STANDARD TWO: Instructional Leadership
A. Focus on Learning and Teaching, Curriculum, Instruction and assessment: The school executive leads the discussion about standards for curriculum, instruction and assessment based on research and best practices in order to establish and achieve high expectations for students
IA Walk-through Tool with Autocrat
One of the things that I wanted to leave IA when I left was a walk through tool that was based on the type of teaching that we do. I had to do some research and I found a few tools online that focused on Targeted Instruction, Data-Driven Instruction, Flexible Content and Tools, and Student Reflection and Ownership. Using some of the verbiage I was able to create our own version of the tool. I was also able to learn how to use autocrat to populate an instant response that is sent to the teacher to review. I've learned that teachers appreciate and need instant feedback so they can reflect on their teaching. I also learned that the teachers loved receiving the feedback instantly. |
Walk-through Tool
The document below is generated immediately after the form is submitted and sent in an email to the teachers.
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B. Focus on Instructional Time: The school executive creates processes and schedules which protect teachers from disruptions of instructional or preparation time.
Creating Schedules
While at West Smithfield Elementary, I was tasked to create a new way for the grade levels to attend enhancements. Last school year, there were five enhancements. Each class met with one enhancement a day. This year, they lost an enhancement so that they only had four. I came up with two different schedules. One had the classes going to one enhancement a week, all five days. The other schedule involved a rotating Friday enhancement. The SIT team voted for the rotating Friday schedule. I also was tasked with creating a 3 hour early release schedule for Innovation Academy. I had to make sure all of the grades had the same amount of core time and make sure the teacher's planning was protected. I learned that I enjoy creating schedules. It is like a puzzle to me. I also learned how important it is to plan ahead of time when making schedules, because they can take a while to do. |
3 hour Early Release Schedule for IA
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West Smithfield's Enhancement Schedule
Rotating Friday Schedule
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Second and Third Grade's classes split up.
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