions around “the plan”
What is the focus?
Can everyone articulate the plan?
Who monitors the plan?
Is it a “working” document?
16. With a Colleague, discuss:
A positive change in district or strategic planning
Strategies for monitoring the plan
17. Is there a culture to support instructional
improvement?
18. Is there a culture of learning?
Who is learning?(adults and students?)
Is the leader a ‘learning leader’?
Are there cultural pockets?
•ofexcellence? (How do you encourage and
share this group?)
•of isolation? (How do you engage this group?)
19. With a Colleague, discuss:
What have you learned about your district/school
culture through the NCTWCS?
What strategies have proven successful in having a
culture of learning?
20.
21. Importance of Alignment
State Board Goals District Goals AdvancED HSTW Teacher Principal System Alignment
Strategic Plan Standards 10 Key Practices Evaluations/Standards Evaluations/Standards Initiatives
NC Public Schools will produce Priority 1- Standard 1- Purpose High Expectations Standard 1- Teachers Standard 1- Strategic
globally competitive students _______will produce and Direction demonstrate leadership leadership
globally competitive Program of Study
NC Public Schools will be led students Standard 2- Standard 2- Teachers Standard 2- Instructional
by 21st century professionals Governance & Academic Studies establish a respectful leadership
Priority 2- _______ Leadership Align environment for a diverse
NC Public Schools will be will be led by 21st population of students Standard 3- Cultural
healthy and responsible century professionals Standard 3- Teaching Career/Technical leadership
& Assessing for Studies Standard 3- Teachers Lead Leadership
Leadership will guide innovation Priority 3- Learning know the content they teach Standard 4- Human
in NC Public Schools ______students will be Work-Based resource leadership Quality
healthy and Standard 4- Learning Standard 4- Teachers Teachers
NC Public Schools will be responsible. Resources & Support facilitate learning for their Standard 5- Managerial
governed and supported by 21st Systems Teachers Working students leadership Instructional
century systems Priority 4- _____ will Together Support
guide innovation Standard 5- Using Standard 5- Teachers Standard 6- External
through leaderships Results for Continuous Students Actively reflect on their practice development leadership
Improvement Engaged
Priority 5- _____ will Standard 6- Teachers Standard 7- Micro-political
be governed and Guidance contribute to academic leadership
supported by 21st success
century systems Extra Help Standard 8- Academic
achievement leadership
Culture of Continuous
Improvement
25. Contact Information:
Dr. Keith Eades
District Transformation Coach
NCDPI
bobby.eades@dpi.nc.gov
Ms. Jan King
Regional Lead, Regions 7 & 8 NCDPI
jan.king@dpi.nc.gov
