Standard IV: Building & Maintaining Collaborative Relationships

IL Performance Standards for School Leaders

2020-21

Work collaboratively with all stakeholders to ensure that the system of support and intervention is consistent, understood and documented to ensure that appropriate instructional and programmatic decisions are made (4a, 4b)

Support and monitor the use of research-based programs and intervention design practices with the express purpose of reducing the number of students in need of this support (4a, 4b)

Co-facilitate/serve on the District MTSS Committee, Special Education Council (SEC) and other committees as aligned to the MTSS efforts (4b)

Coordinate, organize and facilitate meetings with community agencies and parents to advance MTSS systems, processes, and practices (4c)

Provide (on a quarterly basis) a detailed report with an objective analysis of specific school-based practices that demonstrate the success of programs and/or methodologies (4d)

2019-20

Support and monitor the use of research-based programs and intervention design practices with the express purpose of reducing the number of students in need of this support (4a, 4b)

Co-facilitate/serve on the District MTSS Committee, Special Education Council (SEC) and other committees as aligned to the MTSS efforts (4b)

Coordinate, organize and facilitate meetings with community agencies and parents to advance MTSS systems, processes, and practices (4c)

Provide (on a quarterly basis) a detailed report with an objective analysis of specific school-based practices that demonstrate the success of programs and/or methodologies (4d)

2018-19

Ensure the alignment of all content usage to district’s curriculum and instruction research based methodology priorities (i.e. common core) for all three Tiers of the model (Core instruction, targeted instruction, intensive instruction) in collaboration with relevant stakeholders (4a)

Collaborate with other U-46 Department staff to develop and provide cutting-edge implementation approaches to differentiated individual and groups of students (4a, 4d)

Participate in the implementation of the MTSS Committee and effectively network with community agencies and parents to advance MTSS systems, processes, and practices (4a, 4b, 4c, 4d)

2017-18

Have a true open door policy (4a)

All agendas are google docs shared in advance in which all team members have 24/7 access and editing rights (4a)

Presented “Social Media & Our Kids” to parents, focusing on internet safety and digital citizenship expectations and realities (4c)

Regular communication (phone calls, emails, and conferences) with families to share both concerns and positives (4c)

2016-17

Have a true open door policy (4a)

All agendas are google docs shared in advance in which all team members have 24/7 access and editing rights (4a)

Created and host a Gamers Club for kids (4a)

Inspired Kane County ROE to create a grant to support school student attendance efforts, and was awarded the inaugural gift (4a, 4b, 4c, 4d)

Redesigned In-School Suspension from punitive holding cell to academic & behavioral based incentive structure (4b, 4d)

Presented “Social Media & Our Kids” to parents, focusing on internet safety and digital citizenship expectations and realities (4c)

Regular communication (phone calls, emails, and conferences) with families to share both concerns and positives (4c)

Intertwined MTSS, Truancy, & PBIS Teams to work in harmony with one another (4d)

2015-16

Have a true open door policy (4a)

All agendas are google docs shared in advance in which all team members have 24/7 access and editing rights (4a)

Created and hosted a Gamers Club for kids (4a)

MTSS & Truancy Teams collaboratively drive our decision making (4b)

Presented “Social Media & Our Kids” to parents, focusing on internet safety and digital citizenship expectations and realities (4c)

Regular communication (phone calls, emails, and conferences) with families to share both concerns and positives (4c)

2014-15

Have a true open door policy (4a)

MTSS & Truancy Teams collaboratively drive our decision making (4b)

All agendas are google docs in which all team members have 24/7 access and editing rights (4a)

Highly visible in classrooms, hallways, lunchroom, buses (4a)

Requested input feedback from staff prior to reconstruction of MTSS & Truancy teams. Implemented all feedback in the redesign (4b)

Regular communication (phone calls, emails, and social media) with families to share both concerns and positives (4c)

Provided various ways (i.e., face-to-face, digital, anonymous) to share input & feedback during extensive revision of MTSS & Truancy teams and processes (4d)

2013-14

Created a Back to School Picnic

Redesigned Curriculum Nights to include all staff (office, support, specials, custodial, lunch)

Designed regular Parent Technology Development Nights (1-2 x per mo.)

Redesigned School Improvement Team:

consists of 12 members (6 staff, 6 parents)
regular meetings twice per month
goals determined following Rising Star & Wise Ways resources
notes taken and shared on SIT webpage
report out to staff at staff meetings
every meeting is an open invite to all staff
every meeting results in action to be taken prior to next meeting
held community forum (physically & virtually via twitter chat)

Created an SIT email account, managed by SIT parent representatives

Created a school hashtag on twitter, on which staff and parents contribute

Helped create a PTO twitter hashtag

PTO a staple part of staff meetings

PTO co-presidents sit on School Improvement Team

Open door policy

Transparent continuous respectful candid dialogue around student learning and staff/community accountability

Regular “No Office Days” to share a day at our school (most recent webpage post below…)

No Office Day 5/18/14

I took my official No Office Day this month and broke it into 2 half days, each with a group of students who are redeeming OctoberFest experiences to accompany me. The students did everything: mapped out our schedule of where we went and when, took the pictures, decided what got tweeted, and distributed horseshoe hoorays. Here is some of what we experienced: