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Ace Lead5233 m4 Assignment
Ace Lead5233 m4 Assignment
Christopher Tagler
Dr. B. Courts
December 7, 2023
The implementation of the proposed instructional vision for Minooka Community High
School builds on measures already in place. Although there are foundational policies that are in
place regarding collaborative learning, the school currently lacks a defined vision for
collaboration or distributive leadership. The instructional vision statement acts as a blueprint that
will guide teachers, administrators, and students in not just their daily learning, but for the
project-based learning into the curriculum. Teachers were allowed to replace traditional final
exams with project-based finals. Collaborative projects were allowed, as long as they concluded
Options that teachers can have can include, but not limited to, bellringer or exit activities
that create free thought and sharing of ideas. In addition, projects can have student teams form
a “battle plan”, which can include elements such as job responsibilities, deadlines, and
consequences for not meeting obligations. Teachers can present open-ended problems that
students are required to collaborate, solve, and present findings. Students will check each
other’s work in order to learn from the entire class, not just their group. Throughout the process,
teachers will have to adjust their roles, serving as consultants more than issuers of content. The
improved understanding of others, more developed communication skills, which allows for
Allowing all groups of the school community to factor into decision making, while giving
students ownership of their education, will help students grow creatively and communicatively,
while increasing student engagement and performance (Pierro, 2020). Ultimately, the
combination of collaborative learning and distributive leadership will lead to MCHS establishing
a culture of achievement.
References
Burroughs, S. (2023, January 4). Articulating an Instructional Vision for Your District.
ASCD. https://www.ascd.org/blogs/articulating-an-instructional-vision-for-your-
district
(dissertation).
Çoban, Ö., & Atasoy, R. (2020). Relationship between distributed leadership, teacher
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