Crosswalk
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Principal
This crosswalk aligns relevant OLAC / OIP materials to each standard and each standard element within the Ohio Principal Standards. Principals will be referenced to OLAC Modules and external sources that can support them through the process of the Ohio Principal Evaluation System 2.0. In addition, the tool features focusing questions to guide interactions between principals and coaches or central office administrators.
Standard Five (Learning): Professional Capacity of School Personnel
The effective educational leader supports all staff by promoting and organizing an environment focused on continuous improvement and personal growth to achieve positive outcomes for each student.
ODEW Essential Question for the Standard: Do I instill and foster a culture of continuous improvement and growth?
OLAC Focusing Questions for Principals’ Self-Reflection: By Standard-
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Would I like to learn more about how to provide support for new teachers, established teachers, and other educators, enabling them to learn, implement, and evaluate new practices?
- OLAC Module: Shared Accountability
- OLAC Webinar: Moving the Work Forward Through OTES
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: Working Conditions for Teachers
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: Induction for Teachers
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: Professional Development for Teachers
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: Performance Management for Teachers
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Would I benefit from knowing more about how to promote a schoolwide environment of continuous improvement?
- OLAC Module: The Collaborative Process
- OLAC Module: Coaching
- Ohio’s Continuous Improvement Toolkit
- OLAC Webinar: Integrating Ohio’s Work into a Comprehensive Improvement Process Using the Updated OIP
- Hanover Research: Best Practices for School Improvement Planning (2014)
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: Local Equity Access Planning
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: District and School Continuous Improvement
OLAC Focusing Questions for Principals’ Self-Reflection: By Indicator-
5.1: The effective educational leader supports teachers and staff by providing ongoing actionable feedback, as well as individual and group professional development opportunities to promote continuous improvement aligned to the focused plan.
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Would I like access to resources that will help me align staff’s professional development plans to my school’s focused improvement plan? Resources include:
- OLAC Webinar: Insights into Effective TBTs
- OLAC Webinar: The Critical Role of the BLT
- Ohio’s Continuous Improvement Toolkit
- Public Impact: Opportunity Culture Initiative: Tools and Professional Development You Need Now: Tools and Professional Development You Need Now
- Public Impact: Opportunity Culture Initiative: Tools for Principals in Opportunity Schools
- Achievement Network: Aligning Professional Learning to Instructional Priorities
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: Ohio Standards for Professional Development
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Would I like to learn more about ways to facilitate professional development, both for individuals and for groups, over the course of the school year? Resources include:
- OLAC Module: Coaching
- OLAC Module: Teams Using Data Wisely
- OLAC Lead the Way Podcast Episode #2: Learning about Coaching from Ohio Leaders
- Education First: Giving Teachers the Feedback and Support They Deserve: Five Essential Practices (2015)
- Learning Policy Institute: Effective Teacher Professional Development (Darling-Hammond, Hyler, & Gardner, 2017)
- Public Impact: Opportunity Culture Initiative: Tools for Principals in Opportunity Schools
- NASSP Leading Success Module 10: Building Capacity Through Networks
Download Crosswalk Professional Development Plan
Consider using this to fulfill your individual professional development plan (IPDP) to be approved by your Regional Local Professional Development Committee (LPDC).