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 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)
4.6: Provide for high-quality professional development for all staff aligned with district goals.
OLAC Focusing Questions for Superintendents, Standard 4, Indicator 6:
- Resources and tools for helping educators self-assess learning needs and capacities, while aligning professional development to district goals include:
- Ohio’s Continuous Improvement Toolkit
- OLAC Professional Learning Series
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: Educator Evaluation Systems
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: OTES Training Workbook (PDF)
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: OPES Training Workbook (PDF)
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: OTES 2.0 Tools
- Council for Exceptional Children: Core Competencies for Special Education Paraeducators
- Center on Great Teachers and Leaders at American Institutes of Research: Teacher Leadership Self-Assessment Tool (2017) (PDF)
- OLAC Module: TBTs: Bottom-Up and Top-Down
- Would I like to know more about different kinds of professional development my district can employ as part of its improvement cycles? Resources include:
- OLAC Module: Coaching
- OLAC Lead the Way Podcast Episode #2: Learning About Coaching from Ohio’s Leaders
- OLAC Video: The Principal’s Role in Developing Teacher Leadership
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: Teacher Leadership
- OLAC Lead the Way Podcast Episode #3: Instructional Leadership
- OLAC Foundational Concept: Inclusive School and District Culture
- OLAC Module: Leadership
- OLAC Webinar: The Critical Role of the BLT
- OLAC Webinar: Moving the Work Forward Through OPES
- OLAC Webinar: Moving the Work Forward Through OTES
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: Professional Development
- Frontline Education: Effective Professional Learning Strategies (That Actually Work)
- Ohio Partnership for Excellence in Paraprofessional Preparation
- Ohio Inclusive Instructional Leadership
- OLAC Video: Investments in Human and Social Capital are Central to the School Improvement Process
- 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
- Center on Great Teachers and Leaders at the American Institutes for Research (AIR): Job-Embedded Professional Development: What It Is, Who Is Responsible, and How to Get It Done Well
- OLAC Webinar: Being an Instructional Leader in All Stages of the OIP: Superintendent and Principals
- OLAC Lead the Way Podcast Episode #9: Capacity Building Through the Development of Professional Capital
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: Human Capital Resource Center
- Understood
- Would I like to know more about leadership practices that support and sustain professional development and school improvement efforts? Resources include:
- OLAC Module: The Collaborative Process
- OLAC Foundational Concept: Inclusive School and District Culture
- OLAC Module: Leadership
- OLAC Module: Resource Management
- OLAC Module: Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
- OLAC Video: Focusing on the True Work of the Building Leadership Team
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).