Systemic Capacity FrameworkGrand Valley Learning Network

October 2013

Leadership

Do we have the leadership at the necessary levels to drive the improvement

efforts?Principal Leadership

Distributed LeadershipAdaptive Leadership

Guiding Coalition Social

Do we have the collective ability to change?

Professional CapitalRelational Trust

Stakeholder EngagementInternal Accountability

Collective Efficacy

Human

Do we have the right people and in the right

positions?

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Efficacy

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Instructional Guidance System

Professional Development System

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Inventory Directions1. Review items on the inventory, and register your color rating (write color

in box). Green=fully in place.Green/Yellow=well developed and in place, some areas of advancement

necessary.Yellow/Red=steps taken and some progress made, but sill need

multiple areas of significant advancement.Red=no progress to date.

2. Identify any item for which you want further explanation.

3. As a team, share your assessments and your reasons/evidence for each item and try to reach consensus on a color rating. Register your consensus rating and the flipchart-sized template.

4. Time allowing, discuss who else needs to be part of your analysis and/or how might you be able to use these exercise in your school.

In terms of the improvement work your school has before it, to what degree do have the necessary capacities ?

GreenGreen/Yellow

Yellow/RedRed

What evidence/data are you using to make this claim?

Formal Authority. The right leaders in the key position leadership positions necessary to implement the strategies.

Leadership Efficacy. Key positional leaders, especially principals, have the efficacy to implement the strategies.

Guiding Coalition. There is a guiding coalition (leadership team) to drive and monitor implementation of these strategies.

Informal Leadership. In addition to formal leaders, there are informal leaders with influence over colleagues engaged in these efforts.

Distributed Leadership. Leadership is distributed (“stretched across”) leaders with the capacity to help implement the strategies.

Adaptive Leadership. Those exercising leadership are leading adaptively, as necessarily, in alignment with the nature of the improvement strategies.

Holistic Leadership Capacity Color Rating

Strategic Capacity Inventory--Leadership

In terms of the improvement work your school has before it, to what degree do have the necessary capacities ?

GreenGreen/Yellow

Yellow/RedRed

What evidence/data are you using to make this

claim?

Highly-Skilled Workforce. The existing workforce possesses the necessary competencies to implement the improvement strategies.

Right Positions on the Bus. The right individuals are in the right positions in order to implement the improvement strategies.

Individual Efficacy. Individuals within the organization possess the belief that, with effort, they can improve student outcomes through these strategies.

Holistic Human Capacity Color Rating

Strategic Capacity Inventory--Human

In terms of the improvement work your school has before it, to what degree do have the necessary capacities ?

GreenGreen/Yellow

Yellow/RedRed

What evidence/data are you using to make this claim?

Professional Capital. Educators work together in service of improving their practice and to advance student learning.Sustainability. There is a sustainable workforce with minimal turnover of the most talented individuals.

Relational Trust. There is a high degree of relational trust within the district and the buildings (the sense that I know what others are responsible for and I know others will deliver).Stakeholder Engagement. Stakeholders essential to support the improvement strategies are helping drive the work. Internal Accountability. The internal cultures of schools are coherent and cohesive, with educators’ collective sense of accountability aligning with individuals’ senses of responsibility. Collective Efficacy. Educators share a common belief that they can, with effort, improve student outcomes through these strategies.

Holistic Social Capacity Color Rating

Strategic Capacity Inventory--Social

In terms of the improvement work your school has before it, to what degree do have the necessary capacities ?

GreenGreen/Yellow

Yellow/RedRed

What evidence/data are you using to make this claim?

Human Resource Systems. The district has effective systems to attract,, select, promote, retain and select out the people necessary to support the improvement strategies.

Resource Allocation Systems. Material (money, space) and non-material resources (time) are allocated in alignment with the improvement strategies.

Professional Development Systems. The district has effective systems to monitor professional development needs and to lead professional learning aligned to the improvement strategies.

Instructional Guidance System. Instruction and instructional leadership are supported and guided by a clear vision of high-quality teaching and learning, explicit and rigorous learning outcomes for all children, and formative assessment that provides data as to how well children are performing.

Holistic Leadership Capacity Color Rating

Strategic Capacity Inventory--Support Systems

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