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1.1 Learning Community The district/charter holder commits administrative support and professional development to create a student-centered, teacher-led learning community. 
Level of Performance: Exceeds Standards
Related Resources Tools NEW! A Coherent Approach to High School Improvement: A District and School Self-Assessment Tool This tool was created to help districts and schools assess their current high school education policies and practices, identify areas of strengths and limitations, and implement coherent school reform initiatives. Author: Lindsay Fryer and Amy Johnson Publication Date: 2011 Publisher: National High School Center Dialogue Guide for Facilitators Dialogue Guides are models for conducting interactive discussions across stakeholders in states and districts. These packages make new use of dependable and publicly available information. Each Guide circulates a common set of source materials and suggested procedures for involving various audiences. In this manner, stakeholders (families, practitioners, professional associations, professors, policymakers, legislators) all over the country can begin interacting in new ways around implementation issues. Publication Date: May 2005 Publisher: IDEA, NASDSE, US Office of Special Education Articles NEW! Teacher Leadership: An Assessment Framework for an Emerging Area of Professional Practice This article discusses the role of the teacher leader and offers suggestions on how to evaluation this role. Author: Jeremy Burrus, Katherine Bassett, Teresa Jackson, and Robert Roberts Publication Date: 2010 Publisher: ETS A Practical Guide to Evaluating Teacher Effectiveness This guide defines teacher effectiveness and discusses six common methods for evaluating teacher effectiveness. Author: Olivia Little, Laura Goe, and Courtney Bell Publication Date: 2009 Publisher: National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality Adolescent Literacy Walk-throughs for Principals: A Guide for Instructional Leaders This guide is designed to help principals monitor and support adolescent literacy instruction in their schools more effectively. It provides a scaffold to build principals' understanding of scientifically based reading instruction, as a means for a principal to gather information about the quality of literacy and reading intervention instruction in a school, and as a data collection guide for planning targeted professional development and resource allocation. Author: Debra Miller, Lila Rissman, and Joseph Torgesen Publication Date: 2009 Publisher: Center on Instruction Are Small Schools Better? School Size Considerations for Safety and Learning This policy brief looks at what the research says about why school size appears to make a difference, how small is small enough, effective approaches to downsizing, and key barriers. Author: Joan McRobbie Publication Date: 2001 Publisher: WestEd Classroom Walkthroughs: Learning to see the trees and the forest Pilter and Goodwin discuss how to effectively use walkthroughs to collect data and provide useful feedback to educators to improve instruction. Author: Howard Pitler with Bryan Goodwin Publication Date: Summer 2008 Publisher: Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL) Education Leadership: A Bridge to School Reform Education leadership has been called the “critical bridge” that can unite the many different school reform approaches in ways that practically nothing else can. This was the central theme of The Wallace Foundation’s national education conference held in October of 2007. This report shares lessons and experiences about how states, districts and universities are going about ensuring that all schools have well-trained, well-supported leadership. Author: M. Christine DeVita, Richard L. Colvin, Linda Darling-Hammond, Kati Haycock Publication Date: 2007, December Publisher: Wallace Foundation How to Develop a Logic Model for Districtwide Family Engagement Strategies This tool defines the steps between family engagement and better learning for children and youth, as well as offers a sample logic model based on promising practices. The full text PDF is available on this page. Author: Helen Westmoreland, M. Elena Lopez, Heidi Rosenberg Publication Date: 2009 Publisher: Harvard Family Research Project Impacts of Comprehensive Teacher Induction: Results from the Second Year of a Randomized Controlled Study The report compares outcomes of teachers offered intensive induction activities with full-time mentors to those of teachers with less intensive, less structured induction activities using an experimental study design. Publication Date: 2009 Publisher: Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education Leading in Tough Times: New Lessons for Districtwide Reform This article discusses 10 components the authors feel are crucial components in the success of large-scale systemic improvement. Author: Michael Fullan, Al Bertani, and Joanne Quinn Publication Date: 2004 Publisher: Center for Development and Learning Meeting Challenges Through Communities of Practice: New Eyes, Facilitating Community There are a number of key strategies that are fundamental to the Communities of Practice approach. The strategies in this article can assist Communities of Practice leaders and facilitators in building a strong foundation and enhancing stakeholder participation. Author: Joanne Cashman, Patrice Linehan and Mariola Rosser Publication Date: July 2007 Publisher: IDEA Partnership and NASDSE Overcoming the Obstacles to Leadership This article describes barriers created by the norms of a school culture that teacher leaders might need support in overcoming. Author: Susan Moore Johnson and Morgaen L. Donaldson Publication Date: 2007 Publisher: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) Principal Leadership in New Teacher Induction: Becoming Agents of Change This article discusses the principal's role in lowering the high attrition rate among beginning teachers. Author: Finney Cherian and Yvette Daniel Publication Date: 2008 Publisher: International Journal of Educational Policy and Leadership Professional Learning Communities: What Are They And Why Are They Important? This paper focuses on the professional community of learners, in which the teachers in a school and its administrators continuously seek and share learning and then act on what they learn. Publication Date: 1997 Publisher: Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL) School Design: Leveraging Talent, Time, and Money This guide offers research on the effective allocation of talent, time, and money and the causes of misalignment between resource allocation and strategic goals. Publication Date: 2010 Publisher: Education Resource Strategies Student Learning Grows in Professional Cultures The authors discuss how a culture of professionalism in the school fosters improvement in instruction and systems change. Author: TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS - August/September 1998 Publisher: National Staff Development Council (NSDC) Teacher Recruitment and Retention: A Review of the Recent Empirical Literature This article examines the characteristics of teachers who remain in the profession, the characteristics of schools and districts that successfully recruit and retain teachers, and the types of policies that show success in recruiting and retaining teachers. Author: Glenn A. Daley, Cassandra M. Guarino, and Lucrecia Santibañez Publication Date: 2006 Publisher: Review of Educational Research The Outside-Inside Connection This article states that schools can increase their success by interacting with the external community. Author: Thomas Hatch Publication Date: 2009 Publisher: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) Three Simple Secrets of School-Based Coaching The author gives some anecdotal pointers she has learned over her 15 years as a school-based literacy coach. Author: Juli Kendall Publication Date: November 29, 2006 Publisher: Teacher Magazine Time: It's Made, Not Found This article discusses the importance of making time for staff development and describes several ways to find time. It includes a strategy for creating a 15-hour block of time for staff training and/or planning. Author: Stephen Barkley Publication Date: Fall 1999 Publisher: National Staff Development Council (NSDC) What Experience From The Field Tells Us About School Leadership And Turnaround This document provides research that supports the idea that successful school transformation is characterized by strong school leaders who achieve dramatic results by intensely focusing all available resources on improving student learning. Author: Catherine Barbour et al. Publication Date: 2010 Publisher: American Institutes for Research What It Takes To Be An Instructional Leader This brief defines instructional leadership and lists the skills needed to address the role of instructional leader. Author: Billy Jenkins Publication Date: 2009 Publisher: National Association of Elementary School Principals What Keeps Good Teachers in the Classroom? Understanding and Reducing Teacher Turnover This article discusses the costs associated with teachers leaving, the characteristics of those most likely to leave, and what can be done to prevent turnover. Publication Date: 2008 Publisher: Alliance for Excellent Education Where are We On Our Journey to High Performance? This article includes case studies of two districts that struggled to assess their progress toward high-quality teaching and learning for all while undergoing significant systemic change. Additionally, an Essential School System Purpose and Responsibilities (ESSPAR) tool for district leaders that uses investigative questions to assess progress within their own context is provided. Publication Date: 2004, October Publisher: Panasonic Foundation and American Association of School Administrators Useful Links Community and Family Engagement: Principals Share What Works This report shares six keys to engaging families, staff, partners, and the community within the school culture. Author: Amy Berg, Atelia Melaville, and Martin Blank Publication Date: 2006 Publisher: Metlife Foundation RTI Response to Intervention Glossary This is a list of terms and acronyms used when discussing RtI, Response to Intervention. Publication Date: 2007 Publisher: IDEA Partnership, NASDSE, & US Office of Special Education Tiered Instruction/Intervention The site offers details and information on the RtI process and articles as well as descriptions of the three tiers. Publication Date: Retrieved November 2008 Publisher: RTI Action Network Other Resources Dr. Archer Video Series “Dr. Anita Archer is a talented author and beloved teacher of teachers. This video series is one of her many gifts to the educational community. Produced with support from the Sonoma County Office of Education, it is made available at no cost thanks to her generous spirit. The series addresses strategic literacy instruction in grades K-8 using a research to practice approach grounded in pragmatic real-world application. Each video is 4 to 8 minutes long, has a particular strategic focus, and was shot unrehearsed in real time. A short viewing guide is included for each video, providing guidance for viewing and feedback for post-viewing applications.” Sonoma County Office of Education Author: Dr. Anita Archer Publication Date: 2008 Publisher: Sonoma County Office of Education ©2005 WestEd. All rights reserved. |
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