Instructional+Leadership

Instructional Leadership a process for collecting data that identifies the core content, proceesses, and assessment used in curriculum for each subj area...in order to improve communication & instruction in all areas
 * [|www.leasttern.com/workshops/.../WhatIsCurricMapping.ppt.pdf]

It is of utmost importance to provide teachers with ample professional development to hone their skills in all facets of curriculum mapping and collegial, curricular dialogue. Allowing teachers time to build personal ownership in the mapping process empowers them, and subsequently, improves student learning. []

"In a truly coherent system, grading & reporting practices must align with the principles of standards-based reform"

Determing grades through comparison of students to one another, for example, does not align with the expectation that all students learn to the high standards that are set for them. Rather, grading and reporting are more appopriately linked to the criteria identidifed in the essential academic learning requirements and grade level expectations.: [|www.k12.wa.us/research/pbudocs/ninecharacteristics.pdf]