School Leadership

Developing a Partnership Agreement Between a Coach and Principal

Tool from the National Staff Development Council

Partnership Agreement Map: a tool from Coaching Matters by Killion, Harrison, Bryan and Clifton

Tool 9.3 provides a template for a partnership agreement map for instructional coaches and principals

Video: Why Principals Must Support Coaches

By Jim Knight, Instructional Coaching Group

Don't be a hero

By John Hattie

Article in Leader in ASCL's Leader Magazine discussing the type of leadership needed to make change.

A Shift in School Culture

By Robert Eaker

The challenge of changing culture is the challenge of changing behavior.

Reimagining Walkthroughs

By Ross Cooper

While there are many ways for a school or district to enhance its walkthrough procedures, reimagining the form used for collecting and sharing the information can be a valuable first step.

The Myth of Walkthroughs: 8 Unobserved Practices in Classrooms

By Peter DeWitt

In schools where walkthroughs are done correctly, teachers and leaders work together, have agreed upon or co-constructed the "look for" that should be taking place in the classrooms, and have dialogue around the feedback.

Eight Mind Frames

An Excerpt from John Hattie

The claim is that teachers and school leaders who develop these ways of thinking are more likely to have major impacts on student learning.

Do Leaders Really Need to Be Content Experts?

By Peter DeWitt

Although leaders should always be able to have knowledge of content being taught, there are far more important items to spend their time on in their daily practices.