Kentucky Instructional Leadership Team Network District Partnerships

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Kentucky Instructional Leadership Team Network
District Partnerships

• Presentation on the KILTN District Partnership
  Program and
• Kentucky Cohesive Leadership System of
  Distributive Leadership through the Development
  of Cross District Professional Learning
  Communities
• September 4, 2008

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Purpose of the District Partnerships

• The purpose of the KILTN District Partnerships is
  to improve student learning by developing
  professional learning communities that become
  deeply embedded in the district culture and are
  supported and sustained. The partnership work
  will center around
• Developing school and district professional
  learning communities,
• Implementing student intervention systems, and
• Providing high quality instruction in every
  classroom for every student every day
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Partnership GoalsThe goals of the KILTN District
Partnership are to

• Develop professional learning communities (PLC)
  whose guiding principle is to ensure high levels
  of learning for all students.
• Ensure that all students learn by using data to
  inform teaching for understanding,
• Develop a culture of collaboration in which
  districts work together to achieve their
  collective purpose of learning for all,

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Partnership GoalsThe goals of the KILTN District
Partnership are to

• Create a systematic process of working together
  to analyze and improve classroom practice leading
  to higher levels of student achievement,
• Collaborate for school improvement and develop
  solutions to removing barriers to success,

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Partnership GoalsThe goals of the KILTN District
Partnership are to

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• Focus on results by participating in an ongoing
  process of identifying student performance and
  working together to establish targets for
  improving student achievement, and
• Share periodic evidence of progress.
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Reporting the Impact of the Partnership

• Each participating district will present
  semiannual reports to the KILTN network that
  outlines student data detailing student
  performance. Reports will include the results of
  student intervention systems and achievement gap
  data. The report will also highlight the
  partnership and how the district has benefitted
  from the partnership.

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District Selection

• Districts currently in the network will invite
  partners outside the network to partner with them
  and join the network.
• District partnerships may include two or more
  district partners.
• Districts must sign this agreement to apply for
  grant funds.

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District Selection

• Grant funds awarded must be used to conduct
  partnership meetings that address the work of the
  partner districts leadership teams creating
  professional learning communities, developing
  intervention systems, and creating district
  understandings of high quality instruction.
• Each district member of a partnership will
  receive a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for
  reimbursement of expenditures up to 2,500.
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Development and Delivery

• Partnerships will meet at least bi- monthly for a
  minimum of three hours for face-to-face meetings.
• The partnership will create an online learning
  community or website where the partnership can
  share documents and other information.
• The partnership will participate in the Kentucky
  Instructional Leadership Team Network (KILTN)
  online and face-to-face meetings.

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Development and Delivery

• The partnership will share the work of their
  partnership and results of their actions at the
  2009 Kentucky Teaching Learning Conference.
• Partnerships will agree to present at other
  meetings, workshops, and conferences as requested
  by the KILTN.
• Any documents, processes and strategies developed
  by the partnership will be shared with all KILTN
  member districts.

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Development and Delivery

• Partnerships will expected to write journal
  articles sharing their experiences and target
  success stories to share through various media
  sources.
• Partnerships will commit one team per district
  (2-3 people) to participate in the WIDE World
  Harvard University Courses (course registration
  will be paid for through KyCLS/KDE Funds, not
  through your partnership funds).
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WIDE Registration Deadline

• Last date to register is September 10th
• Information needed to register name, email
  address, grade level and content area or position
•  Principal or District Supervisor will be given
  observer rights
• Information from those taking the course shared
  at the partnership meetings
• Select trainer-of-trainers
• Course selection

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Continuous Improvement

• The partnership should be modeled after a
  professional learning community.
• Partnership work will focus on adult learning
  theory and best practice understanding that
• Adults learn through doing.
• Adults learn through reflection.
• Adults learn through collaboration.
• Adults learn through observation of expert
  practice.
• Adults learn through thoughtful, written,
  individualized feedback.
• Adults learn through job-embedded professional
  practice.

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Overarching Dispositions

• The administrator believes in, values, and is
  committed to
• 1. The educability of and life-long learning for
  everyone
• 2. Student learning as the fundamental purpose of
  schooling
• 3. Making management decisions to enhance
  learning and teaching
• 4. Schools operating as an integral part of the
  larger community

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Continuous Improvement
Feedback should be ongoing and multileveled,
allowing decisions to be based on monitoring
data. Student achievement results and
improvement in school culture will be documented
and shared with the KILTN network. District and
school instructional leadership team members will
keep a reflection journal of their leadership
team experiences.  
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Coach / Facilitator Services

• KLA/KyCLS will provide coach/facilitator services
  to each partnership
• Assist in
• Developing meeting agendas
• Facilitating meetings
• Locating resources
• Providing training and strategy tips
• Connecting the partnership with districts/schools
  who have been successful in implementing
  strategies addressing similar problems of practice

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Suggested Timeline

• Meetings held in September, November, January and
  March
• Meeting space will be available for partnerships
  to meet during the state KLA events Statewide
  partnership will meet for one hour prior to the
  KLA meeting (800AM 900AM) Notify Debbie if
  you want meeting space evening before, lunch,
  after the meeting.

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Suggested Timeline

• March meeting can be held at the KTLC Meeting
  space will be provided .There will be a statewide
  meeting of all partnerships at KTLC
• Report to school boards at least three times per
  year on the work of the partnership
• Be available to report to the state board if
  requested

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KLA / KILTN Partnership Opportunity

• As members of the KILTN
• Reduced rate for KLA membership for three
  members - 400
• All cadre meetings will include a focus on the
  role of instructional leadership teams and
  development of professional learning communities
• Attendance at all three state events Franklin
  Schargel October 29th, International Summit on
  Education December 10th -12th , and Rick and
  Rebecca Dufour March 25th 26th ,
  International Summit Follow-Up Meeting June
  15th 16th

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KLA / KILTN Partnership Opportunity

• Teacher Leadership Masters/Rank 1 Program with
  Asbury College
• Coaching Network - 300
• Aspiring Prinicipals Program with Indiana
  University Southeast Dr. Robin Fankhauser
  receives Kentucky certification and courses are
  based on Kentucky Laws, etc.
• Principal Support Network - 500 (based on the
  Leadership Continuum work)

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Meeting Dates

• KILTN Statewide Meetings
• October 29th, 800AM 845AM before the KLA
  session with Schargel
• January 13th WebEx Meeting from 1000AM
  1130AM EST
• March 3rd , 400PM 800PM including dinner in
  Louisville, location TBD
• December 10th , during 400PM 600PM EST at the
  International Summit on Education
• March 26th, 800AM 845AM before the session
  with the Dufours
• June 15th , during 400PM 600PM EST at the
  International Summit on Education

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Questions ?
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Thank YOU for Joining

• Contact Debbie anytime
• email Debbie.Daniels_at_education.ky.gov
• cell 606-793-0569
• office 502-564-4201 extension 4735
• Spread the Word and Invite Your Neighboring
  Districts to Join
• 3. We look forward to working with you this
  year and being a part of the great work taking
  place in your district