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Instructional Leadership: The Challenges in High Schools and Pathways

Instructional Leadership: The Challenges in High Schools and Pathways. Daphannie Stephens Center for Urban School Leadership U.C. Berkeley Pathways Connections Drawn from W. Norton Grubb, “ Sunup to Sundown and Beyond: Leadership Challenges in High Schools and in Multiple Pathways ” .

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Instructional Leadership: The Challenges in High Schools and Pathways

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  1. Instructional Leadership:The Challenges in High Schools and Pathways Daphannie Stephens Center for Urban School Leadership U.C. Berkeley Pathways Connections Drawn from W. Norton Grubb, “Sunup to Sundown and Beyond: Leadership Challenges in High Schools and in Multiple Pathways”. Quality criteria 2.3, Instruction; 3.4, Professional Development; and 3.5, Qualified Staff.

  2. Restructuring high schools is not enough: “It’s about the teaching, in order to improve the learning. We can restructure our high schools as much as we like, but unless we improve the quality of teaching, we will not see achievement improve.” Bersin

  3. Conceptions of Education Chart from Multiple Pathways & the Future of Democracy by Rogers, Kahn, Middaugh 2008

  4. Features of “Instruction Focused” Schools • Classroom observation in many formats • Equity centered evidenced based practice • Individual feedback, guidance, coaching • Professional learning communities & differentiated PD • Problem-based collaboration among teachers • Focus on instruction in hiring, evaluation, meetings • Creatively intertwine district/state initiatives with site focus • Integrated standards based curriculum maps

  5. Pair Share What are the successes and challenges around instruction at your site?

  6. “Go Slow to Go Fast” • Situational analysis & micro-politics • Utilize adult learning theory • Share the challenge data • Find the appropriate entry point & leaders • Create structured time & agendas • Support the ongoing work • Agree upon: goals, expectations, language, behaviors, indicators of progress… • Use data to track implementation & impact

  7. Distributive Leadership & Collective Participation “Consistency of pedagogical approaches, which is highly desirable if students are taking classes linked to one another, is impossible without collective decisions…One challenge in implementing Multiple Pathways, then, is shifting from a conventional top-down organization to one that is more “organic” and participatory.” Challenging the Deep Structure of High School: Weak and Strong Versions of Multiple Pathways -W. Norton Grubb Beyond Tracking, 2008

  8. Use of Meeting Time

  9. The Boyle FrameworkTurning Failing Schools Around: Intervention in Inverse Proportion to Success by Alan Boyle Capacity for regeneration Willingness to change

  10. Taking It Back Consider the following questions: • How can you start to build a collaborative school culture? • How can you achieve a shared understanding of “evidence of rigor” in project based classrooms that you can see when doing walkthroughs & observations? Which question seems highest leverage for you & your school?

  11. Taking It Back Journal: Complete side one of the worksheet The “Criteria” can be one of the previous questions, discussion points or anything from related elements on the criteria tool

  12. Consultancy Grouping • Wall-to-wall pathways, academies, slc • Non wall-to-wall pathways in a comprehensive school • Small stand alone high school • Other And then • Principals • Assistant Principals

  13. Consultancy 1. Form cross district trios 2. Protocol Steps: • 4 minutes - Present your situation & question • 8 minutes - Discuss the presenters concern sharing ideas, questions, possible next steps • 3 minutes - Presenter shares new thinking 3. Select next presenter & start again!

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