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1.

Characteristics of collective leadership include:

Strong leaders and top-level decision making

Concrete goals developed by the leadership team and communicated to all stakeholders prior to meetings

Distributed leadership in which all stakeholders have a voice in decision making and goal setting, developing a sense of ownership

2.

Instructional coaches are considered a catalyst for change because:

They tell teachers how to improve their instructional practices.

They are a bridge between leaders and educators to foster education transformation.

They implement educational practices they think are important and then direct others to follow them.

3.

Data is an important factor for leaders, instructional coaches (and teachers). When setting goals and objectives, leaders and coaches should collaboratively:

Review data from standardized testing and make all decisions, goals, and objectives based on that data alone as it is the most objective factor for goal setting.

Consider relevant data along with other important factors that have been collectively identified to implement data-informed decisions, goals, and objectives.

Base academic goals and objectives on group discussions rather than data to assure that all group members participate in the goal setting.

4.

The best Microsoft tool to use as a hub for all communication and collaboration between leaders and coaches is:

PowerPoint to continually add slides to collect and document the information and resources that are shared

Excel to keep track of everything in an organized manner

Microsoft Staff Team to collect information and communicate effectively, streamlining the processes

Word as an ongoing documentation of all processes and other information in a format that most people know, understand, and use regularly

5.

Once the academic year is almost over, coaches and school leaders should:

Celebrate the end of the coaching process that guided them through the year as the process is completely over.

Select an alternative method of professional learning and education transformation for the future to keep things fresh.

Start planning for the instructional coaching cycle for the upcoming school year as this is an ongoing process of academic transformation.

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