A Focused Approach to Leadership Development

to Improve Student Achievement

Focus on Student Learning / Focus on Adult Learning
Focus on Change in the Classroom / IMPROVING
TEACHING AND LEARNING
Leadership Module Titles:
§  Prioritizing, Mapping and Monitoring the Curriculum
§  Meeting the Standards
§  Leading Assessment and Instruction
§  Literacy Leadership
§  Numeracy Leadership / IMPROVING PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
Leadership Module Titles:
§  Leading Change
§  Providing Focused and Sustained Professional Development
§  Coaching for School Improvement
Focus on
Change in the School / DEVELOPING
A CULTURE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE
Leadership Module Titles:
§  Using Data to Lead Change
§  Creating a High-performance Learning Culture
§  Fostering a Culture of High Performance
§  Personalizing the Learning Environment / DEVELOPING LEARNING-CENTERED LEADERS
Leadership Module Titles:
§  Organizing the Learning Environment
§  Communicating Effectively in a High-performing School
§  Building and Leading Effective Teams

Examples of suggested pathways:

The school is facing an urgent need to improve AYP. 3, 1, 2, 4

The school has identified developing a professional learning community. 2, 1, 3, 4

The district has a program for aspiring leaders. 4, 3, 2, 1

The school’s curriculum is disconnected from the state’s standards. 1, 2, 3, 4