1. Jackie Wilson Gary Bloom Jill Baker Kelly An Damaries Blondonville
A Model Approach To Enhancing Leadership Skills through Professional Development
Jackie Wilson
Gary Bloom
Jill Baker
Kelly An
Damaries Blondonville

3. Agenda Lab Day Long Beach Unified School District
Prince Georges County School District
Table Talk & Discussion

4. The Long Beach Principal Supervisor Lab Day Journey
Principal Supervisor Summit
May 2017
Dr. Jill Baker - Deputy Superintendent of Schools
Dr. Kelly An - Director, Leadership Development

5. Components of the LBUSD Principal Supervisor PLC
Principal Supervisor Lab Days
Collaboration & Planning (Monthly Meetings)
Unified supervision approach and systems development
Problem solving and sharing to improve craft and system approach
Executive Coaching - skills/disposition
Instructional Leadership Coaching - in support of Principals in their teaching and learning goal attainment
Professional learning alongside Curriculum Leaders
Jill

6. Journey of the LBUSD Lab Day
Pre-PLC
-Blended Coach training and/or certification for all Principal Supervisors
-Principal Supervisors as effective Principals prior to role of Principal Supervisor
-High variation of practice across levels
-Not anchored in an identified system
-Internally developed Principal Evaluation System
PLC Year 1
-K-12 Principal Supervisor PLC initiated
-Learning “in a classroom”
-Building a systematic coaching based approach to supervision and evaluation
-Implementation of Principal Evaluation System
PLC Year 2
-Connection to Collaborative Inquiry Visit Process
-Consultant Facilitator
-Principal “front and center”
-Problem of Practice
-Live Coaching Session
- “Safe” school selection
-QIT refined Lab Day
PLC Year 3
-Intentional focus on specific Domains of Principal practice
-Focus on Principal Supervisor Skill Development
-Intensified Blended Coaching practice
-Follow-up Coaching Session w/ Principal
-Principal Supervisor reflection & commitment
- “Bold” School selection
Jill

7. The LBUSD Lab Day Context
Focused Learning
Principal Performance Domains: Teaching & Learning; Strategy & Planning; Supervision, Evaluation and Employee Development
What are the needs within this school and how might I [Principal Supervisor] increase my ability to support this school?
Authentic, Job Embedded Practice
Live coaching and feedback
Practice for bi-monthly site visits
Continuous Improvement
Finding solutions together - central office issues and school support needs
Developing “systemness” across Principal Supervisors
Jill

8. Lab Day: Case Study & Problem-Solving
Peer group and support staff collaboration to increase effectiveness of support to an individual or group of Principals
-Case study of individual Principal through the year
Example: Support for a Year 3 Principal who is struggling
-Collaborating on an issue among Principals that has surfaced
Example: Principals lack of knowledge in Mathematical Teaching Practices
Kelly

9. Lab Day: Principal Supervisor Leadership & Coaching Practice
Opening presentation
Demonstration of connectedness to school and principal through development of the Principal Supervisor’s problem of practice
Principal Supervisor shares Principal’s summary
Coaching Practice
Strategic practice of coaching through classroom observations and “in the moment feedback” as a model for what coaching looks like during bi-monthly site visits
Host Principal Supervisor engages with the Host Principal, while all other Principal Supervisors participate in coaching practice with one another
Kelly

10. Lab Day: Debrief & Reflection Practices
Principal Supervisor group expertise - “The answer is in the room.”
Host Principal Supervisor as active listener
All Principal Supervisors offer potential next steps to Host Principal Supervisor and name the schools in their supervision cohort that are similar to the host school
All Principal Supervisors make a follow-up commitment related to their own professional learning
Kelly

11. LBUSD Lessons Learned
All components of Lab Day should focus on Principal Supervisors’ skill development and the building of “systemness” across Principal Supervisors (e.g. norming, calibration)
All Principal Supervisors should be challenged to fully engage in the Lab Day through intentionally designed components (e.g. individual reflection, contribution to problem-solving)
The Lab Day should represent a space for Principal Supervisors to test their working knowledge, be vulnerable in the own development and stretch themselves as learners (e.g. peer to peer feedback)
Kelly

12. Considering Impact of Efforts
Principal Performance
VAL-ED data
Principals’ summative evaluation data
Principal Supervisor 360 Survey
Pilot survey data trends
Jill

13. LBUSD Next Steps
Implementation of the Principal Supervisor Evaluation System Framework and system tools
Lab Day QIT to review input from all Principal Supervisors for refinement of Lab Day in
Use Principal Supervisor survey data and observational data to differentiate support and plan for professional development
Formalize the process for peer coaching and observations
Continued focus on development of leadership disposition through internal and external structures (e.g. executive coaching)
Jill

14. Coherence Framework Drivers
Culture
Systems
Structures
Stakeholders
Resources

15. PGCPS Components of Leadership Development
Succession Planning
Coaching Continuum
Enhanced Leader Tracking System (LTS) Development
Evaluation Improvement
Professional Learning Experiences
Explicit and Transparency of our Practices
The Data Wise Process
The Overwhelming Importance of Culture

16. Prince George’s County Lab Day-Purpose
Provide principal supervisors and principal coaches with an authentic opportunity to reflect on their work;
Calibrate and enhance their coaching skills in service to principals; and
Contribute to a consistent approach to principal supervision across the district.

17. Prince George’s County Lab Day –Components
Opening
School Walkthrough and Coaching Practice
Debrief
Professional Development
The purpose of the opening session is to provoke principal supervisors and principal coaches to consider a principal with similar strengths/challenges who he/she works with to have in mind during the Lab Day. The opening ends with a focus question for the classroom visit. Participants will gain a greater understanding of the Area Office and school’s data journey. The purpose of this component of the Lab Day is for principal supervisors to practice coaching a principal following each classroom visit. Throughout the visits the visitors are expected to raise questions as well as notice patterns in teaching and learning The purpose of this component is to assist the host principal supervisor in considering how to best support the host school and to consider other schools in the district that are in need of the same support.
To contribute to a consistent approach to principal supervision across the district.

18. PGCPS Coaching Continuum
Coaching Models:
L. Lipton & B. Wellman
Gallup StrengthsFinder
NAESP Certification Program

19. COACHING CONVERSATIONS
Associate Superintendent and Instructional Director
Instructional Director and Principal
Principal and Assistant Principal
Assistant Principal and Department Chair

20. Table Talk

21. Steps Your District Can Take to Develop School Leaders