ExSL The Execution in Entrepreneurial Schools Leadership Program Overview

1. ExSL The Execution in Entrepreneurial Schools Leadership Program Overview

2. Our Goals • Enable faster and greater achievement of academic excellence • Increase probability of overall success of participant schools

3. ExSL Principals will gain… • Exposure and access to the great wisdom and insight which can be gleaned from successful start-ups and entrepreneurs in other industries • Internalization and demonstration of key entrepreneurial skills for effective execution in a start-up context • Creation of an entrepreneurial school operations plan informed by effective entrepreneurial practice

4. ExSL Framework At the core of the ExSL Framework, is the concept that school leaders must have a focused and prioritized approach to execution. • Running a school is a dynamic experience; school leaders are forced to do every thing at once from providing a safe environment for learning, having a strong curriculum and excellent extra curricular programs- the list goes on. • The reality is that you must operationally do everything at once, but if you focuson everything at once you will do nothing well. • The 80/20 rule applies here. You will focus 80% of your efforts on your focus area.

5. ExSL Framework - Overview • Phase 0 – Team Development • Phase 1 – School Culture: Aspirational and Constructive Learning Environments • Phase 2 – Core Literacy • Phase 3 – Core Math • Phase 4 & Beyond – Higher order skills and the broader program

6. Program Components • Summer Institute at The Kellogg School of Management • Development of ExSL Operational Plan • ExSL Principal Forum • Dynamic Ongoing Assessment and Support

7. ExSL Summer Institute • Sessions on essential entrepreneurial skills • selling an entrepreneurial vision • leading start-up organizations, • developing and leading high-impact teams, • data-driven decision making to make school wide decisions, drive faculty PD and individualized instruction • Includes entrepreneurial coursework taught by Kellogg School professors • multiple case-method driven courses • numerous interactive exercises • conversations and Q&A with successful entrepreneurs • Lessons learned from Alain Locke Charter Academy founded by ICTC

8. Coursework and Framework Themes • Efforts vs. Results • Winning organizations focus their efforts and measure results instead of activities • Focus • Nature of entrepreneurial organizations makes it especially challenging to keep the urgent from eclipsing the important • Data and Strategy Driven Decision Making • Setting milestones and objectives with clear goals and timelines that are tied to the strategy of the organization • Anticipating Potholes and Ditches • Successful entrepreneurs have thought through the process of how they will adapt their plan when they hit roadblocks

9. The ExSL Operational Plan Summer Institute deliverables include a highly detailed entrepreneurial road map and executable operations school plan for start-up phase years one and two which addresses team development, school culture, core literacy and core math. The plan addresses: • Short and Long Term Goal-setting • Prioritizing and Sequencing Areas of Focus • Ongoing Evaluation • Anticipating Potholes and Ditches • Moving from Proficiency to Mastery

10. ExSL Plan Implementation Support • Monthly Forum • Coaching and Mentoring • Informal and Formal Assessments • Network of like-minded school leaders

11. Monthly Forum • Discussion formats include subject expert presentations and/or problem solving protocols. Members of each group control the content, discussing their top concerns, issues, and interests. • The skills and insights gained carry over into leadership within the school context • Serves as an antidote to the isolation a Principal can feel

12. Ongoing Support • Ongoing coaching/mentorship for school start-up leaders and board members to assist in effectively executing and evolving their plan in the face of entrepreneurial challenges

13. Informal Assessment • Monthly informal assessments to reflect on plan execution • Make necessary adjustments to people, plan or execution

14. Structured Biannual Assessment Process ExSL conducts a mid-year and end-of-year assessment to ensure effective ExSL plan implementation. This process includes: • a school walk through • one-on-one principal interview • teacher interviews and • data analysis

15. Summer II – 3 Day retreat • Focused on plan revision and reflection • Includes additional coursework in Execution

16. Cohort 2 Summer Institute • June 28 – July 3 (half day) • July 6-11 • TBD – CEO/Board presentations

17. Additional Inner-City Teaching Corps Expertise

18. Professional Development Support • The Professional Development staff at Inner-City Teaching Corps is made up of former master teachers, administrators and university faculty. With an average of over 23 years of teaching experience per person, the PD staff brings a wealth of experience in elementary, middle school and high school teaching.  Staff expertise ranges from early literacy and middle grades math to hands-on scienceand professional leadership. 

19. Professional Development Support • School-based Design to Professional Development. • ICTC staff work with Leadership team to identify PD needs of the school and based on assessment seminars are designed. • Differentiated Professional Development • While some workshop sessions may be designed to include the entire staff, ICTC also works to design PD that will target specific grade levels or content. This allows staff to get the most out of the experience. • In Class Coaching • PD staff will come in a model strategies or work with teachers as they implement instruction. • Beginning Teacher Coaching/Teacher Coaching

20. Professional Development Workshops (examples include) • Balanced Literacy • Guided Reading • Lucy Calkins Writing Program • Differentiated Instruction • Classroom Culture/Management • Assessment Driven Instruction • Bullying • Thematic/Integrated Instruction • Curriculum Mapping • Backward Design • Effective Instructional Strategies • Coded Mathematics • Reflective Practitioner • Teacher as Researcher • Professional Learning Communities