HIGH IMPACT LEADERSHIP (HIL) PROJECT CONCEPTUAL MODEL JULY 2018 © Western Michigan University 2018 PARTNERSHIP OF WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY,READING NOW NETWORK,AND THE GELN HIL PROJECT: PHASES OF FACILITATOR WORK WITH SCHOOLS Phase HIFI of the Literacy Essentials Literacy Essentials PRINCIPAL HIFI STRATEGIC LEVERS Improved Teaching and Learning Phase LCL Dimensions Phase Phase HIL FACILITATOR Phase School Mission/Vision PARTNERSHIP OF WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY,READING NOW NETWORK,AND THE GELN DIMENSIONS OF LEARNING-CENTERED LEADERSHIP Commitment to school renewal Safe and orderly school operations High, cohesive, and culturally relevant expectations for allstudents Coherent curricular programs Distributed and empowering leadership Real-time and embedded assessment Data-informed decision-making PARTNERSHIP OF WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY,READING NOW NETWORK,AND THE GELN (1+6) STRATEGIC LEVERS Develop Purveyors of Change: Autonomous learners with a culture of reflective practice, interdependent thinking, and appreciative inquiry,who: Cultivate school-wide ownership and highly invested leaders and co-leaders Establish robust data-informed processes:Instructional Rounds,data teams,action research Create evidence-based performance profiles for school, leaders, and staff Identify and prioritize growth edges and growth targets for school, leaders, and staff Identify vital behaviors and apply six sources of influence to achieve and sustain change Employ scale-up strategies with leading and lagging indicators PARTNERSHIP OF WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY,READING NOW NETWORK,AND THE GELN LEVELS OF LEARNING Experiential: What is important and why Declarative: What to Procedural: How to it Contextual: When to it Evidential: What results to look for PARTNERSHIP OF WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY,READING NOW NETWORK,AND THE GELN PHASE 1: SPRING 2018 Essential Questions for the school: • What is our WHY for this initiative? How does this initiative fit into our mission & vision? • WHO will lead and who we need to engage? • WHAT is our imagined future? Goals: Ignite passion for renewal and the Literacy Essentials a Identify the WHY b Appreciate WHAT IS c Imagine WHAT CAN BE Establish a Shared Vision for Literacy b Shared Leadership for Literacy c Working Relationships for Literacy (staff,students,district,ISD,parents, and community PARTNERSHIP OF WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY,READING NOW NETWORK,AND THE GELN PHASE 2: JUNE – SEPTEMBER 2018 Essential Questions for the school: • WHERE are we and how did we get here? Goals: Create Base-line School Profile a b c d e f g • WHAT will be our new story? • WHAT are our strengths: What’s working; what’s strong; what can we build upon? • WHAT are our priorities for moving forward? StudentAchievement StudentWell-Being Instructional Practices Leadership Practices Literacy Essentials LCL Dimensions HIFI Strategies Complete a SOARAppraisal a Strengths b Opportunities c Aspirations d Results Establish Priorities for Year 1-2 (Priority Growth Edges) PARTNERSHIP OF WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY,READING NOW NETWORK,AND THE GELN PHASE 3: JUNE – SEPTEMBER 2018 Essential Questions for the school: Goals: • How shall we act on our priorities? • How shall we align all our change initiatives? a b c d e f • How will we benchmark our progress? • What are the most “vital behaviors” for achieving our priority goals? Establish (or affirm) Year 1-2 Renewal (Priority Growth) Targets Student literacy targets Instructional strategy targets Leadership strategy targets Classroom conditions targets School conditions targets Targets from other initiatives (MTSS, MI-EXCEL,MiBLSI,Leader in me,etc.) Identify “vital behaviors” to implement strategies and achieve growth targets Develop Integration Plan for all school initiatives Develop Monitoring Plan for all targets PARTNERSHIP OF WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY,READING NOW NETWORK,AND THE GELN PHASE 4: OCTOBER 2018 – JUNE 2019 Repeat each year until full literacy implementation achieved Essential Questions for the school: Goals: • How are we implementing our priorities? Carry out Renewal Plan Carry out Monitoring Plan • What gains are we making toward our targets? • How are we doing at implementing our “vital behaviors”? • What mid-course corrections have we made and why? • What outputs are we creating to support the work? • How is our story growing/evolving? PARTNERSHIP OF WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY,READING NOW NETWORK,AND THE GELN PHASE 5: SUMMER 2019, 2020 and until full literacy implementation achieved Essential Questions for the school: Goals: • What progress did we make in in achieving our vision? Summarize, debrief, report, and celebrate progress (see phase and 4) Update school profile (see phase 2) Develop Renewal Plan for next cycle (see phase 3) Develop Monitoring Plan for next cycle (see phase 3) • How has our story changed? • What new assets/strengths we have to build upon? • How we shape the next cycle of work? PARTNERSHIP OF WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY,READING NOW NETWORK,AND THE GELN