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Leading Literacy March 2 2012
Keay Cobbin
To share what I have learned working with literacy leaders who have been successful in affecting change in teaching and learning that has resulted in better outcomes for students.
Represents a dramatic departure from the ‘expected’ to the ‘unfamiliar’
Requires new knowledge and skills for successful implementation.
Changes the culture
Marzano, R. J. , & Waters, T., & McNulty, B. A. (2005)
About Children Every child can learn to read, write and orally communicate at high
levels Every child has the right to learn in a rich, active and supportive
literacy environment
About Teachers The underlying motivation for most teachers is the success of their
students Teachers need high quality continuous professional development
About Leaders There is a direct relationship between significantly improving
outcomes for students and effective literacy leadership by principals and other leaders in the school.
About Literacy Our understandings of literacy continuously evolves – we need to
keep learning
“There is only one conclusion that can be drawn about a transformation that changes everything, changes everyone, represents a departure from the familiar, demands the acquisition of new skills, and continues for ever: this transformation requires substantive change – real change - and real change is real hard!”
DuFour, R., DuFour, R., Eaker, R., & Many, T. (2010)
Effective
Literacy
Leaders
Create a vision
Build their
teachers’
capacity
Ensure
internal
accountabilit
y exists
Are deeply involved in
the learning
Understand
the change
process
Effective
Literacy
Leaders
Create a vision
“A vision helps clarify the direction in which an organization needs to move. The vision functions in many different ways: it helps spark motivation, it helps keep all the projects and changes aligned, it provides a filter to evaluate how the organization is doing, and it provides a rationale for the changes the organization will have to weather.”
Kotter, J., (1995)
1. shaped by an understanding of the current research around literacy processes.
2. shaped by an understanding of the current research into literacy pedagogy.
Teaching Readers Essential Knowledge and Understandings
• The evolving understanding of the reading process
• The comprehension strategies that readers use to construct meaning
• Extended time for students to read
• Critical role of ‘substantive talk’
• The importance of motivation and choice
• The strong correlation between vocabulary knowledge and comprehension
The Gradual Release of Responsibility
“All the explicit instruction in the world would not make strong readers unless accompanied by lots of experience applying their knowledge, skills and strategies during actual reading”. Pearson, (2006)
Formative Assessment
Transferability of skills
“What you do with your vision after you create it will determine your success. … so you need to communicate it frequently and powerfully and embed it within everything that you do.”
Kotter, J., (1995)
Effective
Literacy
Leaders
Create a vision
Build their
teachers’
capacity
“Leaders who call upon others to engage in new work, achieve new standards, and accomplish new goals have a responsibility to develop the capacity of those they lead to be successful in meeting those challenges.”
DuFour, R., DuFour, R., Eaker, R., & Many, T. (2010).
For every performance I demand of you, I have an
equal responsibility to provide you with a unit of capacity.
Elmore, R. (2010)
Professional Development – 19th out of 134 influences on student achievement.
Hattie, J. (2009)
High quality, continuous, well planned professional learning over an extended period of time
Well-detailed professional learning plan that articulates:
the new knowledge and skills teachers will acquire
what teachers will be doing differently in the classroom
the contexts for learning
resources
projected impact on student learning
indicators of success /progress at various points – small wins
how the impact of the PL will be measured – student achievement measures
Time for learning Professional Reading Resources Engagement of external support when/if
required Professional Learning Communities
Professional Learning Communities - the deprivatisation of practice
“… an ongoing process in which educators work collaboratively in recurring cycles of collective inquiry and action research to achieve better results for the students they serve.”
“… the key to improved learning for all students in continuous job-embedded learning for all teachers.”
DuFour, R., DuFour, R., Eaker, R., & Many, T. (2010). Learning By Doing A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work
Effective
Literacy
Leaders
Create a vision
Build their
teachers’
capacity
Ensure
internal
accountabilit
y
exists
They (principals) are not just accountable for creating the conditions in which results might happen – accountability presumably resting with teachers – but rather they are responsible to ensure that results do happen.
Leithwood, K. (2010)
Internal Alignment
of Responsibilit
yExpectationsAccountabilit
y
Individual Responsibili
ty
Accountability
Collective Expectation
s
Elmore, R. (2010)
Internal Alignment
of Responsibilit
yExpectationsAccountabilit
y
Individual Responsibili
ty
Accountability
Collective Expectation
s
Elmore, R. (2010)
Effective
Literacy
Leaders
Create a vision
Build their
teachers’
capacity
Ensure
internal
accountabilit
y
exists
Understand
the change
process
Change is a slow, difficult, and gradual process for teachers
Most teachers oppose radical adjustments to their current practices.
Willingness to adopt an innovation is often largely affected by the perceived magnitude of the change.
Embrace resistance – it is a natural part of change!
“…redefine resistance as a potential positive force”
Fullan, M. (2002)
Guskey (2002)
ProfessionalDevelopmen
t
Change in Teachers
Classroom Practices
Change in Student Learning
Outcomes
Change in Teachers’ Beliefs & Attitudes
Phase VThe Inventing
Phase
Phase lThe Initiating
Phase
Phase llThe Clarifying
Phase
Phase lllThe
Cultivating Phase
Phase lVThe
Culminating Phase
Take on leadership role in this area
Return to Phase
l in a new
area of learning
Jan Burkins (2007)
Effective
Literacy
Leaders
Create a vision
Build their
teachers’
capacity
Ensure
internal
accountabilit
y exists
Are deeply involved in
the learning
Understand
Change
“Professional development was more effective when the school leadership supported opportunities to learn, where there was access to relevant expertise, and when opportunities were provided to meet to process new information.”
“Specific dimensions of instructional leadership that had greatest effects on student outcomes were promoting and participating in teacher learning and development
John Hattie (2009)
“..you never put people in a group without participating in some way yourself…”
“The point is, learn to think of yourself as a leader of learning, and try to model the practice you expect other people to engage in.”
Elmore, R. (2010)
Leaders have the greatest influence on outcomes for students when they participate in and promote the professional learning of their teachers.
Lloyd, Claire A., Robinson, Viviane, M. J., & Rowe, Kenneth, J. (2008)
Effective
Literacy
Leaders
Create a vision
Build their
teachers’
capacity
Ensure
internal
accountabilit
y exists
Are deeply involved in
the learning
Understand
the change
process
“Identify those values, traditions, and practices that you will preserve, not just those you will change.”
Pull the Weeds Before You Plant the Flowers
“I will not ask you to implement one more initiative until we take some things off the table. Then Listen. It might be the first round of applause you have had in a while.”
Reeves, Douglas, B., (2009)
Burkins, J. (2007). Coaching For Balance . Newark, DE: International Reading Association DuFour, R., DuFour, R., Eaker, R., & Many, T. (2010). Learning By Doing A Handbook for
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Guskey, T. (2002). Professional development and teacher change. Teaching and Learning Theory and Practice. Vol. 8, No. 3/4
Hattie, J. (2009). Visible Learning. New York, NY: Routledge Kotter, J., (1995). Leading change: why change transformation efforts fail. Business
Review. Leithwood, K. (2010). Evolving perspectives: leaders and leadership. In Conversation.
Volume 11, Issue 2 Lloyd, Claire A., Robinson, Viviane, M. J., & Rowe, Kenneth, J. (2008). The impact of
leadership on student outcomes: an analysis of the differential effects of leadership types. Educational Administration Quarterly 2008; 44; 635
Marzano, R. J., & Waters, T., & McNulty, B. A. (2005). School Leadership That Works Reeves, Douglas, B., (2009). Leading Change in Your School How to Conquer Myths, Build
Commitment, and Get Results. Alexandria, VA: ASCD Pearson, D. (2002). Effective practices for developing reading comprehension, from What
Research Has to Say About Reading Instruction. Newark DE: IRA