Standard 2: Instructional Leadership
School executives will set high standards for the professional practice of 21st century instruction and assessment that result in a no-nonsense, accountable environment. The school executive must be knowledgeable of best instructional and school practices and must use this knowledge to cause the creation of collaborative structures within the school for the design of highly engaging schoolwork for students, the on-going peer review of this work and the sharing of this work throughout the professional community.
The artifacts provided below will demonstrate proficiency towards the North Carolina School Executive Standards. Artifacts represent residencies at two schools in Wilson County: Elm City Elementary and Wells Elementary.
Element IIa. Focus on Learning and Teaching, Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment: The school executive leads the discussion about standards for curriculum, instruction, and assessment based on research and best practices in order to establish and achieve high expectations for students.
Wilson County Schools used a walkthrough tool through an app called Cognito for the majority of the year. There were various focuses including: classroom environment, curriculum, essential questions, strategies, assignment, assessment, and student learning. I created a Walkthrough Elements document at Elm City Elementary so teachers would know what administration was looking for during walkthroughs, as well as what questions we would potentially ask when criteria was not met or was not quality. The document was provided at the first grade level PLC of the year.
Teachers are expected to use the unpacking documents that were created at the state level in order to break down the standards they are teaching. This information is placed in their weekly PLC form in order to aid in planning. To make these documents more accessible, I created a document with links to all of the unpacking documents and placed it in the Wells Elementary PLC folder.
Walkthrough Elements Unpacking Documents
Wilson County Schools used a walkthrough tool through an app called Cognito for the majority of the year. There were various focuses including: classroom environment, curriculum, essential questions, strategies, assignment, assessment, and student learning. I created a Walkthrough Elements document at Elm City Elementary so teachers would know what administration was looking for during walkthroughs, as well as what questions we would potentially ask when criteria was not met or was not quality. The document was provided at the first grade level PLC of the year.
Teachers are expected to use the unpacking documents that were created at the state level in order to break down the standards they are teaching. This information is placed in their weekly PLC form in order to aid in planning. To make these documents more accessible, I created a document with links to all of the unpacking documents and placed it in the Wells Elementary PLC folder.
Walkthrough Elements Unpacking Documents
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Element IIb. Focus on Instructional Time: The school executive creates processes and schedules which protect teachers from disruption of instructional or preparation time.
While at Elm City Elementary, I had the opportunity to revise the master schedules after making adjustments to teachers, finding mistakes in required allotments of time, and shifting special area classes around. I was given the task of creating the lunch schedule, as well as the early release lunch schedule based on the master schedule allotments.
Spreadsheet of Master Schedule Visual Copy of Master Schedule
While at Elm City Elementary, I had the opportunity to revise the master schedules after making adjustments to teachers, finding mistakes in required allotments of time, and shifting special area classes around. I was given the task of creating the lunch schedule, as well as the early release lunch schedule based on the master schedule allotments.
Spreadsheet of Master Schedule Visual Copy of Master Schedule
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Early Release Lunch Schedule |