Planning for Impact in 2018-19

One of the themes that I have invested a great deal of my time and energy into is the idea behind 'impact' in the educational system. It has long been my belief that while we might say otherwise, we actually DO have time and we DO have money in our schools and district, but sometimes we spend that time and those resources on initiatives without understanding the impact that we want from those initiatives nor the metrics we will use to measure them! 

Yet I have found that while it is easy to ASK someone "What's the impact of that program in your school?", it is far harder to ANSWER that question when you are on the receiving end. In preparation for 2018-19, I will continue my work in developing the leadership capacity of our Principals using the BCPVPA Leadership Standards, specifically by modelling the process of planning for and measuring impact through self-assessment (and peer assessment) of the impact of our Family of Schools and School Leader Meetings through the following lens:

Standard 8:   Principals and vice-principals demonstrate self knowledge and personal qualities that support positive relationships and build cultures of integrity.

• Self assess, self reflect, and set personal professional goals to remain current with educational practice

In order to plan for impactful professional learning for our Principals and Vice-Principals, I am using the idea of a Theory of Action, adapted from "Student-Centered Leadership" by Viviane Robinson.

My Theory of Action for 2018-2019 is...

If we

• outline clear leadership learning targets
• Utilize a PVP self-assessment for baseline data
• utilize research-based leadership strategies (specifically "Student Centered Leadership" and "The Coaching Habit")
• Provide context, time at PVP meetings and FOS meetings, and support (coaching and triads)

then we can positively impact the leadership skills of our school and district leaders to lead the learning in their School Learning Plans, as evidenced by a self-assessment.

The Plan:

We will support the school leaders through School Leader Meetings and Family of Schools Meetings. While we will co-design the learning experiences for our school leaders, the following represents a framework through which the Learning Leadership Council can co-develop the plan over the course of the year that is responsive to the needs of the school leaders and provides opportunity for feedback and iteration as the team sees fit.

Part 1: School Leaders Meetings

School Leaders Meetings 2018-19

Draft Learning Plan

(1 hr Learning Portion)

Month	Topic	Deliverables	Ideas
August	Vision of an impactful leader	1 column rubric of Robinson’s 5 Dimensions of Effective Leadership Baseline self assessment in each dimension area	Link to presentation Baseline Self Assessment in Domain areas Introduction to The Coaching Habit (with question sequence) Using First Nations animal symbols to help team determine strengths and identify areas of growth Highlighting UDL principles (ie. subtitles in videos)
September	Determining Our Role with LLC	Plan for the first FOS meeting using Learning Experience Design template	Link to presentation Do this through the lens of numeracy, as numeracy is a focus Opportunity for the Numeracy Coordinator to work with admin on developing contextualized “look fors” for effective numeracy practice School Leaders leave with a process/practical application of a developed stance on effective teaching that they can use with numeracy AND for any other area
September	School Learning Plan Reflection Triads (15 mins)
November	Developing a Theory of Action (45 mins)	Theory of Action in goal areas Plan for impact (Part 1) Dimension 1 - established goals and specific vision of observable actions in goal areas. Dimension 4 - Leading Learning and Professional Development - a plan for how SLs will develop and participate in PD	Link to presentation Revisit slides from last June on Theory of Action Bring forward vision/look fors on effective teaching to connect to the Dimension 1 Bring forward school professional learning plans for 2018-19 and begin to assess what it looks like for school leaders to co-develop, participate in and reflect upon school learning
November	School Learning Plan Reflection Triads (15 mins)
December	Planning For Impact	Plan for impact (Part 2) Dimension 3 - Ensuring Quality Teaching Dimension 2 - Strategic Resourcing Resource/Time Audit	Link to presentation
December	School Learning Plan Reflection Triads (15 mins)
January	Lean Assessment/Planning for Data	Planning for Data Protocol Lean Assessment plan (tool	Link to presentation
January	School Learning Plan Reflection Triads (15 mins)
February	Ensuring Quality Teaching/ Learning to See, Not Judge (Pt 1)	Dimension 5 - Safe and Orderly Env. Context Specific/Goal Specific Look Fors Observation Protocol	Link to presentation
February	School Learning Plan Reflection Triads (15 mins)
March	Ensuring Quality Teaching/ Learning to See, Not Judge (Pt 2)	Reflection on classroom observations Co-created observation Protocol	Link to presentation
March	School Learning Plan Reflection Triads (15 mins)
April	Data Discussions for Impact	Data Presentation Protocol Data Discussion Protocol	Link to presentation
April	School Learning Plan Mock Presentations to Triads (30 mins)
May	Reflecting on Our Impact	Self-assessment re-visit	Link to presentation
May	School Learning Reflection Triads (15 mins)

Part 2: Family of Schools Meetings

Month	Topics/Design Topics
October	Purpose of LLC/Leadership Dimensions/Goal Planning/Experience Design: Leadership Dimension #1
November	Reflection on October FOS Meeting / Experience Design: Leadership Dimension #2
January	Reflection on November FOS Meeting / Experience Design: Leadership Dimension #3
February	Reflection on January:  FOS Meeting / SLP Planning/ Experience Design: Leadership Dimension #4
April	Reflection on February FOS Meeting / SLP Presentation Planning/ Experience Design: Leadership Dimension #5
May	SLP Presentations
June	Reflection on Year as LLC - planning for Fall 2019

It is my hope that this plan will provide our school-based leaders with the tools and abilities to be able to more effectively lead their respective staffs through the implementation of their learning plans for the 2018-19 school year, and that I will be able to remain current with educational practice through Student-Centered Leadership and be able to reflect on my own personal leadership style in June of 2019 through the lens of the BCPVPA Learning Standards I have chosen.