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Strategies for Effective K-12 Leadership July 17th, 2013 2:00 EDT Introduction Questions: Please use the Q&A pod located at the bottom of your screen Audio: Participants can choose to use the microphone and speaker capabilities through

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Strategies for Effective K-12 Leadership

July 17th, 2013 2:00 EDT

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Introduction

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Background on Hanover Research

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  • We provide solutions for K-12 senior administrators in the areas of:

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Outline

Leadership frameworks Leadership development programs Leadership evaluations

During today’s webinar, we will cover the following topics:

Succession Management Principal Preparation- Dr. Glenn Pethel

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Best Practices in Educational Leadership

Developing a true understanding of how best to support teachers Managing the school curriculum in order to promote student learning Helping schools transform into more effective organizations that better promote meaningful teaching and successful learning

Increase in literature on principal effectiveness

Three Key Aspects Of The Responsibilities Of A School Principal

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Characteristics of Effective Superintendents

Key characteristics of effective superintendents

Instructional leadership Visionary leadership Leadership vs. Management Communication and Collaboration

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Principal Preparation Programs

Effective principal preparation programs should include:

Source: Hess and Kelly , Harvard University

  • Instruction on accountability, managing

with data, and utilizing research

  • Hiring, recruiting, evaluating, and

terminating personnel

  • Overseeing an effective instructional

program

  • Exposing candidates to diverse views

regarding educational and organizational management

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Superintendent Preparation Program Design

Potential outcomes: Systemic outcomes Individual outcomes

Source: W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Individual outcomes Organizational outcomes Community outcomes Field of leadership outcomes

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Leadership Evaluations

Educational Leadership Policy Standards:

  • Setting a widely shared vision for learning
  • Developing a school culture and instructional program conducive to student

learning and staff professional growth

  • Ensuring effective management of the organization, operation, and resources

for a safe, efficient, and effective learning environment

  • Collaborating with faculty and community members, responding to diverse

community interests and needs, and mobilizing community resources

  • Acting with integrity, fairness, and in an ethical manner
  • Understanding, responding to, and influencing the political, social, legal, and

cultural context

Source: American Institutes for Research and Council of Chief State School Officers

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How School Boards Evaluate Leaders

Type of Procedure Board Uses to Evaluate Superintendent Number of Pupils in District

Procedure 25,000+ 3,000-24,999 Total* Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Formal 64 68.1% 294 53.9% 1197 53.7% Informal 4 4.3% 51 9.4% 259 11.6% Both 25 26.6% 189 34.7% 730 32.3% Not Evaluated 1 1.0% 11 2.0% 54 2.4% *Total includes superintendents from all districts surveyed, including those with fewer than 3,000 pupils.

Source: AASA, State of the American School Superintendency: A Mid-Decade Study

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Presenter

  • Dr. Glenn Pethel

Executive Director of Leadership Development for Gwinnett County Public Schools

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Principal Preparation

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Principal Preparation

Our discussion today

Importance of principal training Considerations in starting a program Gwinnett’s experience: Principal Training Meeting the challenge

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Leadership Imperatives

  • Leadership matters.
  • In difficult times, leadership matters even more.
  • In periods of significant organizational transition, leadership is the major

controlling factor in explaining organizational performance.

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Principal Preparation

“… bombarded with multiple theories of leadership and management, school principals will likely experience a significant amount of role conflict and overload…”

  • Catano & Stronge (2007)
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Leadership key to student learning

“Leadership is second only to classroom instruction among all school-related factors that contribute to what students learn at school.”

  • - How Leadership Influences Student Learning,

Kenneth Leithwood, et al, University of Minnesota, University of Toronto, 2004

“Six years later we are even more confident about this claim.”

  • - Learning from Leadership: Investigating

the Links to Improved Student Learning, Louis, et al, 2010

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Principals: Key to teaching quality “It is the leader who both recruits and retains high quality staff. Indeed, the number one reason for teachers’ decisions about whether to stay in a school is the quality of administrative support – and it is the leader who must develop this

  • rganization.”
  • - Preparing School Leaders for a Changing World,

Linda Darling-Hammond, et al, Stanford University, 2007

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What effective principals do

  • Shape a transformational vision of

academic success for all students

  • Create a hospitable climate
  • Manage people, data and processes
  • Improve instruction
  • Lead the professional learning

community

  • Cultivate leadership in others
  • Lead the leadership team

Source: The School Principal as Leader: Guiding Schools to Better Teaching and Learning, January 2012

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But: A good leader is hard to find

There is no shortage of certified principals – but there is a shortage of qualified principals

  • - Beyond the Pipeline, 2003

50% of superintendents around the country report difficulty finding qualified principals. 61% of superintendents in urban areas can’t find the leaders they need

  • - Preparing School Leaders for a Changing World, 2007

There needs to be a match between the district’s needs and the leaders that the programs produce

  • - Districts Developing Leaders, 2010
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Our discussion today

Importance of principal training Considerations in starting a program Gwinnett’s experience: Principal Training Meeting the challenge

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Considering your own program

  • Need: Does your district have a need that is not being met

through external leadership development programs?

  • Commitment: Would an aspiring principal preparation program

align to the district’s priorities, and would it have commitment at the highest levels of the organization?

  • Resources: Do you have access to the human and financial

resources to develop and run an aspiring principal academy?

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A note on resources What options do I have if my district answered “yes” to having the need and commitment, but “no” to having the resources?

Human Resource Challenge Financial Resource Challenge

  • Get development support: Work

with external partner to develop program and train trainers, then take over program internally

  • Bring external programs in-

house: Contract with partner to run program customized to your district’s needs

  • Seek external funding: School

leadership is a growing focus for foundations and continues to be an opportunity for federal grants

  • Find economies of scale: Partner

with other districts building similar programs on program development and/or execution

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Our discussion today

Importance of principal training Considerations in starting a program Gwinnett’s experience: Principal Training Meeting the challenge

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The Need: Growth in Gwinnett has been constant for over three decades…

62,177 80,220 104,552 135,392 159,000 162,500 168,000

20,000 40,000 60,000 80,000 100,000 120,000 140,000 160,000 180,000

GCPS Enrollment

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From 2013 to 2017 Gwinnett County Public Schools could need…

  • 53 principals
  • 133 assistant principals

School Year Principals Assistant Principals 2013-14 7 25 2014-15 9 20 2015-16 8 28 2016-17 13 30 2017-18 16 30 TOTAL 53 133

*Illustrative

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GCPS Principals: Years of Experience

76 36 15 4 1

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 0-5 yrs 6-10 yrs 11-15 yrs 16-20 yrs 21-30 yrs

132 Principals

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Expectations for GCPS Leaders Seven Quality Concepts: 1. Customer Focus 2. Data-driven Decisions 3. Teamwork 4. Passion for Quality 5. Continuous Improvement 6. Education and Training for All 7. Rewards and Recognition

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A Gwinnett Quality- Plus Leader Focuses on results

  • Views accountability as a value
  • Passionately exhibits the three E’s
  • Has high Energy
  • Energizes others
  • Executes by consistently turning vision into desired results
  • Leads by example
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Aspiring Principal Program

  • Initiative began in January 2007. The 7th cohort is now in session.
  • Designed for assistant principals aspiring to be principals.
  • Based on the tenets of a Practicing Quality organization with “Quality-

Plus” leaders.

  • 12 class sessions and a semester residency.
  • Addresses the school district’s need for succession planning.
  • 152 APP graduates and 18 current cohort members. 94 GCPS schools

(71%) are currently led by an APP trained principal.

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Aspiring Principal Program

  • Initiative began in January 2007. The 7th cohort is now in session.
  • Designed for assistant principals aspiring to be principals.
  • Based on the tenets of a Practicing Quality organization with “Quality-

Plus” leaders.

  • 12 class sessions and a semester residency.
  • Addresses the school district’s need for succession planning.
  • 152 APP graduates and 18 current cohort members. 94 GCPS schools

(71%) are currently led by an APP trained principal.

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Aspiring Principal Program Appointment Data Summary, Cohorts 1-7

94 55% 17 10% 5 3% 54 32% Current Principal Former Principal Other District Leadership

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Aspiring Leader Program

  • Initiative began in January 2010. The 4th cohort in now in session with

54 class members.

  • Designed for teachers aspiring to be assistant principals.
  • The ALP curriculum is aligned with ISLLC Standards and Georgia Leader

Performance Standards.

  • Of the 167 ALP participants to date, 114 have been appointed to AP,

Principal, or district leader positions.

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Aspiring Leader Program Appointment Data Summary, Cohorts 1-4

2 1% 111 66% 1 1% 53 32% Current Principal Current AP Other District Leadership Not Current GCPS Leader

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Evaluation Findings on AAP

  • External research: Five studies by the University of Georgia, with a sixth

scheduled, reveal effectiveness of program and perception of teachers

  • f program graduates.
  • The Broad Foundation assessments: The most highly effective program

among those funded by Broad.

  • Internal research: High learning and preparedness ratings from

program participants and graduates; some positive correlations to student achievement but not consistently demonstrated with statistical significance.

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Context for GCPS Leadership Development Model and Logic Model

  • Unity of purpose
  • Training and development visible and important
  • Depicts a learning organization
  • Logically consistent (all the separate parts fit together and add up to a

harmonious or credible whole)

  • Shows lucidity and reason (it makes sense)
  • Easy for others to understand
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Our discussion today

Importance of principal training Considerations in starting a program Gwinnett’s experience: Principal Training Meeting the challenge

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“The civil rights issue of our times”

“Our challenge is to make sure every child has a fair chance to succeed in life. That is why education is the great civil rights issue of our times.”

President George W. Bush January 19, 2002

“Too many of our kids are dropping out of

  • schools. That’s not a white, black or brown
  • problem. That’s everybody’s problem.”

President Barack Obama April 5, 2011

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A disadvantage you can address

“There’s no such thing as a high-performing school without a great principal. It is

  • impossible. … We’ve never asked so much
  • f them. There’s nothing more important

because the stakes have never been higher for our country.”

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan 2010

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Resources

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Resources

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Suggested information sources

Southern Regional Education Board

  • School leadership training and

consulting

  • Extensive research, program

evaluation, and benchmarking studies available for download The Wallace Foundation

  • Knowledge Center
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Suggested information sources

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Suggested information sources

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Q&A

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