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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1: Leading School-Improvement Work With Intention
Chapter 2: Building District Culture
Chapter 3: Employing High-Level Strategies From the District Office
Chapter 4: Building Collaborative and Passionately Agreed-to SMART Goals
Chapter 5: Aligning the Arrows for Continuous-Improvement Planning With SMART Goals
Chapter 6: Focusing on Collective Responsibility
Chapter 7: Leveraging Shared Leadership in the Priority School
Chapter 8: Ensuring the District Guiding Coalition and School Learning Team Have Impact
Chapter 9: Monitoring Productivity Instead of Activity
Chapter 10: Providing Feedback on the Right Work
Chapter 11: Giving All Teachers the Coach They Deserve

STUDY GUIDE

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REPRODUCIBLES

Chapter 1

• Daily Time Log
• Reflection on Intentionality During the Day
• Assessment Tool for Simplifying Focus and Actions in Daily Practice
• Reflection on Communicating the Why

Chapter 2

• Figure 2.2: The four pillars of a PLC
• Student-Centered Decision-Making Protocol
• District Culture Activity
• District Culture Examination
• District Action Plan

Chapter 3

• The Right Work for the Learning Organization Tights

Chapter 4

• Why Do We Need SMART Goals?
• SMART Goals Process Checklist
• A Data Picture of Our School
• The Foundation of Anywhere High School
• Boones Mill Elementary School: Hand in Hand We All Learn
• Figure 1.2: Data-Collection Protocol
• Figure 1.3: Focus-Group Protocol

Chapter 5

• Goal Monitoring With Common Data

Chapter 6

• A Data Picture of Our School
• The Foundation of Anywhere High School
• Boones Mill Elementary School: Hand in Hand We All Learn
• Planning on Protocols

Chapter 7

• Collaborative Team Success: Balancing Goals With Well-Being
• Leadership Team Selection Protocol

Chapter 8

• Figure 8.3: Rubric for Assessing the Work
• First District Guiding Coalition Meeting Agenda Template
• Issues and Next Steps
• Problem of Practice Identification Template

Chapter 9

• Team Agenda Template
• Instructional Leadership Team Template

Chapter 10

• Figure 1.1: Leadership Team Selection Protocol
• Figure 1.2: Data-Collection Protocol
• Figure 1.3: Focus-Group Protocol
• Figure 1.4: Shared-Vision Protocol
• Figure 3.1: Protocol to Build Self-Efficacy for Teaching All Students
• Figure 3.3: Schoolwide Strategies and Tools Protocol
• Figure 5.1: Instruction and Assessment Vision Protocol
• Figure 5.8: Team Assessment Scoring Protocol
• Figure 5.11: Data-Analysis Protocol
• Figure 5.12: Student Self-Reflection Protocol
• Figure 6.2: Student Reflection Expectations Protocol
• Figure 6.4: Lesson-Design Protocol
• Figure 6.7: Re-engagement Protocol
• Figure 7.3: SMART Goal Plan Protocol
• Figure 7.5 Status-Check Protocol
• Leading the Right Work
• Evidence of Doing the Right Work Feedback Form

Chapter 11

• Collaborative Team Agenda Template
• Instructional Leadership Team Share Template

Chapter 12

• Skill Extension Planning Template
• Data-Analysis Protocol
• Ten-Day Learning Cycle Checklist

SUGGESTED RESOURCES

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Websites

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• Model PLC