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Standard 2
Principals/assistant principals set high standards for the professional practice of 21st century instruction and assessment that result in a no-nonsense accountable environment. They must be knowledgeable of best instructional and school practices and must use this knowledge to cause the creation of collaborative structures within the school for the design of highly engaging schoolwork for students, the on-going peer review of this work, and the sharing of this work throughout the professional community.
2a. Focus on Learning and Teaching, Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment: The principal/assistant principal leads the discussion about standards for curriculum, instruction and assessment based on research and best practices in order to establish and achieve high expectations for students.
This year, the math department was presented wtih new curriculum. During our Leadership sessions in June, each administrator was given a copy of one grade levels teaching guids and student text and consumables.
We also implemented an Essentials of English course as well as a Foundations Math course to serve incoming Freshman who were already behind in the grade level standards due to COVID outages and virtual instruction from last year.
With the addition of courses as well as new curriculum, math and ELA PLC's continue to work hard to align their instruction, develop pacing and put interventions into place for those on MTSS plans. An administrator is assigned to each PLC and present for the data and pacing discussions.
My main area of focus for both PLC's is the MTSS portion and scheduling interventions. I work with the teachers to ensure their intervention groups have been rostered and appear in FlexTime Manager for students.
2b. Focus on Instructional Time: The principal/assistant principal creates processes and schedules which protect teachers from disruption of instructional or preparation time.
This has been an exceptionally challenging year with teacher shortages and COVID quarantines. Teachers at our school have a four block schedule with one block set aside for planning. We have asked for volunteers to teach a fourth block for additional compensation. Many teachers agreed to teach for all four blocks. We have also created a list of teachers who volunteered to cover classes during their planning for sick days and unplanned absences (also with compensation).
While this has alleviated some of our shortage problems, it has not facilitated protected time. One solution was to fully implement a three-block SMART lunch which went into effect in January, 2022. This provided teachers with a 30-minute lunch time and the opportunity to provide students with quiet rooms or study halls in their classrooms. In the SMART lunch schedule there are PLC times for each subject area, eliminating the need to have PLC's during after school hours.
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