Developing & Sustaining Turnaround Leadership

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Developing Sustaining Turnaround Leadership
Measuring Educator Effectiveness Principal
Evaluation and Approaches to Multiple Measures
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Create an Environment for Turnaround Success

• Develop a compelling strategy and direction at
  the district level regarding how to improve the
  lowest performing schools.
• Establish organizational systems and structures
  to support a turnaround initiative.
• Ensure that there is an aligned curriculum and
  effective instructional infrastructure that is
  clear, coherent, data-driven and high-quality
  instructional strategies.
• Put in place leadership that is willing and able
  to act to initiate turnaround and see it through
  to completion.
• Establish human resources/talent management
  practices that support turnaround initiatives and
  sustain high performance in schools

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Strong Leaders

• Demonstrate strong personal leadership skills,
  both as they relate to general leadership
  situations as well as turnaround situations -
  Willing to deviate from norms, analyze and
  problem-solve, drive for results, influence,
  measure and report.
• Motivate and develop a high performing team - Set
  high expectations and utilize strong leadership
  skills to motivate develop school leaders
  teachers.
• Perform root-cause analysis, develop strategies
  and allocate resources - Identify the data/tools
  needed to perform initial analysis, identify
  resources (e.g. student intervention plans, etc.)
  needed to help address key problems and allocate
  resources effectively.
• Influence key stakeholders - Develop and follow a
  communication plan to gain internal and external
  stakeholder alignment around turnaround strategy.
• Deploy focused action plan - Utilize action plan
  as a tool to stay ontrack and measure success.

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Principal Competencies

• Achievement Drive for Results
• Impact and Influence Inside and Outside
• Problem Solving Analytical and Conceptual
  Thinking
• Showing Confidence to Lead

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Turnaround Structures

• Realign Resources to Support Schools
• a. Turnaround Team
• Improve Reading and Math Instruction
• Create Student Success Plans
• Monitor Progress at Each School

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Monitor Progress at Each School
TA Teams develop goals and plan for upcoming
week individual assignments given
TA Team Friday Planning

• Role Alike
• Whole Group
• School Teams

Schools implement recommended suggestions from TA
Team, Curriculum Managers and District Shepherd
TA Team and Curriculum Content Managers offer
support through coaching, co-teaching,
demonstrations, data analysis, and providing
professional development
TA Teams go into schools starting on Monday,
working through team plan TA Principals leaves
School Visit form with Building
Principal District Shepherd conducts school
visits- supports and monitors implementation of
EI, leave School Visit form
District Shepherd meets with Curriculum Managers
to inform curriculum needs based on data and
school visits
TA Team Coaches complete Coaching Log
TA Team Principal complies all Coaching Logs into
5 big actions for the Building Principals to
complete
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Tools

• Data Dashboard
• Data Room Meetings and Agendas
• Data Folders and Conversations
• Aligned Resources, Materials, Curriculum and
  Assessments
• Coaching Guide and Instruments

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Student Success Plans

• Set goals for each students improvement
• Monitor, assess and record progress
• Use data rooms and data folders
• Align to benchmark assessments
• Customize instruction to meet individual needs
• Review plans quarterly with parents/guardians

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Resources

• Education Unbound, Frederick M. Hess
• School Turnarounds A Review of the Cross-Sector
  Evidence on Dramatic Organizational Improvement,
  Public Impact
• School Turnaround Leaders Competencies for
  Success, Public Impact
• www.EducationResourceStrategies.org