L E A D I N G P L C s AT WO R K® D I S T R I C T W I D E
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School Board and Superintendent Team Composed of the members of the school board and the superintendent • Collaboratively develops operating principles • Sets direction and focus areas for the district • Focuses on learning • Establishes short- and long-term improvement goals • Aligns policies with the learning mission of the district
District Leadership Team Composed of all the district office administrators, principals, assistant principals, teachers on special assignment, and building learning coordinators within the district • Collaboratively develops role definitions and shared commitments • Develops team norms and accountability protocols • Focuses on learning • Holds regular meetings with agendas
• Models research-based and data-driven decision making
• Practices and rehearses the work teacher teams will engage in
• Routinely analyzes improvement data
• Anticipates questions and issues
• Monitors annual learning goals
• Examines the work of high-performing teacher teams
• Models behaviors expected of others • Celebrates improvement
• Engages in shared learning • Shares learning data
Building Leadership Team
Teacher Collaborative Teams
Composed of the principal, assistant principals, and team leaders
Composed of teachers who teach the same grade level, in the same content area, or the same course
• Collaboratively develops role definitions and shared commitments • Develops team norms and accountability protocols
• Develop team norms and accountability protocols • Focus on learning
• Focuses on learning
• Hold regular meetings with agendas
• Regularly meets using meeting agendas
• Set SMART goals unit by unit
• Sets improvement goals
• Analyze student learning, seek best practice, and share findings
• Practices and rehearses the work in which teacher teams will be engaged • Analyzes student learning, seeks best practice, and shares findings • Monitors results using a continuous improvement cycle
• Monitor results using a continuous improvement cycle • Share results with the building leadership team • Celebrate improvement
• Models the behavior expected of others • Celebrates improvement
• Sets individual building commitments based on the work from teacher teams and the building leadership team • Determines evidence for the next meeting that demonstrates progress toward meeting building commitments • Monitors results and continuous improvement • Models behavior expected of others • Celebrates improvement Shares Results and Products With the School Board and Superintendent Team
Shares Results and Products With the District Leadership Team
Figure I.1: Aligning the work of collaborative teams.
Shares Results and Products With the Building Leadership Team