School Maps

Learning Centered School

Principal as the literacy leader

Distributive leadership (vision, opportunities, resources, data)

A. Articulates, promotes, and models a focused vision for literacy.

Creates, supports, and participates in continuous opportunities for shared literacy leadership to build capacity.

Focuses time and resources to team building and collaboration efforts.

Ensures that decisions are based on a variety of disaggregated data.

B. Articulates and promotes a vision for literacy.

Creates, supports, and sometimes participates in opportunities for shared literacy leadership to build capacity.

Allocates time and resources to team building and collaboration efforts.

Makes decisions based on a variety of disaggregated data.

C. Articulates a vision for literacy.

Supports opportunities for literacy leadership.

Recognizes that time and resources are necessary to team building and collaboration.

Acknowledges that decisions should be based on disaggregated data.

D. Acknowledges a vision for literacy. 

Offers inconsistent support for literacy leadership. 

Is aware that time and resources are necessary but may not follow through.

Makes decisions based on short-term needs.

E. Does not articulate a clear vision for literacy.

Controls literacy decisions.

Maintains control of time and resources.

Makes unilateral decisions based on immediate concerns.

Teacher Literacy Leader (coordination, collaboration, maintain guiding)

A. Works with principal and colleagues to develop plans for implementation of effective literacy strategies, creates a system of follow-up to support implementation, coaches and mentors classroom teachers, establishes a schedule that provides embedded time for professional learning, and designs and implements an ongoing staff development program based on assessed student and teacher needs.

Ensures that site level professional development aligns with district and state goals.

B. C. D. E. Other duties get priority.

School-Based Professional Development (content knowledge, implementation)

A. Focuses on the learning of all students, extends content knowledge, refines instructional practices, based on research-based instructional strategies, and focuses on the appropriate use of various types of classroom assessment.

The school, as a learning community, participates in planning, feedback, and problem-solving until new practices are used consistently, effectively, and masterfully.

The learning community is engaged in multiple experiences, including ongoing professional dialogue embedded within the workday.

Example: university, RPDP, district, school-based.

B. Focuses on student learning, extends content knowledge, changes practices, and uses a variety of classroom assessments.

Representatives from the school participate in planning, feedback, and problem-solving until new practices are used consistently and effectively.

The learning community is engaged in multiple experiences, including ongoing professional dialogue embedded within the workday.

C. Experiments with new practices in some classrooms and on an infrequent basis.

Externally selected representatives participate in professional development opportunities.

D. Opportunities for professional development lack a literacy focus.

The school does not transfer knowledge gained in professional development to the classroom. (new item?)

The school does not function as a learning community. Any professional development offered at the school is disconnected, random, and does not result in the implementation of effective literacy instruction.

E.

Property of Nevada Department of Education 775-687-9200
Contact Syna Erb 775-687-9256
Diane Barone 775-784-4961
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Authors: Nevada Reading First Task Force

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