Curricular Domains and Guiding Questions
The institute will cover multiple topical domains, including:
VALUE-ADDED MODELING AND EVALUATION METHODS
- How can value added models help to provide evidence for increased district and school performance?
- What data are necessary to take a value-added approach to evaluation?
PERFORMANCE INCENTIVES
- What challenges surround the development and implementation of performance incentive plans?
- What research exists surrounding teacher compensation and how might in be used to inform practice?
THE VALUE OF TEACHERS
- What are the effects of teachers and schools on student performance?
- Teacher performance: what is broken and how might we fix it?
FEEDBACK AND THE SUPERINTENDENCY
- What is the value of feedback to superintendents and through what mechanisims is it typically solicited?
- How do superintendents and education leaders utilize and interpret feedback to make best use of the data for their individual efforts?
ASSESSING LEADERSHIP PERFORMANCE AND LEARNING
- What school leadership behaviors are known to influence teacher performance and student learning?
- What leadership instruments are being used by states and districts to measure the performance of school leaders?
POLITICS AND EDUCATION
- What are different strategies used to adapt and respond to continually shifting political agendas and coalitions?
- How does one navigate school board/superintendent relationships?
LEADERSHIP CERTIFICATION AND NATIONAL STANDARDS
- How did national leadership standards evolve and what strategies were used to develop them?
- What is their utility for the development of school leaders?
