Superintendent’s Zone Mission DistrictInstructional Leadership Team Network

Session #1

Karling Aguilera-FortRegina Piper

November 12, 2014

Welcome Teams!

Bryant Buena Vista Horace

MannCesar ChavezLeonard FlynnSanchez

Warm up

(4 minutes)Read the quotes on the back of your agenda from

Professional Capital by Andy Hargreaves and Michael Fullan.

(4 minutes)Underline a phrase or sentence and jot down a personal

connection you make to this Find a partner from another school, introduce yourself

Discuss

Session Outcomes

Begin to develop a Theory of Action that will address the needs of identified focal students within each school and across the SZMD

Identify the leadership actions that are required in order to address the academic and social emotional needs of our focal students

Continue to strengthen relational trust among members of our SZMD ILTs and identify ways of building relational trust with our focal group of students

Feedback and Adjustments

You Liked…Flexibility and support for school

teams to work togetherSharing across school teams

You Wanted…Alignment and consistency among the

various meeting structures zone and school-wide

Adjustments…We have initiated the alignment between systems, processes and documents (BSC, SQII, CORE and Networks)

Agenda

3:00-3:20 Warm-up, Welcome, Overview

3:20-4:30 Site team Planning

4:35-5:25 Cross-School Sharing

5:25-5:30 Feedback/Closing

Norms

Stay engaged (Be Present)

Trust the process and assume best intentions

(Keep equity at the center and be part of the solution)

Equity of Voice

SZMD ILT Network 2014-15

Zone Priority:

Accelerate the learning of our ELs and African-American students by…..Monitoring the progress of our Focal Student Groups

(LTELs/AAs)

Regularly analyzing student work & data in order to inform our actions to support students

Continuously improving the impact of our individual and collective actions on student achievement and emotional well-being

Student’s Experiences in Classrooms

Accelerate the achievement for our EL and African-American students

Teacher PracticesStudent-Centered

Learning EnvironmentPedagogical Framework

Shared LeadershipStrengthened by an engaged and high-functioning ILT

Relational Trust

ILTs in

Action

Theory of Action for SZMD Leadership Learning Network

If We…….

Focus on a Problem of Practice

Support schools to be intentional about their instructional priorities, and align all their actions to these priorities

Create a space that allows shared leadership and shared responsibility

Provide opportunities for staff to work together in this setting and increase relational trust among and across teams

Then….

We will accelerate the learning of our African-American, Latino and English Learner students.

Site Team Time

1. As a team discuss, enhance and understand the site Data Story, Equity Dilemma & Problem of Practice developed by the IRF and/or other team members(10 min) 2. Write a brief statement that explains the rationale for selecting these focal students (5 min.)3. Get to know your focal students using data (30 min.) Consider the following:

• What patterns/trends become apparent?• What assumptions can you make based on these?

4. Begin to construct a Theory of Action for focal students (25 min)

Theory of Action for Focal Students“If we…, then our focal students will…”

If we (teachers, support staff, all staff within the school):

 

*School –Wide Systemic Use of Data

 *Teacher Collaboration

*Professional Development 

*InstructionalCoaching

 

 

If teachers, within each classroom: Instruction & Assessment:(CCSS and SEL)

 

 

Then, our focal students will demonstrate: Academic (outcomes & measures):

  

Social-emotional learning (SEL) (outcomes & measures):

 

 

Sharing ProtocolTeam #1:

Presents site Problem of Practice (POP), rationale for focal student group and Theory of Action for focal students (5min/7min)

Partner Team(s):

Consider what you heard/did not hear re: instructional strategies (academic and SEL), measurements/ways of monitoring & making adjustments: Clarifying Questions (3min/5min) Probing Questions (5min/7min)

Team #1: Reflection/Response (2min/4min)

Total time: 15 minutes/23 minutes

Switch!

Sharing Groups

1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round

Bryant Chavez BVHM

Flynn Sanchez

Final ILT Team Check-in

Think about the school wide systems that exist, how will you engage your colleagues and develop a shared commitment to this work back at your site to address the needs of your focal students?

For CORE Pairing Teams: What next steps are needed to support your work? Who will be involved? When? (some upcoming events: BVHM Rounds 11/19, ILT Network Meeting 1/14, Bryant Rounds, 1/21)

Closing & Next Steps

THANK YOU FOR YOUR THOUGHTFUL WORK!Homework Share your work with your ILT/staff back at your sitesContinue to develop your Theory of Action for focal

studentsIdentify/collect evidence of your work to address focal

student needs

AnnouncementsNext ILT Meeting: January 21, 2015

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Superintendent’s Zone Mission DistrictInstructional Leadership Team Network

Session #1

Karling Aguilera-FortRegina Piper

November 12, 2014