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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 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: All Hands on Deck! Driving Inclusive Instructional and Organizational Leadership Through OIP-OLAC
- OLAC Module: Leadership
- OLAC Module: Leadership for Early Childhood Care and Education
- OLAC Module: Ohio Improvement Process
- 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
- OLAC Webinar: Insights into Effective 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. Office of Elementary & Secondary Education: School Improvement: Needs Assessment
- 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)
4.2: Ensure the development and implementation of high-quality, standards-based instruction.
OLAC Focusing Questions for Superintendents, Standard 4, Indicator 2:
- Would I like to know more about district-wide curriculum and instruction models that focus on standards alignment? Some resources include:
- OLAC Module: Curriculum
- OLAC Module: Instruction
- OLAC Module: Assessment
- OLAC Module: Ohio Improvement Process
- OLAC Cornerstone Connections: Moving an Entire System: Youngstown City School District’s Work to Improve Learning for Every Child Reflects Strong Commitment to Equity, Collective Practice
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: Model Curricula
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: Read Ohio
- OLAC Webinar: Being an Instructional Leader in all Stages of the OIP: Superintendent and Principals
- Would I like to know more about the implementation and monitoring of standards-based instruction? Resources include:
- OLAC Module: Assessment
- OLAC Module: Implementation Science
- 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 II
- OLAC Video: Students Explain How They Monitor Their Learning
- Would I like to learn about how to assess a district’s instructional practices, and help schools in my district gather evidence showing that an instructional practice is working effectively, or not? Resources include:
- OLAC Module: Instruction
- OLAC Module: Assessment
- OLAC Module: Coaching
- OLAC Module: Teams Using Data Wisely
- OLAC Video: Cycle of Inquiry for TBTs
- OLAC Module: TBTs: Bottom-Up and Top-Down
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: Ohio's Evidence-Based Clearinghouse
- OLAC Video: Having Data to Understand Your Needs
- OLAC Foundational Concept: Instructional Coaching
- OLAC Foundational Concept: Developing and Using Rubrics
- OLAC Foundational Concept: Handling Data in Ohio Leadership Teams
- Would I like to know more about how common instructional language and supports can boost high-priority instructional practices? Some resources include:
- OLAC Video: Communicating Clear Learning Targets
- OLAC Module: Learning Supports
- OLAC Module: The Collaborative Process
- OLAC Module: Leadership
- OLAC Module: Coaching
- OLAC Video: The Collective Sense of Efficacy
- OLAC Video: Effective Instruction with Clear Learning Targets
- OLAC Video: The Importance of Teacher-Designed Common Assessments
- OLAC Video: Collaboratively Defining Learning Targets
- OLAC Video: The Impact of Nonfiction Writing: Thinking Through the End of a Pen
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