If Students Aren’t Learning, They Are Not Being Taught Powerfully: Leading for Instructional Improvement

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Closing the achievement gap depends first and foremost on our ability to improve the quality of instruction; and district leaders must take an active role in leading for instructional improvement. This presentation will focus on the preliminary research results from a unique partnership of several urban school districts in which both district and school leaders receive intensive support in their work to: (1) define the instructional practices, structures, and routines that are conducive to powerful student learning and to the adult professional development that supports it; (2) hone their leadership practices and routines which support, nurture, and push the development of such practices across the district.

Presenters:
Stephen Fink, Executive Director, Center for Educational Leadership, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Amy Vattuone, Language Arts Teacher, Tyee High School, Highline School District, SeaTac, WA
Max Silverman, Principal, Tyee High School, Highline School District, SeaTac, WA