BYBRIAN BEIERLE

WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

Enhancing Leadership Teaming with Indistar

Learning Outcomes

As a result of this session, participants will be able to…

Understand team structures and effective teaming processes

Support effective leadership teaming with Indistar

Locate features and tools within Indistar to improve the effectiveness of leadership team meetings

Successful Change

Clear visionAn empowered leaderA team structure

Systems Learn

“Continuous learning depends on developing many leaders in order to enhance continuity. It also depends on schools being confident in the

face of complexity, and open to new ideas.”(Fullan, 2008)

Creating Teams, Not Groups

Collective responsibilityCommon goalsShared vision

Teams

Teams

"A group of people working interdependently to accomplish a common goal for which all members are held mutually accountable." -DuFour, DuFour,

Eaker, & Many (2006)

An Analogy

STATE TEAM

DISTRICT TEAM

SCHOOL TEAM

Framework for Success

School Leadership Team (Buffum, Mattos, Weber, 2012)

Unite and

coordinate the school’s collectiv

e improve

ment efforts

Intervention Team

Focused on

intensive

supports

Instructional Teams

Universal instruction & additional supports

Why a Leadership Team?

RationaleEffective leadership is essential to the

development and continuing improvement of any organization.

("Characteristics of Successful Schools")

Leadership should not reside with one individual; a team approach to planning and decision making allows for distributive leadership.

(Marzano, 2003)

Key Ideas

Leadership roles are assumed by a variety of persons

Leaders demonstrate knowledge, respect, and responsiveness

School leaders expect-and hold staff accountable for-challenging all students with a rigorous, culturally relevant curriculum and for demonstrating high expectations for each student

School leaders ensure that each school has financial, material, and programmatic resources

("Characteristics of Successful Schools")

InstructionInstruction

Fam

ily &

Com

mun

ity

Invo

lvem

ent

Family & Community Involvement

Learning Climate

Professional Capacity

Instructional LeadershipGoal setting

The principal and leadership team collaborate to

establish and communicate instructional goals for

school success.

Resource management

The leadership team allocates and manages resources to support the

school’s instructional program.

Shared leadershipSchool staff share

leadership responsibilities and participate in decision

making that advancesthe school’s

mission.

The Essential Supports for School Improvement ; Consortium on Chicago School Research, 2006: http://ccsr.uchicago.edu

The Work of a Leadership Team: A Process

Plan

Implement

MonitorRevise

Assess

Laba, 2011

The Process in Reality

PlanImplem

ent

MonitorRevise

Assess

High Quality Teaming

Regular and well-attended team meetingsFocused and difficult discussionsCulture of Candor - honest and reflective self-

examinationOpenness for and commitment to creativitySincere and collaborative effortUse of protocols and consistent

documentation

Accountability to students and to each other

Willingness to polish the craft together with high expectations for the adults

Judge ideas, not people

Openness to the data about student outcomes and about the practices that contribute to the outcomes

Transparency

Teams: Culture of Candor

School Leadership Team Processes

Lead and support the implementation of instructional improvement efforts with a leadership team.

Use a meaningful process to develop plans and give feedback to staff.

Revise the plan and implementation efforts based on district goals, review and feedback.

School improvement is complicated…

Indistar Supports Teams

Utilize the Wise Ways research

Engage in a culture of candor

Acquire a deep understanding of the practice

• WORKSHEETS & AGENDAS• WISE WAYS®• INDICATORS NOW!• INDICATORS IN ACTION• ASSESSING INDICATORS OF EFFECTIVE PRACTICE

Tools to Assist the Teaming Process

Where can we plan a meeting?

• Choose ‘Plan Your Meeting’ from the main menu screen

• Click on Meeting Agenda Setup

Indistar

Worksheets...

Blank worksheets for each indicator may be printed to use for note-taking, as the team discusses and decides on implementation and/or creates a plan and tasks

Reflect

1. What is the straight-forward, literal meaning and intent of the indicator?

2. How would we know the extent to which the indicator is implemented?

3. What data must be analyzed to determine the level of implementation?

4. What does it look like now?

Wise Ways®

The process manager should print or

export and email a copy of each Wise Ways® to the team members a few days prior to the meeting, so they have time to

evaluate exactly what the research says.

Indicators Now!

•Video series for each indicator

•Review of best practices

•Build context

Indicators in Action

•Explanation of indicators

•Courses

•Examples of best practices

•Tools & Templates

Lots of Reports!

Some helpful reports…

Comprehensive Plan Report: Detailed activity of the school team’s work on the

improvement plan including assessments, plans, tasks, monitoring

Tasks Report: Gives detailed information for all tasks including the

assigned team member and target date for completion.Accomplishments Report:

Shows indicators that were assessed as fully implemented or the objective has been met within the last year, the last two years, or the last three years. This report allows a school or district to show their achievements within those time periods.

Q & A

BRIAN BEIERLEWISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC

INSTRUCTION(608)267.1281

BRIAN.BEIERLE@DPI .WI .GOV

Thank You!

Resources

Buffum, A., M. Mattos, and C. Weber. Simplifying response to intervention: Four essential guiding principles. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree, 2012. Print.

"Building Effective Leadership Teams: A Practitioner’s Look." www.centerii.org. Center on Innovation & Improvement. Web. 4 Mar 2013. <http://bit.ly/105RFx8>.

"Characteristics of Successful Schools." Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction - Title I & School Support. Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, n.d. Web. 4 Mar 2013. 

Dufour, R., R. Dufour, R. Eaker, and T. Many. Learning by Doing: A handbook for professional learning communities at work. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree, 2006. Print.

DuFour, R., and R. J. Marzano. Leaders of learning, how district, school, and classroom leaders improve student achievement. Solution Tree, 2012. Print.

Fullan, M. (2001). Leading in a culture of change. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Fullan, M.. "The Role of the Principal in School Reform." The New Meaning of Educational Change. . 3rd Edition. Toronto: Teachers College Press, Print.

Fullan, M. The six secrets of change:what the best leaders do to help their organizations survive and thrive. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass , 2008. Print.

Resources

Goodwin, Bryan. "Implementation Counts." Educational Leadership . 69.2 (Oct., 2011): 82-83. Print.

Gorham, Mary, Matia Finn-Stevenson, and Beth Lapin. “Enriching School Leadership Development Through Coaching: Research and Practice Issue Brief." www.yale.edu. The School of the 21st Century, Yale University, Spring 2008. Web. 25 Jun 2012. <http://www.yale.edu/21c/documents/2008_Spring_Leadership_IssueBrief_Rev.pdf>.

"Indistar Overview." www.indistar.org. Indistar. Web. 4 Mar 2013. <www.indistar.org>.

Laba, K. Coaching for School Improvement: A Guide for Coaches an Their Supervisors. Lincoln, IL: Academic Development Institute, 2011. Print.

"Live Reports." www.indistar.org. Indistar. Web. 4 Mar 2013. <www.indistar.org>.

Marzano, R. J. What works in schools, translating research into action. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision &

Curriculum Development, 2003. Print.

The Essential Supports for School Improvement ; Consortium on Chicago School Research, 2006: http://ccsr.uchicago.edu

"Teaming and Roles." www.indistar.org. Indistar. Web. 4 Mar 2013. <www.indistar.org>.