When teachers and principals lead small teams, educators can collaborate routinely and get weekly—or even daily—guidance, feedback, and support. The whole school can achieve instructional excellence and a welcoming environment for all.
Below, find curated resources on critical elements of instructional leadership and excellence for teachers, multi-classroom leaders, and principals.
- Video clips of teacher-leaders and principals who have achieved high-growth student learning
- Discussion questions and printable study guides for developing your team and yourself, with real examples from educators
- Training links for ongoing professional development
- Other developmental resources including books, videos, articles, and tools
Additionally, go here for specific tools, action lists, and curriculum resources that guide you on the actions to achieve these elements of instructional excellence. These are based on the strategies of outstanding, high-growth teachers who have worked in schools served by Public Impact and the common elements of several leading instructional experts.
| Leaders must connect with their team, set ambitious goals, and lead and develop the team together and individually to deliver instructional excellence. Leaders must plan, communicate, execute, and improve team actions. |
| Launch and Lead Establish leadership by ensuring the right people are on the team and clarifying the team’s vision, goals, roles, and process for collaborating to achieve excellence. Learn more…
Build Team Cohesion Build team spirit and help your team collaborate productively to achieve your common goal of teaching and learning excellence. Learn more…
Support and Develop Individuals Provide support and development to each educator, through co-planning, co-teaching or co-leading, modeling, observing and providing feedback, and coaching. Learn more…
Manage Yourself Take care of yourself and improve your leadership and professional skills and competencies to achieve consistent performance. Learn more…
Lead Instructional Excellence Lead others openly and rapidly to implement the specific elements of instructional excellence and achieve high-standards, high-growth learning.
 See Achieving Instructional Excellence |
| Instructional excellence is the heart of a great school. Achieving it requires planning ahead, delivering strong instruction, then improving throughout the year so that each student is motivated and supported for high-growth, joyful learning. |
| Plan Ahead and Raise Sights Pre-plan high standards for each grade/course—with schoolwide curriculum, lessons, and useful assessments up to and beyond standards—to support achievement and growth. Learn more…
Connect Establish strong relationships with students and families to cultivate a culture of learning and respect. Learn more…
Lead the Classroom Lead with purpose and compassion, setting and reinforcing norms for routines and behavior, in face-to-face learning and online. Learn more…
Execute Rigor and Personalization Execute rigorous lessons aligned with the curriculum, personalizing and differentiating instruction for highly-engaging, high-growth learning. Learn more…
Monitor Learning Assess students’ learning achievement and growth frequently with data—daily and weekly—from the start and continuing through the year. Learn more…
Adjust Instruction Change instruction when learning slows—and to help students advance faster—based on monitoring. Learn more…
Share Engage students and families in each student’s growth by sharing progress and inviting student-driven improvements. Learn more…
Improve Continuously improve all of the instructional excellence elements. Learn more… |
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