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The Teaching Team does not Share Responsibility for Improvement
Kimberly December 5, 2023
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The Teaching Team does not Share Responsibility for Improvement
When the responsibility for improvement is not shared across the teaching team, or responsibility rests solely with the principal or school leaders, individual teachers do not feel obligated or motivated to apply evidence-based learnings. Teachers and coaches do not feel like the changes they make in their classroom as they apply evidence-based learnings are appreciated or even understood by the school leaders.
The Problem is Compounded
- When the responsibility for whole school improvement is not shared among the school community and is solely up to the principal, the school vision becomes fragmented.
- School leaders do not provide feedback and acknowledge successes with the teaching team while the teaching team do not recognise the importance of providing student data to the leadership team. This leads to a lack of support from the teaching team towards school improvement goals.
- Teaching team members are not open to feedback and so are not improving their teaching or heading towards mastery.
- Ultimately, this compromises the effectiveness of school improvement as it cannot be achieved by the principal alone, as it needs all leaders and teaching team members to embrace the School Improvement Plan.