Topic: Leadership for Instructional Improvement
Resources
The Alabama Coaching Framework
The Alabama Coaching Framework turns superintendent, Dr. Eric Mackey’s vision to provide innovative support to teachers into a reality. The framework sets the standard for how coaches in any content area conduct their work in Alabama. This evidence-based framework...
Strategies to Build Leadership Team Capacity on Continuous Improvement and Intensive Interventions
This resource from the Region 7 Comprehensive Center describes strategies to build school leadership team capacity to implement a continuous improvement planning model and effectively use data to make informed instructional decisions. The first section details the research behind...
SEA Opportunities to Support Principals and School Leadership Teams
This resource from the Region 7 Comprehensive Center describes steps to create distributed school leadership teams and provides a range of strategies state education agencies (SEAs) can use to support principals and leadership teams. This paper cites research that...
The Hexagon: An Exploration Tool
This tool from the National Implementation Research Network helps teams discuss the feasibility and fit factors associated with the selection of potential programs and practices. The document provides a form to support team discussion and consideration of implementation site...
Needs Assessment Guidebook: Supporting the Development of District and School Needs Assessments
This resource prepared by the State Support Network provides guidance for state and local leaders around conducting a need assessment, the first step in the continuous improvement process required by the Every Student Succeeds Act. The document describes research-based...
Evidence-Building Opportunities Under ESSA: How States Can and Should Generate Evidence to Drive Better Outcomes for Students
This document from Chiefs for Change and Results for America is written to help state education agencies better understand opportunities associated with the implementation of the evidence requirement of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The resource provides an...
An SEA Guide for Identifying Evidence-Based Interventions for School Improvement
This resource from the Florida Center for Reading Research is designed to support state education agency (SEA) teams evaluate the evidence base of interventions, select those with strong evidence, and provide guidance to local education agencies on how to...
Logic Models for Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation: Workshop Toolkit
This document from REL Northeast provides a guide for facilitators to build the capacity of audiences on logic model purpose, elements, and steps to develop for the purpose of program evaluation. The first section of this document outlines a...
Non-Regulatory Guidance: Using Evidence to Strengthen Education Investments
This document from the U.S. Department of Education describes the evidence requirement embedded in the Every Student Succeeds Act and provides non-regulatory guidance on its application. The document describes the statutory evidence definition and offers additional considerations for its...
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