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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! 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 Shared Culture: A Consensus of Individual Values This article describes how a principal in a Chicago elementary school enhanced communication with and among teachers, parents, and students to help drive school improvement. Author: Joan Richardson Publication Date: 2001, May Publisher: National Staff Development Council (NSDC) Useful Links NEW! 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 NEW! 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 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. ©2005 WestEd. All rights reserved.  |
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