Leading for Learning: Instructional Leadership for School Administrators
This program is aimed at developing essential knowledge and leadership skills for school and system leaders to supervise, assess, and improve classroom instruction, and to facilitate the development of professional learning communities in their schools and school districts, thereby increasing student learning and achievement. The knowledge and skills that are embedded in this program correlate to the domains of "Strategic and Cultural Leadership" and "Leadership for Learning" which are included in the recently adopted Principal Effectiveness Framework for Pennsylvania school leaders (PDE, 2014). The major focus of this program is on instructional leadership for student achievement, anchored on the research-based premise that if school and system leaders focus their sustained efforts on ensuring effective instruction in every classroom, every day, then increased student learning and achievement will occur. Also, because of the complexity involved in the leadership role of school leaders, the improvement of instruction and student learning can best be accomplished through the implementation of professional learning communities (DuFour and Marzano, 2011). As per Act 45 approval, the program includes scheduled sessions, online interaction, and job embedded assignments. This program is scheduled to take place on February 24, 2016, March 30, 2016, April 20, 2016, and May 18, 2016. *Participants must attend all scheduled sessions and complete required assignments/projects in order to receive Act 45 credit hours *
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