The Oregon Leadership Network is part of a nationwide effort
committed to increasing student learning and achievement through
education leadership.
This initiative is predicated on the mission that we strengthen
educational leadership to increase equitable outcomes and improve
student achievement and success. Our vision is for all Oregon
school and district leaders model demonstrably enhanced practice
through culturally competent instructional leadership anchored in
Oregon’s research-based leadership standards.
To this end the OLN theory of action is that: If, a coherent system
of standards-based leadership development in Oregon is a powerful
contribution to continuously improving the instructional core of
teachers and students engaging with rigorous content; then
culturally competent instructional leadership will increase equitable
outcomes and improve student achievement and success. District,
and state leadership includes not only enhancing the knowledge
and skills of leaders, but also improving the working conditions
and systems in which they work.
As part of the nationwide Education Leadership Action Network,
funded by the Wallace Foundation, The Oregon Leadership
Network is a part of a growing community of practioners. In
Oregon, state professional associations and national research and
university partners have combined with state agencies and school
districts to address policy and practice in the following areas of
inquiry:
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What leadership skills, knowledge, and expertise are
essential to improve student learning and to close the
achievement gap?
What conditions promote or impede effective leadership at
the school and district level?
What strategies are most successful for transforming
leadership for culturally competent practice and
improving K-12 literacy at all levels of the education
system?
How can Oregon design a sustainable professional
development system for school and district leaders?
“Leadership not only matters; it is second only to teaching among
school-related factors in its impact on student learning.”
- How Leadership Influences Student Learning
The Learning from Leadership Project, 2004
OREGON SAELP PARTNERS
Association Members
Confederation of Oregon School Administrators
Chalkboard Project
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
Oregon Association of Educational Service Districts
Oregon Association of Latino Administrators
Oregon Council of Professors of Education Administration
Oregon Education Association
Oregon School Boards Association
Oregon Small Schools Initiative
Network of Demonstration Districts
Eugene School District, LEAD
Beaverton School District
Bend-LaPine School District
Bethel School District
Hillsboro School District
Lincoln County School District
Nyssa School District
Portland Public Schools
Redmond School District
Salem School District
South Lane School District
Southern Educational Service District
Springfield School District
State Partners
Office of the Governor
Oregon Department of Education
Oregon Legislature
Oregon State Board of Education
Oregon University System
Teacher Standards and Practices Commission
For additional information contact:
Rob Larson, SAELP Director (503) 947.5623
Oregon Department of Education
Rob.larson@state.or.us
http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/results/?id=220
SUPPORTED BY THE WALLACE FOUNDATION
www.wallacefoundation.org/leadership
Induction
and
Mentoring
Recruitment
and
Pre-Service
Preparation
OLN State
Steering
Committee
(Policy)
STRENGTHEN
CULTURALLY COMPETENT
INSTRUCTIONAL
LEADERSHIP
TO INCREASE
EQUITABLE OUTCOMES AND
IMPROVE STUDENT
ACHIEVEMENT AND
SUCCESS
Professional
Learning
Initiatives
(Innovative
Strategies)
OLN Institutes
(Continual
professional
development
with
Community of
learners)