1. Aspiring Principals Program
Boston public Schools ~
Office of educator effectiveness Session #1
April 4, 2013

2. Today’s Agenda Welcome & Introductions Overview of Program
Framing the work with Bolman & Deal
School profiles
Educator Evaluation: rubric & prioritization
Closing and Homework
Introduce ourselves
No Q & A section, but will post-its on tables, will collect questions throughout

3. Welcome and Introductions Overview of the Program
Introduce ourselves
No Q & A section, but will post-its on tables, will collect questions throughout

4. Framing the work with Bolman & Deal
Review the text silently, highlighting or using post-it notes to identify those parts of text that:
raise questions for you
confirm what you already believe
make you say, “Ah Ha”
conflict with your beliefs
cause you to reconsider prior assumptions
Choose two different “golden lines” that you want to share with the group.
Introduce ourselves
No Q & A section, but will post-its on tables, will collect questions throughout

5. School profiles
Read through the data with your group. If you were a new leadership team in this school, what are three strengths and three potential areas for growth that the data reveal? Using the language from the frames, prepare to present to the larger group as if you were presenting to your School Parent Council.
Introduce ourselves
No Q & A section, but will post-its on tables, will collect questions throughout

6. Educator Evaluation: the rubric & prioritization
Introduce ourselves
No Q & A section, but will post-its on tables, will collect questions throughout

7. How are district priorities reflected in the rubric?
District Priority
Element of rubric
Common-core shifts
Well-Structured Lessons
(I-A-4)
Data
Adjustments to Practice
(I-B-2)
Educator Effectiveness
Goal Setting
(IV-A-2)
Cultural Proficiency
Access to knowledge (II-D-3)
Family and Community Engagement
Parent/Family Engagement (III-A-1) and Two-way Communication (III-C-1)
This slide shows district priorities (with corresponding priority elements) ask participants to share current practices in their school which are linked to these priorities
Notes: Priority elements reflect academic priorities, and PD and supports will be provided around these elements. These elements should be used in making decisions relative to an overall rating on a standard. Other elements may also be used that are relative to a school / team goals when rating a standard.
Use these priority elements when helping people to plan to do their self-assessment.
The Acceleration Agenda should guide school goals and targets and should guide team and individual goals and targets. Professional Practice goals should be related to the priority elements on the rubric.
They should reflect in groups about this question on the bottom of the screen.
The district has 4 priorities :
data analysis
common core standards
differentiated instruction ---- there is a mistake in the slide. Note that participants should cross off cultural proficiency and instead write “differentiated instruction.”
teacher effectiveness

8. Educator Evaluation: the rubric & prioritization
Based on the data in the case studies, including the school’s self-assessment and goals reports, prioritize elements in the rubric for your case study school.
Explain why you made your decisions.
Introduce ourselves
No Q & A section, but will post-its on tables, will collect questions throughout

9. Closing and Homework
Include in your portfolio evidence / examples of your school’s own priorities and artifacts and how this was communicated to your staff. OR, based on the case study discussion today, what would you do or do differently?
Introduce ourselves
No Q & A section, but will post-its on tables, will collect questions throughout

10. Upcoming meetings, 3:00-6:00 pm
April 9
April 25
May 7
May 28
June 4
June 11
Make-up session

11. Feedback Please complete the Plus / Delta sheet
What was positive about today?
What would you change?

12. Resources: on the Weebly

13. Contacts
Ross Wilson Jared Joiner (jjoiner) Emily Kalejs Qazilbash (eqazilbash) Kris Taylor (ktaylor2)