Crosswalk
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This crosswalk aligns relevant OLAC materials to each standard and each standard indicator within the Ohio Superintendent Standards, and provides recent, relevant, research-based resources and supports that can help professionals through the process of the Ohio Superintendent Evaluation System. The Superintendents Crosswalk also features focusing questions a leader can use independently or with a coach to help guide constructive reflection and professional growth. A free OLAC account will enable full access the OLAC resources.
Standard 1: Vision, Continuous Improvement, and Focus of District Work
Superintendents establish a vision, expect continuous improvement, and develop a focused plan for achieving district goals.
OLAC Focusing Questions for Superintendents, Standard 1:
- Have I developed structures to establish a unified and focused district vision, improvement plan, and implementation cycles? Resources include:
- OLAC Video: Staying Focused in Challenging Times
- OLAC Module: Leadership
- OLAC Module: Ohio Improvement Process
- OLAC Module: TBTs: Bottom-Up and Top-Down
- OLAC Module: The Collaborative Process
- OLAC Module: Coaching
- OLAC Webinar: Superintendent and Central Office Leadership
- OLAC Webinar: Shared Leadership for Superintendents, Central Office, and DLTs
- OLAC Webinar: Being an Instructional Leader in All Stages of the OIP: Superintendents and Principals
- OLAC Lead the Way Podcast #8: Teams Working Towards Inclusive Instructional Practices
- OLAC Lead the Way Podcast Episode #9: Capacity Building Through the Development of Professional Capital
Standard 1.2: Expect, model and support the effective use of data.
OLAC Focusing Questions for Superintendents, Standard 1, Indicator 2:
- Do I understand the benefits of effective data use for building and classroom-level achievement and improvement efforts? Resources include:
- OLAC Module: Implementation Science
- OLAC Module: Teams Using Data Wisely
- OLAC Video: The Importance of Aligning Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: Research, Evaluation, and Advanced Analytics
- OLAC Module: Assessment
- OLAC Video: Students Explain How They Monitor Their Learning
- Do I make use of the Ohio Improvement Process (OIP) to help my district and building guide their teamwork, data analysis, and implementation efforts? Resources include:
- OLAC Webinar: Insights into Effective TBTs
- OLAC Webinar: The Critical Role of the BLT
- OLAC Module: Ohio Improvement Process
- OLAC Module: The Collaborative Process
- OLAC Module: TBTs: Bottom-Up and Top-Down
- OLAC Module: Teams Using Data Wisely
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: Improvement and Innovation
- Do I lead efforts to identify and replicate effective practices? Resources include:
- OLAC Video: Selecting Effective Instructional Strategies for the Three Phases of Learning
- OLAC Module: Leading Literacy
- OLAC Module: Instruction
- OLAC Module: Learning Supports
- OLAC Lead the Way Podcast Episode #3: Instructional Leadership
- OLAC Webinar: Being an Instructional Leader in All Stages of the OIP: Superintendents and Principals
- OLAC Foundational Concept: Inclusive Instructional Practice
- Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability, and Reform (CEEDAR): High Leverage Practices for Students with Disabilities
- Do I provide ongoing training and support to educators and related service personnel to ensure the skillful use of data? Resources include:
- OLAC Module: Coaching
- OLAC Webinar: Performance Coaching
- OLAC Foundational Concept: Handling Data in Ohio Leadership Teams
- Ohio Inclusive Instructional Leadership
- Ohio Partnership for Excellence in Paraprofessional Preparation
- OLAC Module: Implementation Science
- Do I have district-wide systems in place to analyze and monitor how data is being used to support instruction and assessment? Resources include:
- Ohio’s Continuous Improvement Toolkit
- OLAC Module: Ohio Improvement Process
- OLAC Module: Assessment
- OLAC Webinar: Insights into Effective DLTs
- OLAC Cornerstone Connections: Instruction that Makes a Difference for Every Learner: Focus on the Use of Inclusive Instructional Practices - Part I
- OLAC Cornerstone Connections: Instruction that Makes a Difference for Every Learner: Focus on the Use of Inclusive Instructional Practices - Part 2
- School Effectiveness and School Improvement: Creating a system for data-driven decision-making: applying the principal agent framework (Wohlstetter, Datnow, and Park, 2008)
- Education Policy Analysis Archives at Arizona State University: Professional Capital as Accountability (Fullan, Rincón-Gallardo, & Hargreaves, 2015)
- Do I use multiple sources of data to identify areas in need of improvement and assess the impact of district initiatives? Resources include:
- OLAC Module: Educational Equity: Understanding Why It's So Important
- OLAC Video: Having Data to Understand Your Needs
- OLAC Video: Alignment and the Decision Framework
- Learning Policy Institute
- Intercultural Development Research Association
- U.S. Department of Education Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development: Use of Education Data at the Local Level: From Accountability to Instructional Improvement (2010) (PDF)
- ACT Research and Policy: How School District Leaders Can Support the Use of Data to Improve Teaching and Learning (Dougherty, 2015) (PDF)
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: Addressing Significant Disproportionality in Special Education
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