Crosswalk
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Superintendent
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 1.5: Review progress and revise the strategies for achieving district goals
OLAC Focusing Questions for Superintendents, Standard 1, Indicator 5
- Do I want to know more about analyzing and presenting data to provide educators with guidance as they refine district and building-level actions? Resources include:
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: Addressing Significant Disproportionality in Special Education
- Ohio’s Continuous Improvement Toolkit
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: Using High-Quality Student Data
- OLAC Module: Assessment
- OLAC Module: Leading Literacy
- OLAC Module: Teams Using Data Wisely
- OLAC Foundational Concept: Handling Data in Ohio Leadership Teams
- OLAC Foundational Concept: Theories of Change
- OLAC Lead the Way Podcast Episode #8: Teams Working Towards Inclusive Instructional Practices
- OLAC Video: Impacting All Learners Through Clarity and Culture
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: Using High-Quality Student Data
- Do I want to learn more about fading out, adjusting, or replacing initiatives that prove ineffective in meeting district goals? Resources include:
- OLAC Module: Implementation Science
- Consortium for School Networking (in partnership with American Association of School Administrators): Empowered Superintendents
- OLAC Video (post-COVID academic and SEL improvement plan): Pickerington Local School District: District-Wide TBTs in Response to New Teaching and Learning Models
- OLAC Module: Educational Equity: Understanding Why It's So Important
- OLAC Module: Learning Supports
- OLAC Webinar: Coaching TBTs and BLTs
- OLAC Video: Leadership Coaching: Enhancing a Principal's Instructional Leadership Skills
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).