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Case Study: Instructional Leadership Team

For this assignment, take on the role of the newly hired principal of a K-6 grade school with 1,100 students and 90 staff members.Your school received a "C" rating the previous year. Review the “State Assessment Data Table,” representing the date for the state assessment administered to first through sixth grade students.

You have one assistant principal already on staff, and the opportunity to fill three teacher leader positions as instructional coaches to collaborate with the teaching staff.Your goal is to develop a strategic plan with the assistance of this four-person instructional leadership team for your school to increase the growth percentile scores from the "State Assessment Data Table."

In 1,000-1,500 words, create a strategic plan for the instructional leadership team with the following sections:

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Instructional Goals:Evaluate the “State Assessment Data Table” and identify one instructional goal per content area. The goals should be SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound). The content areas include math, reading, writing, and science.

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Qualities of the Instructional Leadership Team:Using the instructional goals you identified above, discuss the qualities, knowledge, experience, and skills needed for the teacher leader members of the instructional leadership team. Who would be your ideal candidate for each of the three positions? What qualifications would you seek for each position?

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Interviewing Potential Instructional Leadership Team Candidates:How would you share the information about the three positions being offered to your faculty? Discuss your process for posting the positions, as well as how you plan to select the candidates. Will there be a team to help select the individuals? Why would you want key stakeholders involved in the decision-making process?

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Measuring Effectiveness:How will you, as the school leader, support your teacher leaders in meeting these instructional goals? How will you monitor and meet with these teacher leaders to check on progress? How will you monitor the progress of these new roles to demonstrate if they have been effective or not?

Support your plan with 3-5 scholarly resources.APA style 7^th
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State Assessment Data Table

Passing Rates		Math % Passing (School/State)		Reading % Passing (School/State)		Writing % Passing (School/State)		Science % Passing (School/State)
Grades 2-6		77/73		71/69		89/89		55/54

Growth Percentile*	Math Growth Percentile (School/State)		Reading Growth Percentile (School/State)		Writing Growth Percentile (School/State)		Science Growth Percentile (School/State)
Grades 2-6	50/42		50/46		50/38		50/49

*The Growth Percentile is created by comparing the growth “like” students in the entire state on the

state assessment from the previous year’s state assessment (Past Year or PY) to the current year’s

state assessment (Current Year or CY). To receive a score, therefore, a student must have PY and

CY scores. The student’s score is then given a percentile rank based on their growth (CY minus PY)

compared to all students in the state who received the same PY score.

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Shreyashi · Accepted Answer

Instructional Goals:
1. For Mathematics, get the teachers involve students more in understanding the concepts and discussing how it applies to our real life. The discussion should be held twice every week and there should be problem solving sessions held by teachers every week where there is a competition among students on solving problems where the winner gets a reward. There should be practice papers on the rest 3 days of the week.
2. For Reading, the teachers much start setting goals for students and let them read aloud in class every day. Two to five minutes each day. The students must have a specific routine for their turn of reading. All the students must me given one chance to read every day. 
3. For writing, the students must be directed by the teacher with writing exercises after a brush up on the principles of grammar and spelling. Students must have one writing exercise every day. The teacher should find ways on how to increase the communication, get the students talking so that they can have more and more topics to write about.
4. For science, we need teachers who values a child’s questions, even the stupid ones so that when another student got a question, they have the courage to open up to their teachers. The teachers must find the solution to the student’s questions together and not just give it to the student, readymade. That will help the student in finding out about many other interesting topics that the student would not have found if the answer to his questions were given directly without any research done. The teacher should invite curiosity and encourage them among the children.
The improvement in performance in there four fields can be expected only after the accomplishment of the four directions mentioned above.
Qualities of the Instructional Leadership Team: 
To fulfil the directions mentioned above in the four points we first need to ensure that we have the perfect instructional leadership team that will follow these steps and ensure the betterment of the students as well as the school. So, there are some specific qualities that we need in the instructional team to accomplish the goals that are set. 
For starters we need people with highly decision-making skills.

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