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 Eight (Culture): Meaningful Engagement of Families and Community
The effective educational leader develops and sustains partnerships with families and the community by acknowledging the school as a community resource and understanding the context of its existence within the larger community.
ODEW Essential Question for the Standard: Do I effectively make connections, build partnerships and consult and seek solutions through the community?
OLAC Focusing Questions for Principals’ Self-Reflection: By Standard-
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Would I benefit from learning more about my community’s priorities, attitudes, and concerns as well as the school’s place within the community?
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: Framework for Building Family and Community Partnerships
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: Stakeholder Engagement
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: Integrated Student Supports
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: Parents
- OLAC Module: Family and Community Engagement
- OLAC Learning Series: Culturally Responsive Practice: Course One through Course Four
- The Edvocate: The Role of Public Schools in the Advancement of the Communities (2015)
- William T. Grant Foundation: Research-Practice Partnerships
- Schoolwide Integrated Framework for Transformation (SWIFT) Education Center
OLAC Focusing Questions for Principals’ Self-Reflection: By Indicator-
8.3: The effective educational leader maintains a purposeful presence in the community to understand, value and employ the community’s cultural, social, socioeconomic, intellectual and civic resources.
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Would I like to know about how school leaders can use cultural and community resources to create inclusive and rigorous learning environments? Resources include:
- The Expanded Learning and Afterschool Project: School-Community Learning Partnerships: Essential to Expanded Learning Success
- OLAC Cornerstone Connections: Creating Dissonance and Supports Inquiry and Growth
- NAESP: The Principal’s Guide to Building Culturally Responsive Schools (2016)
- SPLC: Critical Practices for Anti-bias Education: Family and Community Engagement
- Northwestern University Asset Based Community Development Institute: Building Mutually Beneficial Relationships Between Schools and Communities (2016)
- SPLC Webinar: Equity Matters: Confronting Implicit Bias
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Would my school teams benefit from learning how to value and make productive use of family and community partnerships and resources?
- OLAC Module: Family and Community Engagement
- OLAC Module: Educational Equity: Understanding Why it's So Important
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: Stakeholder Engagement
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: Integrated Student Supports
- Edutopia: 6 Tips for Engaging the Families of English Language Learners
- National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments: Family-School-Community Partnerships
- SPLC Professional Development: Family Engagement
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).