IMPLEMENTING THE COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS: THE ROLE OF SCHOOL LEADERS

Dr. Paul FlemingDeputy Assistant Commissioner, Teachers and Leaders

Tennessee Department of Education

Agenda Items

Leadership shifts in Revised Administrator Evaluation Rubric

Common Core Implementation Backward Design Model

TOSS/BFK/TDOE Common Core and Administrator Evaluation Crosswalk

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Participating Pilot Districts in 2013-14

Davidson County Decatur County Franklin County Jackson-Madison County Lexington City Milan SSD Putnam County Trousdale County Wilson County Union County

Key Leadership ShiftsFROM… TO…

Building manager and sole instructional leader

Focus on evaluation checklist and scores

Emphasis on individual planning for teachers

Primary focus of hiring, placement, and retention of teachers based on years of experience and possession of degree

One-time, external provider of professional development targeting whole faculty

Shared leadership model Coaching, with relevant and timely

feedback to improve practice for all Collaborative planning with structures

that provide support and a strong focus on best practices

Placement decisions based on analysis of relevant teacher level data and student outcomes

Sustained, job-embedded, and personalized professional learning driven by student achievement data and relevant to adult learner needs

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Importance of Leadership

“If you attempt to implement reforms but fail to engage the culture of a school, nothing will change.” --Seymour Sarason

An effective principal accounts for 25 percent of a school’s impact on student gains, while teacher effectiveness accounts for 33 percent.

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Common Core Implementation Model

What student learning behaviors must change to ensure college and career readiness?

What teacher instructional behaviors must change to drive the student learning behaviors that will ensure college and career readiness?

What principal leadership behaviors must change to foster the teacher instructional behaviors required to drive student learning behaviors that will ensure college and career readiness?

What district supports for ensuring college and career readiness must change?

How do you see your role in supporting Common Core implementation and College and Career Readiness for all students?

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TOSS/BFK/TDOE Administrator Evaluation Crosswalk

Crosswalk Task: For each schoolwide change in the left hand column, use the matching evaluation rubric indicators to identify and discuss specific examples of evidence and supports necessary for successful implementation of the Tennessee Common Core Standards.

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TOSS/BFK/TDOE Administrator Evaluation Crosswalk

Crosswalk Task: For the schoolwide change “Culture” in the left hand column, use the evaluation rubric indicator assigned to your group to identify and discuss specific examples of evidence and supports necessary for successful implementation of the Tennessee Common Core Standards.

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School-wide Changes

#1 – Culture#2 – Literacy Instruction#3 – Text Complexity & Informational Text#4 – Close Reading and Text-based Response#5 – Writing Across Content Areas#6 – Mathematics Instruction

#7 – Student Engagement & Collaboration#8 – Instructional Time #9 – Create-and-Learn vs. Sit-and-Get #10 – Professional Learning#11 – Assessment#12 – Technology Integration

Three Critical Questions

What will be the impact of these changes on the evaluation process?

What challenges will these present for new/current principals?

What levels of support will be needed for both leaders and staff?

Exit Card

On your exit card, share two things:

1. Something you learned that helps you frame your work

2. Something else you need to support your work