2015 READY Fall Principals Meeting Empowering Environments to GROW – Oh the Places You Will GO! November 10, 2015 in Asheville Facilitator: Dr. James C. Ellerbe

Agenda Introductions Purpose 360 Degree Feedback Process Initial Support Meeting The 5 A’s: Acclamation, Appeal, Arrangement, Action and Advisement Wrap-Up

Introductions 1st – Find a partner and share with them your full name. 2nd – Tell them why your parents gave you your middle name. If you do not, have a middle name, then share with them why you were named your first name. 3rd – Share what you expect to learn from the Empowering Environments to GROW – Oh the Places You Will GO!

Purpose The 5 A’s for growing teachers toward instructional excellence: The quality of classroom teachers is a crucial component for students' success. To guarantee quality, administrators need to cultivate the educational environment to ensure strong and sustained teacher growth. In this session, principals, administrators and aspiring educational leaders will receive tools to enhance their practice for assuring the best performance from their teachers. Through Acclamation, Appeal, Arrangement, Action and Advisement, educators are equipped to grow and retain their most valuable asset in the educational process – the teacher.

Empowering an Environment to Grow 360 Degree Feedback Process Initial Support Meeting AcclamationAppealArrangementActionAdvisement

Initial Support Meeting STRATEGIES: Begin with the End in Mind – Student Achievement! Ensure teachers understand the North Carolina Teacher Evaluation Process (NCTEP). {Self Assessment, PDP, SMART goals, Evaluation Timeline, etc.} Support teachers by outlining your expectations for teaching and learning. {Hire and Retain Like-Minded Teachers who Align with you.} Find out what are the teacher’s expectations for teaching and learning. {Coach teachers to set standards with equity in mind. For example, grading practices.} Ensure the curriculum, instructional design and assessments practices align to support teacher effectiveness and student learning. {Be Involved.} Analyze data to develop and implement targeted professional learning. {Design PLCs with specific tasks and like courses/classes/teams.} Ask questions to provoke critical thinking skills. {Have all needed materials available and ready.} Identify and develop resources for continuous educator growth and improvement. {No Overnight Wonders.} Initial Support Meeting AcclamationAppealArrangementActionAdvisement

Initial Support Meeting STRATEGIES: Initial Support Meeting AcclamationAppealArrangementActionAdvisement

Initial Support Meeting STRATEGIES: Initial Support Meeting AcclamationAppealArrangementActionAdvisement Pre- Conference Date Observation Date Post- Conference Date Principal Pre- Conference Date Observation Date Post- Conference Date Assistant Principal #1 BT1Finch, Jean CareerButler, Rhett BT1Prior, Tris CareerCarraway, Nick BT1Radley, Arthur CareerClark, John BT2Cage, Penn CareerCross, Alex BT2Everdeen, Katniss CareerDuncan, Eve BT2Granger, Hermione CareerGatsby, Jay Lateral EntryEffie, Trinket CareerLangdon, Robert Lateral EntryWilliams, Abigail CareerScarpetta, Kay Pre- Conference Date Observation Date Post- Conference Date Assistant Principal #2 Pre- Conference Date Observation Date Post- Conference Date Peer Observer CareerProctor, John BT4Brigance, Jake CareerPrynne, Hester BT4Chillingsworth, R CareerRigsbee, Mattie BT4Potter, Harry CareerSpade, Sam BT3Clark, Abilieen BT3Ryan, Jack 2015 – 2016 North Carolina Teacher Evaluation Process (NCTEP) for Bonniesville High School Round #1 [ September 4 – October 12]

Acclamation STRATEGIES: What are 3 notable things about my teacher? List and Rehearse them. Use data to back up your acclamation. For example, student surveys, growth/proficiency increases on common assessments, etc. Leave a note during the classroom walkthrough process. Video and share expected teaching and learning outcomes with the staff. Allow opportunities for the teacher to share and practice with colleagues. Organize and showcase a celebratory program. Initial Support Meeting AcclamationAppealArrangementActionAdvisement

Acclamation STRATEGIES: Now it’s your turn, share with a partner ways you show acclamation with a teacher one-on-one and as a whole. Initial Support Meeting AcclamationAppealArrangementActionAdvisement

Appeal STRATEGIES: Identify and use data sources that appeal to a teacher’s need to grow. Initial Support Meeting AcclamationAppealArrangementActionAdvisement

Arrangement STRATEGIES: Ensure alignment of the curriculum, lesson plan and assessment. Coach the teacher in using the lesson plan template effectively. Coach teachers to be intentional about their action steps by stating them clearly and concisely before moving to practice. Have the teacher to list the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy questions for students to ensure consistency. Ensure teachers have adequate time to script and plan activities for learning. Assist the teacher in anticipating what students could say/do incorrectly during the planning process. Teach teachers to always provide students with an exemplar. Identify the method that will be used to determine whether or not the students “got it!” Initial Support Meeting AcclamationAppealArrangementActionAdvisement

Arrangement STRATEGIES: Initial Support Meeting AcclamationAppealArrangementActionAdvisement

Action STRATEGIES: Practice makes Perfect! What are the most important actions you model and take/want to see in the students? Use both quantitative and qualitative data to notate actions. For example, when you asked all students to identify the theme in the story, 11 out of 15 where able….In the cooperative learning groups, 4 out of the 5 students observed were able to articulate how the math word problem was setup to find the mean. Go for Evidence and Not Opinion!!! Initial Support Meeting AcclamationAppealArrangementActionAdvisement

Action STRATEGIES: It’s time to do the Evidence or Opinion Activity Initial Support Meeting AcclamationAppealArrangementActionAdvisement

Advisement STRATEGIES: Are you using data from multiple assessments of student learning and examination of profession practices to monitor and adjust instruction? Support teachers in developing a systematic review process. Re-evaluate whether or not the lesson plan was aligned to the curriculum. Allow wait time for the teacher to do his/her own analysis. Keep your tone neutral, calm and positive while analyzing data and allow the teachers to share finding with your guidance. Acknowledge the teacher’s data analysis contributions. Identify next steps. Initial Support Meeting AcclamationAppealArrangementActionAdvisement

Wrap-Up  Closing thoughts For additional information