Is Balance Possible? Understanding #Assessment Inventories. In this article, Jennifer Borgioli Jennifer Borgioli helps teachers and leaders understand how to canvas the assessments in a school, grade or district. buff.ly/2IKqKVz #education #leadership

This article underscores the role of listening in facilitating discourse and the learning of others. Listening with heart, body and mind: buff.ly/36mwInA #education #edchat #leadership

Managing the dissonance and the disconnect of change. Joanne Picone-Zocchia provides us with a framework for understanding, assessing and managing and sustaining changes within their schools. buff.ly/3d690Rt #education #edchat #leadership

Try the Self-Assessment Compass for Engagement chart within this post by Giselle Martin-Kniep and Bena Kallick to assess what you are bringing with you to the classroom, and how you could move into a more genuine presence with your students. buff.ly/3unhc6A #education #teaching

Mediating uncertainty with patient inquiry. In this article, Giselle Martin-Kniep urges leaders to tap the experiences and perceptions of teachers, parents, and students to inform decisions and actions. buff.ly/32yIlGJ #education #leadership

Multidimensional Leader Performance Rubric (MLPR) Part 1 explicitly supports and assesses principals’ attainment of the ISLLC standards. Part 2 supports and assesses leaders in setting and attaining professional and school improvement goals. buff.ly/3gHSwjR #education

MPPR at a glance The guiding questions in this tool underscore the key attributes of principal practice assessed by the Multidimensional Principal Performance Rubric (MPPR) rubric, and is intended for use by Principal Evaluators. buff.ly/3fgJeeh #education #leadership

Neuroscience of engagement and SCARF. This chapter introduces the SCARF Framework and its application to #teaching, #learning and leading. buff.ly/3rBPW14 #education #leadership

This protocol can be used to document the nature of teachers’ and students’ questions. Completed, can be used as context for a conversation about the nature of teachers’ questions & the degree to which they enable students to respond to and ask questions. buff.ly/31j7ZhK

This article, written by Joanne Picone-Zocchia, proposes ways of reframing professional evaluation as an opportunity for leaders to reflect about their own practice. Responding to professional evaluation: buff.ly/3ruLSzn #education #professionallearning

Signature Practices: Evidence of Experience, Innovation and Expertise. Here, Joanne Picone-Zocchia introduces the concept of signature practices as a key for leaders to clarify, document and study their practice. buff.ly/3db1S5x #professionallearning #education #edchat

A concrete strategy and tools for gathering quantitative and qualitative data from parents, teachers and students, and for mining the use of that data to inform school decisions and actions. By Giselle Martin-Kniep and @BenaKallick. buff.ly/3eNLasv #education #edchat #leadership

The principal as a school leader. This article, written by Joanne Picone-Zocchia, articulates the #leadership competencies of effective school principals. buff.ly/3ftfjQ7 #education #edchat

In this article, Joanne Picone-Zocchia describes how setting goals is just the beginning of an ongoing process worth pursuing. There is more to goals than setting them: buff.ly/3pcusYk #education #edchat #goalsetting

How principals can use parallel surveys that tap multiple perspectives to identify improvement needs, priorities, & the relevance and effectiveness of actions and strategies implemented, and ultimately use this data to support ongoing improvement. buff.ly/3x8OW8d #edchat

Adults need #feedback too. Diane Cunningham discusses ways to enhancing the work for educators through the use of feedback that is focused and respectful. Given when it can be used, it supports true professional growth. buff.ly/333xy7a #education #professionallearning

Checklist for quality program design. This tool can help professional developers design, evaluate or revise their #professionallearning opportunities. Download: buff.ly/3uwNMCo #education

This rubric was developed to support the #feedback process among teachers around curriculum, instruction, & assessment. It is intended to support teachers’ efforts at improvement, rather than leaving them feeling judged or condemned. buff.ly/3utmZaf #professionallearning

Collecting evidence. This article argues for the use of professional portfolios by teachers and leaders, and proposes strategies for developing them. buff.ly/3haXZQd #education #professionallearning

This article, written by Amanda Barney, supports the work of new teacher leaders as they design #professionallearning opportunities for their colleagues. Congratulations, you are a teacher leader: buff.ly/3rTXFsp #education #edchat