Get Real: Getting Principals Formative Feedback that Matters

Outline

The first 5 minutes of the session will include an overview, welcome, and introductions, followed by participants answering a Padlet prompt on how their districts provide timely, specific, descriptive formative feedback to their principals. (5 + 5 minutes)

Presenters will share Nebraska District 145’s journey to develop a leadership model based on Stronge & Xu, Effective Principals, Grissom, Egalite, & Lindsay, What Great Principals Really Do, PSEL, and Nebraska Principal Performance Standards followed by participants “Triad Talk” about the basis for their district’s leadership model. (12 + 3 minutes)

Presenters will explain the development of the evaluation process (Stronge & Xu, Marshall, Reeves, McREL’s Balanced Leadership), aligned to the leadership model, synchronized with principal action focus during the school year, with an emphasis on reflection and systematic principal practice. Participants will have a graphic organizer to compare and contrast what their district does with the presented evaluation process. Participants will Partner Share the “Upsides-Downsides” of their district’s evaluation process based on the compare/contrast graphic organizer. (12 + 3 minutes)

Presenters will describe the implementation process, timeline, challenges, and lessons learned. Participants will generate (Sticky Note Storm on Padlet) possibilities in their district followed by a group dialogue. (10 + 5 minutes)

Questions (5 minutes)

Supporting research

Alkaabi, A. M., & Almaamari, S. A. (2020). Supervisory feedback in the principal evaluation process. International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 9(3), 503-509.
Grissom, J. A., Egalite, A. J., & Lindsay, C. A. (2021). How principals affect students and schools. Wallace Foundation, 2(1), 30-41.
Grissom, J. A., Egalite, A. J., & Lindsay, C. A. (2021). What great principals really do. Educational Leadership, 78(7), 21-25.
Marzano, R.J., Waters, T., & McNulty, B. (2005) School leadership that works: From research to results. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision
and Curriculum Development and Aurora, CO: McREL.
National Policy Board for Educational Administration: (2015). Professional Standards for Educational Leaders 2015. Reston, VA: Author.
Reeves, D. B. (Ed.). (2008). Assessing educational leaders: Evaluating performance for improved individual and organizational results. Corwin Press.
Stronge, J. H., & Xu, X. (2021). Qualities of effective principals. ASCD.