1. System for Effective School Instruction
Division of School and District Effectiveness
Website

2. Rationale for Implementing a School-Level Instructional System
Trend data shows a need for instructional improvement
Provides school leadership with an explicit plan for implementing and monitoring effective instruction
Creates a shared vision of effective instruction
Guides how teachers plan and deliver instruction to students

3. Rationale for Implementing a School-Level Instructional System
A process or system for effective instruction is referenced throughout:
Georgia School Performance Standards
Georgia District Performance Standards
TKES Performance Standards
LKES Performance Standards

4. Who is responsible for STUDENT LEARNING?
Leaders
Develop and implement a schoolwide instructional system
Monitor teaching and learning
Provide coaching and professional learning support
Assess and improve the instructional system
Teachers
Plan and deliver effective instruction for every student
Monitor student learning
Provide enrichment and intervention
Improve instructional practices

5. System for Effective School Instruction
A Model for School Leaders to Build an Effective Instructional Program
Explicit Instruction (I Do)
Guided Practice (We Do)
Independent &/or Collaborative Learning (You Do)
Formative Assessment (We Check)
Check for Understanding
Analyze: Identify Strengths & Gaps
Provide Feedback
Adjust: Intervene & Enrich
Plan With A Team
Identify What Students Should Know & Do
Determine How Students Will Show They Know & Can Do
Use Planning Tools For Instruction
Reflect on What Did & Did Not Work
Adjust Planning, Implementation & Monitoring
Celebrate & Share Successes
Identify Next Steps
ASSESS
PLAN
IMPLEMENT
MONITOR
Ensure Student Success
Refine for Continuous Instructional Improvement
Prepare for Quality Instruction
Provide Quality Instruction
This model System for Effective Instruction aligns with the School Improvement Process.

6. Prepare for Quality Instruction
PLAN
Prepare for Quality Instruction
Plan with a Team
Identify What Students Should Know & Do
Determine How Students Will Show They Know & Can Do
Use Planning Tools for Instruction
The components listed under Plan are….

7. PLAN Sample Pages
The toolbox will be a living document housed on the SDE website.
Links to resources and tools, as well as the Leadership Guide to the Georgia School Performance Standards will provide Leadership teams with GaDOE and research –based instructional tools.
IT DOES NOT REPLACE LG – it is a companion piece.
The Leadership Guide is the “What” and the Toolbox is the “How”.
All school’s should have a system in place…this toolbox is only a model for those Leadership Teams that need an example to get them started.

8. Provide Quality Instruction
IMPLEMENT
Provide Quality Instruction
Explicit Instruction (Opening/I Do)
Guided Practice (Transition/We Do)
Independent &/or Collaborative Practice (Work Session/You Do)
Formative Assessment (Closing/We Check)

9. IMPLEMENT Sample Pages

10. Ensure Student Success
MONITOR
Ensure Student Success
Check for Understanding
Analyze: Identify Strengths & Gaps
Provide Feedback
Adjust: Intervene & Enrich

11. MONITOR Sample Pages

12. Refine for Continuous Instructional Improvement
ASSESS
Refine for Continuous Instructional Improvement
Reflect on What Did & Did Not Work
Adjust Planning, Implementation & Monitoring
Celebrate & Share Successes
Identify Next Steps

13. ASSESS Sample Pages

14. System for Effective School Instruction Self-Assessment Checklist
No Process
Developing Process
Implementing Process
Monitoring & Supporting Process

15. System for Effective School Instruction
Division of School and District Effectiveness