Instructional Leadership

STANDARD 2: INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP Education leaders shape a collaborative culture of teaching and learning informed by professional standards and focused on student and professional growth.

Element 2A: Professional Learning Culture Leaders promote a culture in which staff engages in individual and collective professional learning that results in their continuous improvement and high performance.

Element 2B: Curriculum and Instruction Leaders guide and support the implementation of standards-based curriculum, instruction, and assessments that address student expectations and outcomes.

Instructional Observation

In EDAD 614 I was given the opportunity to observe a colleague and provide them with feedback based on our district's instructional observation form. This lesson was given as part of instructional rounds that were being done for NGSS teaching practices. This process gave me the experience to feel comfortable providing feedback to other teachers, and going forward as a department chair, I have used this by making it a goal to get into classrooms this year and inviting others into my room to promote a culture of peer teaching and learning.

This Google Forms is the basis for how I collected data at the end of the 2016/17 school year to begin a conversation with my team on how to grow for the 2017/18 school year. The answers that my team gave have laid the foundation for our department meeting professional growth this year.

Leadership Case Study Assignment

This Case Study on a current administrator was also part of the EDAD 614 process. In looking at the workings of Mr. Baker, it was clear that his focus was on student and teacher growth for the good of all on campus. He also exhibits the attitude of professional growth, which reminds me that to require personal growth of others, you have to first be willing to pursue growth for yourself.

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