This document outlines a partnership between five schools to improve teacher effectiveness through professional development for teachers and administrators. The goals are to increase data literacy, strengthen professional learning communities, promote effective instructional strategies, and foster collaboration. Each school will participate in leadership sessions and learning activities focused on instructional best practices. Teachers will engage in professional development, record collaboration in professional learning communities, conduct peer observations, and be evaluated at the end of the year. The anticipated outcomes include improved teacher collaboration, data-informed instruction, implementation of effective teaching strategies, understanding of rigor and relevance, and increased student achievement and teacher effectiveness.

1. Building Teacher
Effectiveness
A Lab School Protocol

2. Description – “The
WHAT”
In an effort to improve the distribution of effective
teachers, this partnership to support for five schools
will collaborate with professional development with
both teachers and administrators. An anticipated
outcome will be to create a sustainable process for
school improvement that can be replicated across
the district.

3. Targeted Professional
Learning – The “WHY”
Data literacy
Quality Professional Learning Communities
Common, Effective Instructional Strategies
Culture of Collaboration
Enhance Teacher Effectiveness and Student
Outcomes

4. The “HOW”
Each site will engage in deliberate professional
learning activities to involve collegial conversations,
professional accountability and peer observations to
support the following emphasis:
Learning By Doing – Dufour,Eaker
Classroom Instruction That Works 2nd Edition -Dean,
Hubbell, Pilter & Stone

5. Process
Site staff will participate in intentional leadership
sessions that will facilitate effective, intentional
discussions and assist in establishing protocols for
monitoring and educator accountability in utilizing
strategies and protocols learned to improve
instruction, and ultimately student achievement

6. Teacher Leadership
Development
All certified staff will participate in the intentional
professional development throughout the year
Up to 3 teachers and the school administrator will
have an opportunity to attend the fall ASCD
Instructional Leaders Conference in Orlando, FL on
October 31- November 2, 2014
$10,000 will be allotted to each school for other
teachers to participate in professional development
opportunities

7. Teacher Leadership
Development
Records will be kept throughout the year that
document collaboration within the school PLC
structure – these logs will be kept on a public wiki for
accountability
Peer observations will be utilized for documentation
and feedback throughout the year
A year-end evaluation will be utilized to provide
feedback on the process

8. Lab Schools
Rex Rennert Elementary
Townsend Middle
W.H. Knuckles Elementary
Rosenwald Elementary
R.B. Dean Elementary

9. Anticipated Outcome 1
All teachers will participate in an effective
Professional Learning Community as evidence by
documentation in PLC agendas. Common agendas
will be developed to include quality PLC alignment
and detailed minutes that ensure proper utilization
of time and resources

10. Anticipated Outcome 2
All teachers will use data to inform instruction as
evidenced by lesson plans (diffentiation),
collaborative conversations (PLC agendas/minutes),
and student achievement

11. Anticipated Outcome 3
All teachers will utilize identified effective
instructional strategies as evidenced by lesson plans
(differentiation), collaborative conversations (PLC
agendas/minutes), and student achievement

12. Anticipated Outcome 4
All teachers will work to develop a common
understanding of rigor and relevance of classroom
content and expectations through professional
development as evidenced by lesson plans
(differentiation), collaborative conversations (PLC
agendas/Minutes), and student achievement

13. Anticipated Outcome 5
All schools will realize increased student outcome
growth and proficiency as evidenced in 2014-15
assessment data

14. Anticipated Outcome 6
All schools will realize an increase of effective and
highly effective teachers in Standard 6 measures
according to 2014-15 data