In the beginning you think. In the end you act. In between you negotiate the possibilities.
-Michael Quinn Patten
Before the beginning of the year:
Organize comprehensive school data into graphs and data profiles
Review and analyze data before first staff meeting
Beginning of the year:
Leadership team facilitates a whole staff meeting
complete a comprehensive analysis of strengths, challenges and implications
Use the problem solving cycle to obtain underlying causes of changes in student learning
After School Begins:
Determine or create Questionnaires to disperse
Include perceptions for staff, students, parents, and community members
Administer, Analyze and Monitor results and their impact on culture and student learning
Create, adapt or renew objectives, strategies, methods of measurement, leadership roles, specific timelines to implement, and monitoring and evaluation of the plan
Create the shared vision utilizing staff collaboration and commitment
Incorporate self-reflection processes to ensure smooth implementation in classrooms
develop specific professional learning opportunities on a shared calendar
a deep understanding of the ideas or changes being implemented
based on research literature or local best practices
Systems thinking, science of management implementation, research on knowledge transfer from theories to actual practice, and principles of capacity buildingĀ