The goal of Phase I is to select materials that support a clear and common vision of great instruction for the subject, with stakeholder participation in the process. Teachers are central to every great selection story and reported learning from the process when it was done well.
The goal of Phase III is to support teachers as they use the curriculum to inspire great instruction and increase student learning. At the leadership level, the focus is on listening to teachers and observing practice with a goal of continuously improving teacher support. Phase III does not end after the first year – this is a continuous improvement journey that never ends.
This resource provides guidance for preparation, a pre-meeting email, and an agenda for studying the curriculum to better understand the design and make informed decisions about implementation. By studying the curriculum, the team will be better enabled to plan for the type of support that teachers and leaders need. This step sets up many of the planning meetings that the team will have in Phase II.
This resource provides a completed example of the Assessment Inventory Template for a school from our early implementer group. These use notes are not intended to be an evaluation of this assessment, but are intended to share how one system thought about their use of this specific assessment.
This resource is a high-level overview of a sample coaching model and process. This model could be used with formal instructional coaches or a teacher leader coaching structure. Whether formal coaching or teacher leader coaching is used, this model requires content expertise and a strong understanding of the materials from the person supporting the teacher.
This resource is an overview of how to support and train coaches in utilizing the curriculum in their coaching process. This is not an exhaustive list for coach training, but rather a list of focused recommendations for building coaches’ skill set in using the curriculum.
This resource outlines reactive systems and protocols for unpacking and solving challenges. The first chart gives an example of how to capture and log challenges. Under “Example Protocols,” you can see systems for analyzing and unpacking challenges.
This resource outlines all the significant decisions that need to be made throughout Phase II and possible models for how those decisions can be made. Because of the complexity of many of these decisions and discussions (including who should weigh in on what and the amount of time it takes to plan everything out), implementation leaders often schedule a series of meetings to plan implementation with different focus areas (often around each step in Phase II).
This resource is a sample meeting agenda for the launch of the Implementation Support Team. During the meeting, the team defines team norms, roles and responsibilities, decision-making, and creates the team charter.
