Providing High-Quality

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Providing High-Quality Professional
Development
Provide Leadership for Implementing
High-Quality Professional Development
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Session Questions

• Why is leadership critical for the effective
  implementation of high-quality professional
  development?
• What roles must leaders carry out in the
  implementation of high-quality professional
  development?

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Experts say.

• Schools wont improve until the average building
  leader begins to work cooperatively with teachers
  to truly, meaningfully oversee and improve
  instructional quality.

Schmoker, M. (2006). Results now How we can
achieve unprecedented improvement in teaching and
learning (p. 29). Alexandria, VA Association for
Supervision and Curriculum Development.
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Research shows.

• A highly effective school leader can have a
  dramatic influence on the overall academic
  achievement of students.

Marzano, J., Waters, T., McNulty, B. (2005).
School leadership that works From research to
results. Alexandria, VA Association for
Supervision and Curriculum Development.
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Leadership Roles

• Communicate Clear Expectations
• Build Capacity
• Monitor and Review

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Leadership Roles
With your partner, sort the leadership action
cards into the appropriate categories on your
Leadership Actions Sorting Mat.
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Reflect on the Sorting Activity

• Was it difficult to decide which category to
  select for the actions?
• Did you find that the number of actions
  identified fell equally across the categories?
• Did one category have more actions than the
  others?

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Challenges

• What are some challenges that you think leaders
  might encounter when carrying out these roles?
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Points to Remember

• Leaders play important roles in ensuring that
  high quality professional development is
  implemented.
• These roles are communicating clear expectations,
  building capacity, and monitoring and reviewing
  progress.

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