Leading improvement in your school or system

What to do

1. 1Step 1: Treat school improvement as part of daily work, not an add-on.
2. 2Step 2: Keep your improvement plan focused on a few priorities, and protect them from competing demands.
3. 3Step 3: Develop a shared vision of holistic student success with others, and communicate it widely.
4. 4Step 4: Make sure everyone understands the vision and how they are working towards it.
5. 5Step 5: Work with the Ministry so your plan aligns with Ministry plans, priorities and goals.
6. 6Step 6: Give teachers ongoing, job-embedded professional development in evidence-based teaching and assessment.
7. 7Step 7: Give your improvement team the time, resources, data and authority it needs.
8. 8Step 8: Be visible, accessible and approachable. Keep two-way communication open with students, parents, staff and stakeholders.
9. 9Step 9: Model data-informed decisions, and help others collect, analyse and use data.
10. 10Step 10: Report openly on progress towards your vision and goals.

1. 1Step 1: Keep system improvement plans focused on a few priorities.
2. 2Step 2: Protect school and system priorities from competing demands, especially by limiting how many projects schools must run at once.
3. 3Step 3: Plan, resource, run, monitor and evaluate all activities in system improvement plans.
4. 4Step 4: Monitor school improvement plans and remove barriers to progress as quickly as possible.
5. 5Step 5: Develop a shared vision of holistic student success with others, and make sure everyone understands it.
6. 6Step 6: Work with school leaders so school plans align with Ministry plans, priorities and goals.
7. 7Step 7: Give teachers and school leaders the data they need, and help them use it.
8. 8Step 8: Make sure teachers have the learning resources and job-embedded professional development they need.
9. 9Step 9: Be visible, accessible and approachable, with open two-way communication.
10. 10Step 10: Report openly on progress towards system goals.