High Growth Title I Schools Videos

Videos

Use the links below to access videos of principals discussing their successes with some of the Leadership, School Culture, and Best First Instruction indicators, as well as a video of principals describing to what they attribute their school’s high catch-up growth.

Leadership

• Principal leadership
  • Leadership video 1 - Principal addresses the importance of creating a culture to support all students and working together to accomplish this.
  • Leadership video 2 - Principal discusses his leadership style and the importance of relationships.
  • Leadership video 3 - Principal discusses the high expectations that he holds for staff and students.
• Distributed leadership
  • Leadership video 4 - Principal speaks to a norm of shared leadership in the building, and why this is important.
• Principal’s presence
  • Leadership video 5 - Principal addresses the importance of lesson planning and her expectations for staff in this area.
  • Leadership video 6 - Principal speaks about presence in classrooms every day – this builds relations with students as well.

School Culture

• Core mission, vision and beliefs of the school permeate the culture
  • School culture video 1 - Principal discusses the need for all staff to hold high expectations and relationships that support this.
  • School culture video 2 - Principal speaks about the importance of accepting values and making them part of the school culture.
• Expectations for high levels of staff and student performance – no excuses
  • School culture video 3 - Principal talks about the need to move from a teacher focus to a student focus: considered a critical factor in a school’s success.
  • School culture video 4 - Principal discusses how, in years past, there was a lot of excuse-making and how this was overcome.
  • School culture video 5 - Principal discusses how teachers’ attitudes and expectations were out of sync. School conducted book studies to change thinking.
• Laser-like focus on the work necessary to accomplish student success
  • School culture video 6 - Principal discusses how data must be visible to teachers, used by teachers, and owned by teachers in order to facilitate decision-making.
  • School culture video 7 - Principal describes the various data tools and points used by staff.
• Consistent and clear expectations for behavior and academic performance
  • School culture video 8 - Principal discusses how he tries to put discipline into perspective, as a means to a learning end.
  • School culture video 9 - Principal addresses the importance of what’s going on and why: becomes the causative factor for misbehavior.
  • School culture video 10 - Principal discusses the need for an organizational schema and adult’s use of consistent processes.
• Apparent constructive synergy throughout the school at all levels – partnerships are evident
  • School culture video 11 - Principal discusses the improved activities for parents, so it is more active participation.
  • School culture video 12 - Principal speaks to his reticence to more actively involve parents until staff excuse-making changed.

Best First Instruction

• Data informs teaching and learning
  • Best first instruction video 1 - Principal discusses using data to set grade-level and teacher goals.
• Quality instructional time
  • Best first instruction video 2 and video 3 - Principals are deliberate about protecting instructional time.
• Well-planned lessons framed around standards/curricula
  • Best first instruction video 4 - Principal talks about connecting instruction to standards.

Each principal provides a brief summary of the factors they believe contributed to the success of their school in increasing the academic performance of their lowest performing students.

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