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Unlocking Potential Through Effective School Leadership

Explore the pivotal role of effective instruction in driving student success, with a focus on fostering a sense of urgency in school leadership. Dive into strategies for enhancing student achievement, tackling referral rates, and addressing disparities in education. Discover the transformative power of systematic approaches and deep connections to the "why." Engage with practical solutions for sustainable change in school systems. Join the journey towards equitable and impactful educational leadership.

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Unlocking Potential Through Effective School Leadership

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  1. The Stars Align in School Leadership • Sarah Evans, Former Director of Special Education • Sr. Product Consultant, Voyager

  2. Common Core • Response to intervention IDEA/ESEA

  3. The single greatest determinant of learning is not socioeconomic factors or funding levels. • It i • It is instruction. • A bone-deep, institutional acknowledgement of this fact continues to elude us. • Schmoker, 2006

  4. 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

  5. Relevant Data • Referral Rates • Eligibility and Services • Student Achievement

  6. Our Reality • Demographics of District: • 43% White 39% Black

  7. 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

  8. What is Your Reality? • Generic Models

  9. Leadership • What’s YOUR “Why”? • I believe ALL means ALL. • No exceptions. • Connect DEEPLY with the “Why”

  10. Fullan has shown that real change is possible but only by taking a truly systematic approach. • Senge in Fullan, 2010

  11. Ready to Change School Boards Excellent Teachers Parents Administrators

  12. Immediate Fixes • Stop relying on Central Office • Be clear on non-negotiables • Focused accountability and monitor • Get the RIGHT people in the RIGHT places

  13. “The Plan” • Pre-referral interventions and process • Curriculum and Instruction (services) • Progress Monitoring • Achievement • IEP procedures (legal issues)

  14. Here’s How to Work “The Plan” • AT THE BUILDING LEVEL • Monitoring Due dates legal IEP • Pre-referral team reorganized (case manager)

  15. Here’s How to Work “The Plan” • Services (RISE) • Scheduling • Instruction (Tier 3 interventions)

  16. 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

  17. A student is the classroom right now! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a48fe_K6M80

  18. Questions? • Sarah Evans • sarah.evans@voyagerlearning.com

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