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 Six (Culture): Equity and Cultural Responsiveness
The effective educational leader models, supports and cultivates a school climate characterized by equity and inclusiveness.
ODEW Essential Question for the Standard: Have I done enough to remove obstacles and disparities in access to a valuable education for all students?
OLAC Focusing Questions for Principals’ Self-Reflection: By Standard-
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What steps can I and my leadership teams take to make school structures, climate features, and practices more equitable?
- OLAC Module: Family and Community Engagement
- OLAC Module: Educational Equity: Understanding Why It's So Important
- OLAC Module: Learning Supports
- OLAC Module: Trauma Informed Practice
- OLAC Module: Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: Local Equity Plan (LEAP)
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: One Needs Assessment
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: Equity in Special Education: Disproportionality
- Ohio Inclusive Instructional Leadership Programs
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: Teaching and Learning Needs Survey: TELL Ohio
- TIES Center, University of Minnesota: Inclusive Education
- CEEDAR Center and CCSSO: The Role of Inclusive Principal Leadership in Ensuring an Equitable Education for Students with Disabilities
- Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium (MAEC): Tools and Resources
- National Equity Project
OLAC Focusing Questions for Principals’ Self-Reflection: By Indicator-
6.3: The effective educational leader cultivates and monitors a school culture characterized by equity and inclusiveness.
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Would I benefit from learning more about equity as a system-wide lever for change? Resources include:
- OLAC Module: Leadership
- OLAC Module: Leadership for Early Childhood Care and Education
- OLAC Module: Educational Equity: Understanding Why It's So Important
- OLAC Module: Leading Literacy
- OLAC Learning Series: Culturally Responsive Practice
- OLAC Cornerstone Connection: Believing in the Possibilities: Creating Open and Collaborative Cultures to Provide Equitable Learning Opportunities and Improve Learning for Each Child
- Child Trends: Students and Communities Can Be Better Served via Partnerships Between Community Organizations and Schools (2024)
- OLAC Cornerstone Connection: Moving an Entire System: Youngstown City School District’s Work to Improve Learning for Every Child Reflects Strong Commitment to Equity, Collective Practice
- OLAC Lead the Way Podcast Series Episode #4: Courage and Educational Leadership - Part 1
- OLAC Lead the Way Podcast Series Episode #5: Courage and Educational Leadership - Part 2
- Ohio Inclusive Instructional Leadership
- Harvard Business Review: Why Inclusive Leaders are Good for Organizations, and How to Become One (2019)
- TIES Center, University of Minnesota: Inclusive Education
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: Equity in Special Education: Disproportionality
- OLAC Lead the Way Podcast Episode #8: Teams Working Towards Inclusive Instructional Practices
- Ohio’s Continuous Improvement Toolkit
- REL Midwest: Gap Analysis Infographic
- OLAC Cornerstone Connections: Creating Dissonance that Supports Inquiry and Growth
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Would my staff benefit from protocols and agendas that help them focus inquiries and decision-making on equity and inclusiveness?
- National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments: School Climate Improvement Resource Package
- National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments: Addressing the Root Causes of Disparities in School Discipline: An Educator’s Action Planning Guide
- REL Midwest: Gap Analysis Infographic
- National School Reforms Faculty: Protocols and Activities, A to Z
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: Local Equity Plan
- U.S. Department of Education: Guiding Principles for Creating Safe, Inclusive, Supportive, and Fair School Climates (March 2023)
- Evidence-Based Policy Collaborative: Learning Agendas: Evidence Toolkit (2018)
- OLAC Foundational Concept: Inclusive School and District Culture
- OLAC Foundational Concept: The Common Good as the Ongoing Conversation about Schooling
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