Standard+2


 * Standard 2: Instructional Leadership **

School leaders establish principles for their school that holds all staff accountable for the instruction and assessment that takes place. The leader must be well informed of the research on new and current best practices for both instruction and school reform. The leader must provide opportunities for the staff to meet and strengthen their professional learning teams with respect to student engagement and peer-assessment and collaboration.




 * 2A. 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.

Regular Learning Walkthroughs and Post-Conference Conversations with various teachers throughout the school. Here are some examples of the work I have done with teachers on the McRel Teaching Instrument and work with the NC Professional Teaching Standards.
 * Selected Experiences & Artifacts: **

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 * 2B. ** **Focus on Instructional Time:** The school executive creates processes and schedules which protect teachers form disruption of instructional or preparation time.

During this school year the staff was very frustrated with our four-lunch 3rd period schedule. We took the staff's concerns into consideration and created a new lunch schedule designed to meet the needs of our students while still accommodating the teacher's suggestions.
 * Selected Experiences & Artifacts: **