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
- NASSP Leading Success Module 4: Building an Inclusive School Culture
- CCSSO Inclusive Leadership Webisode Series: Episode 9: Forward Together: Policies and Practices to Support Students Who Learn Differently
- Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium (MAEC): Tools and Resources
- National Equity Project
OLAC Focusing Questions for Principals’ Self-Reflection: By Indicator-
6.4: The effective educational leader confronts and addresses individual and collective behaviors that disregard and/or defy equity and cultural responsiveness.
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Would I benefit from learning strategies for identifying and addressing biases that may affect how students are perceived and treated? Resources include:
- OLAC Module: Educational Equity: Understanding Why It's So Important
- Harvard EdCast: Unconscious Bias in Schools (2019)
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: Cultural Competency Resources
- Racial Equity Tools: Implicit Bias
- SPLC Teaching Tolerance: Critical Practices for Anti-Bias Education Module Series
- SPLC Teaching Tolerance: Test Yourself for Hidden Bias
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Would I benefit from learning more about cultural responsiveness in leadership practice? Resources include:
- OLAC Video: Changing District Culture to Improve Learning for All Students
- OLAC Learning Program: Culturally Responsive Practice
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: Integrated Student Supports
- The Education Trust
- Ohio Inclusive Instructional Leadership
- National Center for Safe Supportive Learning Environments: School Climate Improvement
- National Center for Safe Supportive Learning Environments: School Climate Improvement Resource Package
- National Center for Safe Supportive Learning Environments: Cultural and Linguistic Competence
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Would I like to learn more about individual and collective behaviors that promote equitable school practice?
- OLAC Video: Increasing Expectations for Students with Disabilities
- OLAC Video: The Importance of Aligning Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment
- OLAC Video: Dr. Melinda Wolford: A Place They Go to Feel Safe
- OLAC Video: Increasing Ownership of Learning Through Formative and Summative Assessments
- OLAC Video: Teams as the Framework for Improving Educational Equity
- OLAC Video: The TBT: Meeting the Needs of Each Learner
- OLAC Module: Educational Equity: Understanding Why It's So Important
- Edutopia: The Necessity of Having High Expectations (2019)
- Edutopia: Culturally Responsive Teaching
- NextGen Learning: School Culture: Restorative Practices
- NextGen Learning: Designing for Equity: Discussion Protocols
- Digital Promise
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