OVERVIEW

**Program Description** Briefly describe the course or program using components from the curriculum framework that include: § **__Big Idea(s) __** or overarching principles § **__Key Concepts __** – What the participants should know as a result of this training. § **__Essential Questions __** to frame participant inquiry and promote critical thinking.
 * **Literacy for School Leaders ** ||
 * **Course or Program Title: PLN1...Literacy for School Leaders ** ||

**__Big Ideas __**
 * 1) Knowledge of specific topics regarding leadership, change theories and school reform as related to having a literate district/school and the demonstration of ability to access resources for deeper understanding of the key concepts of Turnaround Leadership, dimensions of Schools That Learn and Sustainability with the Core and Corollary Leadership Standards as related to increasing student achievement.
 * 2) In conjunction with the Penn Center for Educational Leadership, knowledge of specific topics regarding the Pennsylvania Literacy Network (PLN) theories of learning to include the “4 Lenses of Co-Constructivist Learning” and the “5 Experiences of the Reading-Writing processes” and the demonstration of ability to access resources for deeper understanding of the PLN strategies and implementation to a literacy rich, engaging school learning community for increased student achievement.
 * 3) Knowledge of the concepts and demonstration of the ability to use literacy engagement tools to effectively and efficiently lead literacy change across all curricular areas through demonstrations, community building and empowering school leaders to focus on instructional practices that relate to how students learn and how students can best be taught to lead to increased student achievement.

**__Concepts__**

1. 10 concepts of Turnaround Leadership 2. 5 Dimensions of Schools that Learn 3. Organizational priorities and sustainability 4. Examining Sustainability of Reform 5. Leading Change with administrators and teachers 6. Leadership Standards as related to school improvement 7. What is a Professional Learning Community? 8. How do you build a classroom community? 9.. Research behind Pennsylvania Literacy Network (PLN) student engagement and literacy improvement strategies 10. Implementation of literacy strategies in your district/school 11. 4 Lenses of Co-Constructivist Learning 12. 5 Experiences of the Reading-Writing processes 13. Engaging Learning Communities in the school 14. Professional Development with the intent of continual and refined improvement of teaching practices. 15. Development of interactive learning communities with respect to adult learning. 16.. Communications and development of parents/community members as literacy development partners.

a. What data analysis do you use to Initiate District, School and Teaching Change in your school/district? b. What are the strengths of your district’s (or school’s) reading/writing/talking curriculum and how do you know? c. What are the strengths of your district’s (or school’s) leadership team that enables them to act as catalysts for change to increase student achievement and how do you know? d. What literacy (reading, writing, talking) needs or concerns do schools/districts have to address to increase student achievement? e. What leadership or change efforts need to be identified and implemented to increase student achievement? f. How do you currently teach, monitor and assess student achievement in reading, writing and talking? g. How do you currently teach, monitor and assess student achievement in mathematics literacy? h. How do Teams use literacy strategies to improve your school/district and student achievement through student engagement? i. How do you strategically plan to improve student achievement? j. How does effective and engaging and literacy based instruction (4 Lenses; 5 Critical experiences) relate to student achievement and vice versa? k. How do you observe effective and engaging and literacy based instruction? l. What are the key indicators of student achievement in your school/district? m. How do create an engaging professional learning community for continual professional growth with adults, i.e. teachers, parents, community members.
 * Essential Questions **