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1.5 Communication Leadership actively promotes ongoing, two-way communication among multiple stakeholder groups. 
Level of Performance: Exceeds Standards School and district leadership ensures all systems are in place for administrators, staff, parents, and community stakeholders and students to actively engage and communicate with each other on a regular basis. Related Resources Tools Acronym Finder Acronym Finder has over 60,000 entries in its data base. Publication Date: 1988-2008 Publisher: The Acronym Finder AIMS Website This website provides Arizona teachers, administrators, students, and parents access to the AIMS Hotline phone number for tutoring help, an overview of the AIMS test, sample tests, study guides, and information about tuition waivers. Publisher: Arizona Department of Education Creating "Good" Schools: Observation and Discussion Tool Developed through focus groups and workshops on student involvement in school redesign, this tool provides recommended questions and observation points for students and adults assessing both their own and other community schools. Topics addressed include climate (both in and outside the classroom), instruction, and student engagement. It is recommend that users not only record observations but also include examples that support their observations and ask school members (students, parents, teachers, and adminstrators) additional questions if they need more in-depth information that they cannot gain through observation alone. Author: Francine Joselowsky, Jean Thomases, and Nicole Yohalem Publication Date: 2004, September Parents’ Interview: Academic This 15-point questionnaire is intended to help teachers and schools give parents greater opportunities to provide insight into their children’s needs (as well as their own). Questions include parents’ opinions on their child’s educational strengths, weaknesses, and preferences; parents interaction with their child’s teachers and impressions about access to them and other school personnel; and parents’ involvement (and ability to be involved) in their child’s education, both at home and at school. Author: National Network for Child Care Publication Date: 1998, December Articles NEW! Learning-Focused Leadership and Leadership Support: Meaning and Practice in Urban Systems This report discusses how the transformation of the school leader and central district office can increase the focus on improving instruction. Author: Micharl A. Copland, Meredith I. Honig, Michael S. Knapp, Margaret L. Plecki, and Bradley S. Portin Publication Date: 2010 Publisher: The Wallace Foundation 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) Engaging the Public Builds Support for Schools Based on studies that American parents consider their child’s teacher their most trusted source of information about educational issues, it is argued that schools must strive to help teachers become better communicators in the community concerning these issues. In order to accomplish this, teachers must be made aware of how parents value them as communicators; they must be given the opportunity to participate in decision making and reform efforts (or at least to learn more about them) so they can be better spokespeople for those initiatives; they must be provided with sufficient internal information-sharing opportunities; and they must be provided guidance and practice in discussing educational issues with adults. Additionally, schools must assess how and when they share information with the community in order to make the best use of those activities. Author: Joan Richardson Publication Date: 1999, February/March Group Wise: Skillful Paraphrasing Allows Groups to Examine What is Being Said This article discusses how effective paraphrasing allows groups to examine was is being said, and provides both students and adults time to reflect on statements and ideas. Author: Robert J. Garmston and Carolyn McKanders Publication Date: 2006 Publisher: National Staff Development Council (NSDC) Leading Generation Y Teachers: Emerging Strategies for School Leaders This resource focuses on how to recruit, retain, and coach Generation Y teachers. Author: Ellen Behrstock and Matthew Clifford Publication Date: 2009 Publisher: National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality 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) 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) 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) Using Classroom Walkthroughs to Improve Instruction This article focuses on specific items principals should look for during a five-minute classroom walkthrough. Author: Nancy Protheroe Publication Date: March, 2009 Publisher: NAESP Useful Links NEW! Arizona Teacher/Principal Evaluation Information On April 25, 2011, the State Board of Education (SBE) unanimously passed the proposed Arizona Framework for Measuring Educator Effectiveness. This action resulted from the passage of SB 1040 that directed the SBE to adopt and maintain a model framework for teacher and principal evaluation that includes quantitative data on student academic progress. ADE will continue to update this page in order to provide the most current information and resources to assist all Local Education Agencies (LEA) with the successful implementation of the framework in the 2012-2013 school year. Publication Date: 2011 Publisher: Arizona Department of Education 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 The Forum for Youth Investment Focused on preparing all youth for college, work, and life, this organization provides research and analysis, technical assistance, training, and networking support to develop youth involvement and investment. 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 ©2005 WestEd. 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