The Association of Washington School Principals Leadership Framework Overview

1. The Association of Washington School PrincipalsLeadership FrameworkOverview

2. History of the AWSP Leadership Framework With the establishment of state standards in 1992, the Association of Washington School Principals (AWSP) recognized that student achievement would become the primary measure of a school’s effectiveness. Since then, a significant shift has taken place—a shift that has required the evolution of new school cultures, the understanding of new roles for teachers and the development of new student accountability performance standards established and measured outside of the classroom. Pivotal to the success of this shift, which continues today in schools across Washington state, is a new type of principal leadership.

3. With this in mind, AWSP assembled a task force of more than 20 principals, central office and university to analyze this new type of leadership and create a new set of principal responsibilities to match it. The goal was to create a document showing the interrelationship between these responsibilities and district policies and practices. The task force realized that, as the principals’ work changed, the districts’ principal evaluation models would also need to change in order to provide the support critical for these school leaders.

4. Statement of Accountability Student achievement in a performance-based school is a shared responsibility involving the student, family, educators and the community. The principal’s leadership is essential. As leader, the principal is accountable for the continuous growth of individual students and increased school performance as measured over time by state standards and locally determined indicators.

5. New Criteria Principal Evaluation Criteria

9. Contents History and Introduction 8 Criteria (Culture, Safety, Data, Curriculum, Evaluation, Resources, Community, Gap) Reflection Considerations Rubrics Research Resources Certification (ISLLC) and Evaluation (AWSP Criteria) Comparison

10. AWSP Leadership Framework Contents History and Introduction 8 Criteria (Culture, Safety, Data, Curriculum, Evaluation, Resources, Community, Gap) Reflection Considerations Rubrics Research Resources Certification (ISLLC) and Evaluation (AWSP Criteria) Comparison

11. Examples of knowledge and skills that apply to the criterion

12. Evidence to assist placement on the rubrics

13. Context

14. AWSP Leadership Framework Contents History and Introduction 8 Criteria (Culture, Safety, Data, Curriculum, Evaluation, Resources, Community, Gap) Reflection Considerations Rubrics Research Resources Certification (ISLLC) and Evaluation (AWSP Criteria) Comparison Identical Structure

15. Rubric

17. Criterion 1 Research | Creating a Culture Research

18. Criterion 1 Resources |Creating a Culture Creating a school culture that promotes the ongoing improvement of learning and teaching for students and staff. Forms & Surveys (Templates, protocols, sample goals) From the Field (Strategies from practicing principals) ELEMENTS Books & Research Multimedia (Video, audio) Professional Development 1.1 Develops and sustains focus on a shared mission and clear vision for improvement of learning/ teaching 1.2 Engages in essential conversations for ongoing improvement 1.3 Facilitates collaborative processes leading toward continuous improvement 1.4 Creates opportunities for shared leadership

19. Criterion 1 Rubric |Creating a Culture Creating a school culture that promotes the ongoing improvement of learning and teaching for students and staff. Professional Development Multimedia (Video, audio) Books & Research Websites GENERAL

20. AWSP Leadership Framework Contents History and Introduction 8 Criteria (Culture, Safety, Data, Curriculum, Evaluation, Resources, Community, Gap) Reflection Considerations Rubrics Research Resources Certification (ISLLC) and Evaluation (AWSP Criteria) Comparison

21. Alignment with ISLLC

22. Principal and Teacher Connections Despite the fact that the teacher and principal evaluation criteria were developed separately, 6 of the eight principal evaluation criteria directly connect to all of the state’s the teacher evaluation criteria. The criteria connect to each other through these 5 themes: culture, data, content, community, instruction

23. Creating a CULTURE of learning TeachersPrincipals “fostering and managing a safe, positive learning environment.” “collaborative and collegial practices focused on improving instructional practice and student learning.” “creating a school culture that promotes the ongoing improvement of learning and teaching for students and staff.” “providing for school safety.”

24. Using DATA to make decisions TeachersPrincipals “development, implementation, and evaluation of a data-driven plan for increasing student achievement, including the use of multiple student data elements.” “using multiple student data elements to modify instruction and improve student learning.”

25. Linking CONTENT to standards TeachersPrincipals “assisting instructional staff with alignment of curriculum, instruction, and assessment with state and local district learning goals.” “providing clear and intentional focus on subject matter content and curriculum.”

26. Linking the school to the COMMUNITY TeachersPrincipals “partnering with the school community to promote learning.” “communicating and collaboratingwith parents and school community.”

27. Increasing TEACHING effectiveness TeachersPrincipals Implementing the instructional framework “monitoring, assisting, and evaluating effective instruction and assessment practices.”