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 4: Instruction
Superintendents lead the creation of instructional systems designed for high student achievement.
OLAC Resources
- Podcasts
- Episode 17: Prioritizing Teaching and Learning
- Episode 18: Empowering Collaborative Leadership: A Clearview Success Story
- Episode 19: Data-Driven Leadership in Education
- Episode 20: Decisions Made Together: The Power of Shared Leadership in Schools
- Episode 21: Beyond Literacy Basics: Building Readers and Leaders
- Episode 22: Transformative Leadership in Education: A Conversation with Dr. Joe Clark
- Episode 23: Exploring Ohio’s Integrated Multi-Tiered System of Supports
- Professional Learning Series
- DLT Game Plan: Powering Up Teams Through Purposeful Dialogue and Problem Solving
- From Good to Great: The Journey Behind OLAC’S 2024 Outstanding District of the Year
- Power Up Your Leadership: OLAC Assessments in Action
- Early Literacy for Every Learner: Engaging Families and Building Foundations
- Empowering Building-level and Teacher-based Teams Series: How Do We Know What's Working?
- Empowering Building-level and Teacher-based Teams Series: Strengthening Teacher-Based Teams to Drive a Data-Informed Culture
- Empowering Building-level and Teacher-based Teams Series: TBT-to-BLT Communication & Action Planning for Sustained Success
- Empowering Elementary Schools & Principals as Literacy Champions
- Empowering Secondary Schools & Principals as Literacy Champions
- Instructional Leadership in Action: Building Confidence, Growth, and Impact
- Unlock the Power of Literacy: Discover the ALL Ohio Literacy Library
- Unpacking Readiness Strategies for Implementing and Tracking the College Career Workforce and Military Readiness Measure
OLAC Focusing Questions for Superintendents, Standard 4:
- Are there teams, processes, and systems in place in my district to ensure well-grounded, effective, and productive curriculum and instruction techniques are shared, used, and systematically improved? Resources include:
- OLAC Podcast: Episode 16: Systemic Improvement Practices: A Framework for School Leadership
- OLAC Module: Leadership
- OLAC Module: Leadership for Early Childhood Care and Education
- OLAC Module: Coaching
- OLAC Module: Curriculum
- OLAC Module: Instruction
- OLAC Module: Leading Literacy
- OLAC Module: Learning Supports
- OLAC Module: TBTs: Bottom-Up and Top-Down
- OLAC Video: The Importance of Aligning Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment
- OLAC Module: Educational Equity: Understanding Why It's So Important
- OLAC Video: Selecting Effective Instructional Strategies for the Three Phases of Learning
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: Learning in Ohio
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: Read Ohio
- Do I maintain a culture of understanding and using data well? Resources include:
- OLAC Module: Assessment
- OLAC Module: The Collaborative Process
- OLAC Module: Teams Using Data Wisely
- OLAC Video: The Importance of Aligning Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
- OLAC Module: Implementation Science
- OLAC Foundational Concept: Handling Data in Ohio Leadership Teams
- Opportunity Culture: Plan Ahead and Raise Sights
- OLAC Video: Impacting All Learners Through Clarity and Culture
- OLAC Video: A School Board Member and Superintendent Discuss Their Roles in Improving Outcomes for Students
- OLAC Video: Supporting Collaborative Building Leadership Teams
- OLAC Video: Effective Instruction with Clear Learning Targets
- OLAC Video: Cycle of Inquiry for TBTs
- Do I know how to conduct audits to identify district and building strengths and needs? Resources include:
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: One Needs Assessment
- U.S. Department of Education - CCSSO: Using Needs Assessments for School and District Improvement: A Tactical Guide
- U.S. Office of Elementary & Secondary Education: The State Support Network: Needs Assessment Guidebook (Cuiccio & Husby-Slater, 2018) (PDF)
- Educational Records Bureau: A Guide to Conducting a Curriculum Audit Supported by Data (Hanawald, 2023)
- Intercultural Development Research Association: Using Equity Audits to Assess and Address Opportunity Gaps Across Education (2020)
4.1: Require district-wide use of an established curriculum.
OLAC Focusing Questions for Superintendents, Standard 4, Indicator 1
- Would I like to learn about ways to work with teachers and building teams to establish a coherent curriculum that addresses state standards and aligns with the district curriculum? If so, resources include:
- OLAC Module: Curriculum
- OLAC Lead the Way Podcast Episode #6: Best Practices for TBTs – Part 1
- OLAC Lead the Way Podcast Episode #7: Best Practices for TBTs – Part 2
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: Read Ohio
- OLAC Video: The Value of District-Wide Curriculum Development
- Would I like to know more about curriculum mapping and other processes that superintendents use to establish district-wide use of a shared curriculum? Resources include:
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: Model Curricula
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: Early Learning and Development: Standards-Curriculum-Assessment Alignment
- OLAC Video: The Importance of Aligning Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
- OLAC Video: Curriculum: The Written, the Taught and the Learned
- PowerSchool: The Benefits of Curriculum Mapping
- PowerSchool: A Beginner's Guide to Curriculum Mapping
- Would I like to know about strategies useful to teachers as they engage the process of adapting their curriculum development to more systematic approaches? Resources include:
- OLAC Module: Assessment
- OLAC Video: Using Student Self-Assessment to Guide Instruction
- OLAC Video: Collaboratively Defining Learning Targets
- OLAC Video: Effective Instruction with Clear Learning Targets
- OLAC Video: The Benefits of a Balanced Assessment System
- Would I like to know more about the processes that enable teachers to participate in meaningful horizontal and vertical alignment of the curriculum? Resources include:
- OLAC Module: TBTs: Bottom-Up and Top-Down
- OLAC Module: Resource Management
- OLAC Module: Curriculum
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: Learning in Ohio
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: Sample Vertical Alignment Example (PDF)
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: Back to School Resources for Return: Student Readiness Toolkits
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