HQS 2
School Leadership
Glenna Heinlein and Kathy Hypes
October 1, 2013
Why the West Virginia Standards for
High Quality Schools?
 These standards describe the seven common
standards expected of schools to ensure a high quality
education, in an engaging learning environment.
 The policy represents a coherent and aligned set of
expectations necessary to transform schools into
outcome focused, innovative, accountable learning
organizations that can prepare all students to be
contributing citizens for the global, digital age of the
21st century.
Objectives
School Leadership teams will:
1. Reflect on the High Quality Standard for this
session.
2. Compare and contrast their school’s diagnostic
with the high quality standard.
3. Prioritize the needs as identified from the SLT
discussions on the standard and the school
diagnostic.
4. Develop a goal for their Strategic Plan.
5. Specify what evidence will be used to measure
successful completion of their school
improvement goals.
Standard 2: School Leadership
Each school team will develop a specific school
improvement goal based on the WV Standards for
High Quality Schools using their diagnostic review
and other available data to incorporate in their
strategic plan.
What is School Leadership?
Activity
• Talk at you table and create an operational
definition of school leadership.
• Chart the group definition
• Share out with whole group.
• As individual schools read their definition,
circle similar/same words.
• Debrief activity.
Standard 2: School Leadership
Activity
At your table……
• Discuss types of leadership
• List what types you have in your school
• Reflect and discuss how to improve what you
have
• Determine, if needed, new implementation
Preferred Vision
It is one year from
today…
Describe what you want to
see taking place in your
school around Standard 2:
School Leadership.
How will you get there??
Writing the goal…
Strategic
and
Specific
• What exactly
is to be
accomplished?
Measurable
Attainable
ResultsOriented
Time-bound
• How will one
know when goal is
accomplished?
• Is there sufficient
time to
accomplish the
goal?
• Does it align to the
HQS and/or the
Diagnostic
recommendations?
• When will one
achieve this goal?
• When will one
undertake
activities to
achieve our goal?
Diagnostic Observation…HQS2
Example 1
• Teachers feel they can voice their concerns to the administration.
• The established school leadership meets monthly.
• Collaborative teams meet twice a month.
• There was no evidence of student input into the decision making process
of the school.
• There is a student council. They meet occasionally with Mr. Teacher to
talk about service-type activities, but are not involved in any true studentschool leadership.
• Eighth-grade students seemed to be very aware of the council while the
6th and 7th grade students knew very little of the council’s existence.
• Teachers report that the administration uses ineffective methods and
processes to communicate with stakeholders. Communication to the staff
is not timely and there is a lack of communication with parents and
community.
Example 1a: Putting It Together
Diagnostic Observations
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There was no evidence of student
input into the decision making
process of the school.
There is a student council. They meet
occasionally with Mr. Teacher to talk
about service-type activities, but are
not involved in any true studentschool leadership.
Eighth-grade students seemed to be
very aware of the council while the
6th and 7th grade students knew very
little of the council’s existence.
HQS 2.D.1-6:
Goal: During the 2013-14
school year To provide
student leadership
opportunities that
facilitate “student voice”.
Action Step/s:
1. Student council and
leader will meet to discuss
roles of student council
and leadership
responsibilities.
2. Develop a calendar with
regular scheduled meeting
times.
Example 1b: Putting It Together
Diagnostic observation
HQS 2.A.4
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Goal: To provide consistent ongoing communication to, among
and between all stakeholders.
Action Steps:
1. Develop a monthly school
newsletter for parents.
2. Principal will send a monthly
calendar to teachers.
3. Principal will send a weekly
memo to all staff with pertinent
information.
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Teachers feel they can voice their
concerns to the administration.
Teachers report that the
administration uses ineffective
methods and processes to
communicate with stakeholders.
Communication to the staff is not
timely.
There is a lack of communication
with parents and community.
Diagnostic Observations…HQS2
Example 2
• Teachers report that administration is rarely in the classrooms and
provides very little feedback on instruction and lesson plans. Based on
teacher interviews it appears that walkthroughs are not completed by
the administration.
• The principal and teachers reported that administration does very
little (beyond Evaluation) walk-through or classroom observations with
feedback.
• Students report that they never see an administrator in their
classrooms.
Example 2: Putting It Together
Diagnostic observation
HQS 2.?.?
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Goal:
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Teachers report that administration is
rarely in the classrooms and provides
very little feedback on instruction
and lesson plans. Based on teacher
interviews it appears that
walkthroughs are not completed by
the administration.
The principal and teachers reported
that administration does very little
(beyond Evaluation) walk-through or
classroom observations with
feedback.
Students report that they never see
an administrator in their classrooms.
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Action Steps:
Standard 2: School Leadership
School Improvement Goal
Using Diagnostic observations and
recommendations determine……
• Goal
• Action steps
School Wide
Improvement: Goal
As a school leadership team
go back through
the HQS Rubric and
Diagnostic and identify
2 to 3 items that will address
the barriers as well as help the
school accomplish the vision
for a year from now.
Each team should come to
consensus on the items.
Question: How will we get there?
Lets Work !
Write the goal with action steps to
accomplish the goal………
• Remember… SMART