Exceptional Schools Initiative

Effective Schools Framework (ESF) Institute

Audience: District, Campus, & Teacher Leaders

This two-day session empowers campus and district leaders with an understanding of the Effective Schools Framework and the key levers. Participants take a deep dive into key practices, success criteria, and what those look like in action. The training adopts the See It, Name It, Do It model and offers access to exemplary resources and artifacts. Participants will actively reflect, built, enhancing and refining their current processes and procedures.

Effective Schools Framework (ESF) Diagnostic

Audience: District, Campus, & Teacher Leaders

The ESF Diagnostic is a six-step process intended to build a deeper understanding of the campus’s current level of implementation of the essential actions included in the Effective School Framework, identifying the gaps, and serves as the identification of prioritized focus areas for campus long-term improvement efforts.

1. Lever 4 Academic
2. Review Pre-Work Collection
3. Pre-Visit Conversation
4. 1-day ESF Campus Visit
5. Post-Visit Conversation
6. Final Report

Lever 1: Strong School Leadership and Planning

1. 1.1  Develop campus instructional leaders (principal, assistant principal, counselors, teacher leaders) with clear roles and responsibilities

2. 1.2  Compelling and aligned vision, mission, goals, values focused on a safe environment, high expectations, and rigorous instruction

3. 1.3  Focused plan development and regular monitoring of implementation and outcomes

Lever 2: Strategic Staffing

2.1 Recruit, select, assign, induct, and retain a full staff of highly qualified educators

Lever 3: Positive School Culture

1. 3.1  Explicit school-wide behavioral expectations and culture routines

2. 3.2  Proactive and responsive student support services

3. 3.3  Involving families and community

Lever 4: High-Quality Instructional Materials & Assessments

4.1 Daily use of high-quality instructional materials

Lever 5: Effective Instruction

1. 5.1  Professional Development for Effective Classroom Instruction

2. 5.2  Build teacher capacity through observation and feedback cycles

3. 5.3  Data-driven instruction

4. 5.4  MTSS for students with learning gaps

Audience: District Leaders, Campus Leaders & Teacher

Participants will take a deep dive into the A-F Domain Framework and identify how schools are evaluated. In addition, participants will analyze accountability data and establish strategic student performance objectives for the academic year.

Audience: District Leaders & Campus Leaders

The Lever 4 Academic Review is an analysis of the campus instructional materials, specifically instructional materials students have access to through assignments. A Region 1 trained academic reviewers will analyze the materials through the lens of Research Based Instructional Strategies (RBIS) indicators to determine the implementation of high- quality instructional materials at a campus level. A detailed L4 Academic Review Report will be provided to both the district and campus leaders.

• Customized Face to Face Professional Development
• A-F Campus/District Accountability Trainings
• One-on-one Principal Coaching
• Implementation Support Visits focused on Observation Feedback, Data Driven Instruction, Professional Learning Communities
• Additional service upon district/campus request

Audience: District, Campus, & Teacher Leaders

This research-based process guides campus instructional leaders through mastering the Continuum of Self-Reflection. Facilitators from Region 1 ESF will lead instructional leaders in professional and reflective dialogues aimed at enhancing instruction. This process encourages instructional teams to set and achieve goals that improve student performance. Coaching support includes observing collaborative practices, guiding reflections with PLC teams, assisting with goal-setting, action planning, conducting implementation visits, and providing feedback. Districts/Campuses have an option to customize the number of days needed.

Audience: District & Campus Leaders

Essential Action Lever Support (EALS) is an ESF-aligned program over a span of 10 days through which training and support is provided to principals, their instructional leadership teams, and principal supervisors to build capacity for creating and implementing systems for the ESF Lever 1.1) around roles and responsibilities, change management, observation and feedback cycles, and data-driven instruction.

Audience: District Leaders, Emerging & Established Principals

A year-long, once-a-month professional development series conducted through 1-hour virtual sessions designed to provide campus leaders with relevant and practical information tailored to their roles and responsibilities. Participants will enhance campus systems and structures needed to lead effectively and implement sustainable best practices directly impacting student performance.

Audience: Campus Leaders & Teachers

Introducing the PAX Good Behavior Game, a proven behavior management tool designed for schools seeking to cultivate a positive classroom atmosphere. Through engaging teamwork and rewards, this innovative strategy empowers students to earn points for demonstrating respectful and cooperative behaviors, creating a harmonious learning environment where every student can thrive

Audience: District, Campus, & Teacher Leaders

Participants will engage in the ESF Diagnostic Process, the Academic Review, and E4 Coaching. This process will assist leaders in identifying strengths and areas of focus while determining if students have access to high quality instructional materials. Participants will self reflect on current campus systems and receive side-by-side customized coaching based on diagnostic results.