Personalized Principal Leadership Practices : Eight Strategies for Leading Equitable, High Achieving Schools.

Cover -- PERSONALIZED PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP PRACTICES -- PERSONALIZED PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP PRACTICES: Eight Strategies for Leading Equitable, High Achieving Schools -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction -- Personalized Principal Leadership Practices: Eight Strategies for Leading Equitable, High-achieving Schools -- Introducing the Principals -- 1. Personalize the Data -- Every Data Point Has a Face -- Amplify Student Academic Stories -- Best Practices for Designing Data-based Decision-making Teams -- Three Levels of Talking about Students -- ORID Data Chats -- Brother 2 Brother Data Charts -- Avoid Flagrant Transcript Errors -- Dive Deeply: Examine the K-8 Experiences of High School Students -- Review Learner Profiles of Incoming Ninth Graders for Honors/AP Placement -- Senior Schedules - Addressing Minority Lack of Representation in Advanced Courses -- Summary -- Case Study 1 -- Reflective Questions -- 2. Generate Principal-directed Student Equity Learning Goals and Promote Equitable Learning Environments -- Write Quarterly Letters to Minority Students -- District Support for Student Equity Learning Goals -- Student Learning Goals - Part of SIP and Principal's Leadership Effectiveness Evaluation -- As Students Transition to Other Teachers, Teachers Share Student SLOs -- Create a One-page School Improvement Plan -- Make Achievement a Topic of Action -- A Bit of Nostalgia - Reading Recovery -- Establish a Practice of Culturally Responsive Leadership -- Active Proponents of Equitable Environments -- Structural Barriers to Math Success -- Conduct an Educational Equity Audit -- Coventry Midlands School Programmatic Equity Audit -- Summary -- Case Study 2 -- Reflective Questions -- 3. Get the Right Teachers in the Classroom and Monitor the Implementation of Culturally Proficient Instruction.

Effective Teachers of African American and Latinx High School Students -- Lead Discussions about Race, Racism, and/or Positive Contributions of African Americans and Latinxs -- Dedicated to the Success of Students -- Break It Down to the Ground -- Everyone Gets Called On -- Passionate about the Subject Matter -- Highly Structured Classroom Environments -- Implications for Teaching -- Hiring the Right Teachers - Strategies for Recruiting Diverse Faculty/Staff -- Teacher Shortage Solutions -- Monitoring Cultural Proficiency in Classrooms: Equity-focused Classroom Walkthroughs -- Monitoring Instruction in Course-alike Team Meetings or Professional Learning Communities -- Individual Accountability Meetings with Teachers -- Conduct a Root Cause Analysis -- Develop a Theory of Action -- Summary -- Case Studies 3 &amp -- 4 -- Reflective Questions -- 4. Increase Teachers' Cultural Proficiency -- Cultural Proficiency - What Is It? -- Three Drivers of Change -- Partnering with the District to Operationalize Equity -- From Equity Downloads to Equity Execution -- Teacher Peer Visits -- Wise Wednesdays -- Creating Best Practices: Professional Development Sessions -- Comprehensive Year-long Workshop Series on African American and Latinx Males -- Three-part Professional Development Series -- Culturally Proficient Teaching Session -- Common Assumptions Session -- Racial Identity Development Session -- Summary -- Case Study 5 -- Reflective Questions -- 5. Infuse Highly Structured Interventions -- Following Up with Every Struggling Student -- Adding Joy to the Ninth Grade Schedule -- The NEST Period -- NHIs -- Common Lunch -- PAWS -- The 30-Minute SET Period -- Ninth Grade Interventions -- Connections Class for Ninth Graders -- English, Science, Social Studies Opportunities -- Extended Day Planning Sessions -- Summary.

6. Utilize Student Voice Data as an Integral Part of School Improvement -- Equity Listening Tours -- Student Surveys -- Invite Students into the School Improvement Process -- Monthly Student Town Halls -- Race Talk - Student Equity Panel Discussions with Faculty -- "Asking for Courage Day" - Schoolwide Discussion on Race and Racism -- Latinx and African American Student Experiences - Equity Listening Tour -- We're Not Supposed to Be Here -- You're in America, Speak English or You Speak Spanish? -- Crude Humor and Racially Charged Jokes -- Some People Think Just Because I am Hispanic, I Should Be Living in a Trailer -- A Safe Place to Discuss Racial and Cultural Issues -- Summary -- Case Study 6 -- Reflective Questions -- 7. Create Academic Affinity Groups and Scholar Support Programs for African American and Latinx Students -- Our Latinx and African American Students Are in Honors and Advanced Placement Classes -- Bridge to Calculus Project -- Students of Color Scholars' Program -- Our Students Take At least One Honors or AP Course -- The MacScholars Program -- Men Organized Responsible Educated -- Mentoring Models and UT Austin's Project MALES for Latinx Males -- Summary -- 8. Partner with Parents: Best Practices for Building Strong Parent Collaboration -- Parent Learning Walk Teams and Parent Study Circles -- Meet Parents Whenever and Wherever Available -- Serendipitous Meeting with a Parent at Lowe's -- Village of Wisdom Parent Group for Black Males -- Monthly Parent Teas -- Parent Engagement Stretches beyond Attendance at School Meetings -- Trust, Understanding, Connection, and a Willingness to Meet -- Fifth Grade Academic Playdate -- Local Business Donations for Schools -- Conduct a Parent Engagement Needs Assessment -- Summary -- Concluding Thoughts -- What Else Can Principals Do? -- Case Studies 7 &amp -- 8 -- Reflective Questions.

CASE RESOLUTIONS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.

In this book, McLaughlin examines the eight strategies expert principals utilize to lead equitable, high achieving schools. Each chapter will include strategies, case studies, reflective questions and a chapter summary.

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