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)
4.6: 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:
- OLAC Professional Learning Series
- Ohio State Board of Education: Self-Assessment Summary Tool
- 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
- 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: 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
- Learning Forward: Job-Embedded Professional Development: What It Is, Who is Responsible, and How to Get It Done Well (2010)
- 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).