the stars align in school leadership
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The Stars Align in School Leadership. Sarah Evans , Former Director of Special Education Sr. Product Consultant, Voyager. Common Core. Response to intervention. IDEA/ESEA. The single greatest determinant of learning is not socioeconomic factors or funding levels. It i It is instruction. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The Stars Align in School Leadership
Sarah Evans, Former Director of Special EducationSr. Product Consultant, Voyager
• It i
• It is instruction.
• A bone-deep, institutional acknowledgement of this fact continues to elude us.
• Schmoker, 2006
The single greatest determinant of learning is not socioeconomic factors or funding levels.
Sense of Urgency•“A false sense of urgency gives action a
frantic feeling: running from meeting to meeting, producing volumes of paper, moving rapidly in circles, all with dysfuctional orientation...”
•John P. Cotter
•http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXrIoF-sVi8
Our Reality
•Demographics of District:
•43% White 39% Black
District
Enrollment 9, 297
%SpEd 17%16%
Achievement Gap
40%
Brutal Reality•Referral Rates
✴37% of LD referrals were for White students
✴63% of the referrals were for Black students
✴73% of the referrals were for students qualifying for Free-Reduced Lunch
✴56% of the referrals were for Black students qualifying for FRL
Leadership
•What’s YOUR “Why”?
•I believe ALL means ALL.
•No exceptions.
•Connect DEEPLY with the “Why”
•Senge in Fullan, 2010
Fullan has shown that real
change is possible but only by
taking a truly systematic
approach.
Immediate Fixes
✴Stop relying on Central Office
✴Be clear on non-negotiables
✴Focused accountability and monitor
✴Get the RIGHT people in the RIGHT places
“The Plan”
✴Pre-referral interventions and process
✴Curriculum and Instruction (services)
✴Progress Monitoring
✴Achievement
✴ IEP procedures (legal issues)
Here’s How to Work “The Plan”
•AT THE BUILDING LEVEL
✴Monitoring Due dates legal IEP
✴Pre-referral team reorganized (case manager)
Interesting read...•All Systems Go: The Change Imperative for
Whole System Reform, Michael Fullan, 2010
•District Leadership that Works: Striking the Right Balance, Robert J. Marzano and Timothy Waters
•21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, John C. Maxwell
•How Successful People Think, John C. Mazwell
•A Sense of Urgency, John P. Kotter
A student is the classroom right
now!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a48fe_K6M80