1. Southern Oregon Educational Service District Supporting School Leadership Oregon Leadership Network April 9, 2008 Kathy McCollum Barry Vitcov

2. Supporting School Leadership What must we do to sustain a school leader’s professional learning community?

3. Supporting School Leadership Purpose The SOESD will support the continued development of school leaders with an integrated system of professional development that includes a series of seminars, leadership coaching, and a professional learning community for coaches.

4. Supporting School Leadership What do school leaders need to learn?

5. Supporting School Leadership Yeah for learning?

6. Supporting School Leadership “…research indicates that school leadership has a substantial effect on student achievement and provides guidance for experienced and aspiring administrators alike.” - Marzano, Waters, McNulty School Leadership that Works

7. Supporting School Leadership ▪ Leadership Institute ▪ Coaching/Mentoring ▪ Supporting Coaches/Mentors

8. Supporting School Leadership A Word from Binky

9. Supporting School Leaders External Supports ▪ Coach ▪ Leadership Institute (PLC) ▪ Graduate Programs ▪ Family & Friends Internal Supports ▪ Mentor ▪ Supervisor ▪ Colleagues ▪ Site Resources Shaky Ground

10. Supporting School Leadership Anything missing? Pushback?

11. Supporting School Leadership Leadership Institute Ten half-day sessions that focus on the skills and processes necessary for successful school leadership – particularly the nuts and bolts faced by new and veteran school leaders.

12. Supporting School Leadership Leadership Institute Modules 1. Culture and Climate 2. Time Management & Delegation 3. Meeting Facilitation 4. Decision Making 5. Supervision: Formative Assessment

13. Supporting School Leadership Leadership Institute Modules 6. Evaluation: Summative Assessment 7. Using Data 8. Professional Learning Communities 9. Recruitment, Staffing, & Working with New Teachers 10. Vision & Leadership Style

14. Supporting School Leadership CLASS Coaching Leaders to Attain School Success New Teacher Center at University of California Santa Cruz Leadership Division

15. Supporting School Leadership Blended Coaching

16. Supporting School Leadership CLASS ▪ Three-day training ▪ Blended Coaching Strategies ▪ Range of Tools & Resources ▪ Supported by a Learning Community

17. Supporting School Leadership CLASS Training Components Include: ▪ Needs of beginning principals ▪ Effective standards-based leadership ▪ Entering the coaching relationship ▪ Facilitative, instructional, collaborative, consultative, transformational coaching

18. Supporting School Leadership CLASS Training Components Include: ▪ Effective listening & questioning ▪ Effective feedback ▪ Emotional intelligence ▪ Cultural proficiency

19. Supporting School Leadership CLASS Training Components Include: ▪ Individual & Organizational Mood ▪ Dispositions ▪ Self-awareness & bias ▪ Analyzing systems

20. Supporting School Leadership CLASS Network of School Leadership Coaches An ongoing professional learning community focused on the continuous development of coaching knowledge and skills.

21. Supporting School Leadership CLASS Network strategies & activities include: ▪ Conducting self-assessments and creating action plans ▪ Case studies ▪ Coaching practice with guided feedback ▪ Coaching in varied contexts, including low- performing schools

22. Supporting School Leadership Table Talk Determine what questions you have developed during the course of this presentation in response to “What must be done to sustain a school leader’s professional learning community?”

23. Supporting School Leadership For more information, contact: Kathy McCollum Director, School Improvement Southern Oregon Educational Service District (541) 245-4629 kathy_mccollum@soesd.k12.or.us Barry Vitcov Educational Consultant Certified CLASS Coach (541) 482-3299 Barry.Vitcov@gmail.com