Growing Learning Leaders
Dr. Susan Homes
Deputy Executive Director for Professional Learning
Session Outcomes�
Why Focus on�Evaluation?
“The impact of an effective principal has likely been understated, with impacts being both greater and broader than previously believed: greater in the impact on student achievement and broader in affecting other important outcomes, including teacher satisfaction and retention (especially among high-performing teachers), student attendance, and reductions in exclusionary discipline.”
�The Wallace Foundation
Cultural &�Financial Impacts
Cost of School Leadership Churn
5-10 years to institutionalize improvements
It can take up to three years to make up the loss
Student performance in Math and English Language Arts drops the year after a principal leaves
There is often loss of faculty support
Cost to prepare and onboard a new principal is $75,000
Current State of the Profession
The average tenure of a principal is�4 years.
Only 25% of principals stay in their position more than�5 years.
35% of principals stay in their position less than�2 years.
Of those new to the principalship, 50% don’t make it past�3 years.
65%
35%
Only 11% of principals are in their schools longer than�10 years.
11%
Plan Features
Plan Features
Extensively Researched
Leadership Growth
INTELLIGENCE
Competency
Attribute
Pg. 29
The Leader’s Intelligences
The Leader’s Intelligences
DOMAIN
Dimension
Essential�Behaviors
Behavior Details
Pgs. 29-30
The Domains (“Doing”)
The Leader’s Domains
What’s unique about this plan? We start with the leader FOCUSING on qualitative (self-perception) and � quantitative (student and school) data to assist in determining their growth goal.
FOCUS
We consider where they are along their leadership journey.
Pgs. 15
We consider their context.
INDIVIDUAL
CONTEXT
The influences of the past and present that shape who you are
as a leader.
SCHOOL
CONTEXT
Past and present multi-layered facets that influence, and often define, the current climate, culture, and environment of a school.
COMMUNITY
CONTEXT
Local history combined with current community expectations both within and outside of the school and district.
POLITICAL
CONTEXT
Seen and unseen forces, both current and historical, that actively influence the culture of a school, district, and community.
YOU
We emphasize a cognitive coaching model.
Pg. 88
Plan Components
Materials
Walk
Pgs. 9 - 26
Tab 1: Plan Overview
Foundation for the School Leader Evaluation Plan.�
Tab 2: School Leader Paradigm
Overview of the SLP Intelligences and Domains.�
Tab 3: Evaluation Timeline
Overview of the evaluation timeline, including Illinois statutory deadlines.�
Tab 4: School Leader Documents
Copies of documents used by the school leader during the evaluation cycle.�
Tab 5: Supervisor Documents & Resources
Copies of documents used by the supervisor as well as sample meeting scripts.
Digital
Tools
Companion Document: Google Version
Companion Document: Excel Version
Connected, Curated
Resources
Paradigm-Based�Curated Content
School Leader Paradigm Resources Website: https://ilprincipals.org/resources/paradigm/search/
Month to Month�Suggested Activities