Growth Strategies for

Instructional Leadership

Derek L. McCoy
Proud Principal, Spring Lake MS
@mccoyderek
derekmccoy.edu@gmail.com

Our goals today..,

Good look at @SLMSBroncos

Good look at SLMS instructional/teaching culture
Efforts to change our approach to teaching
Redefine our understanding of learning and evidences of learning
Align to ISTE Standards
Digital Strategies to accomplish goals

About me

About me

Spring Lake Middle School

Myth of the omnicompetent

principal
Embrace the fact we cant do it all

Leadership is
behavior, not a role

David Marquet, @ldavidmarquet

Influence

Influence

Focuses

PLN as a resource

PLN as a resource

build a viable vision for your school?

keep yourself challenged?
keep yourself resourced?
sharpen your saw?

What do you do to?

let good ideas develop

is your issue a person or your culture
be a world class listener
empower and involve
be tough on your problems not your people
before we leave

Remediation vs What if?

Focus on Vocabulary

Focus on Vocabulary

Monitoring

 collect and share exemplars with staff?

monitor the instructional
program/planning?
provide feedback to staff?
create a data-driven PD process?

What do you do to?

Formative Assessments

Collaborative Planning

Determining if kids understand

Engaging and Fun
Data Driven Instruction
Daily looks at teaching
Developing teacher competencies

Driving Points for School Leaders

 focus on learning not training

active not passive
dont set a path

before we leave

Why formative assessment? @jenniferlagarde

Qualitative Formative
Assessment

The Qualitative Formative

Assessment Toolkit: Document
Learning with Mobile Technology

influence

what are you building?

Connect with me

Derek L. McCoy
Twitter: @mccoyderek
Voxer: mccoyderek
Email: derekmccoy.edu@gmail.com
Blog: mccoyderek.com - Connecting, Sharing and Growing