Review Agenda Item
Meeting Date: 10/16/2020 - 7:00 PM
Category: Teaching, Learning and Leadership
Type: Info
Subject: Executive Leadership Coaching Partnership
ACPS 2025 Strategic Plan Goal:
Goal 2: Instructional Excellence
ACPS will ensure that all students have access to and engagement with high-quality instruction.
Policy: IA - Instructional Goals and Objectives
Funding Source or Fiscal Impact (where applicable)
File Attachment:
201016_Board_Brief_Executive_Leadership_Coaching_Partnership_v3.pdf
201016_Att1_ACPS_Executive_Leadership_Coaching_Assignments.pdf
201016_Att2_AIR_Executive_Leadership_Coach_Biographies.pdf
201016_Att3_Grow_Executive_Leadership_Coaching_Framework.pdf
201016_Att4_Executive_Leadership_Model.pdf
Agenda Item Summary: Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS) has partnered with American Institutes for Research (AIR) to implement Executive Leadership Coaching support with all ACPS school leadership. AIR is recognized as a national and international leader in research, evaluation and policy, practice, and systems change. AIR brings a wealth of expertise and experience designing and implementing executive leadership training and coaching models for school leaders. For the past ten years, AIR’s District and School Improvement team has collaborated with numerous national districts, including leading school improvement partnerships for several schools across the state, such as: Prince William County Schools, Norfolk Public Schools, Lynchburg City Schools, and Alexandria City Public Schools.

The Executive Leadership Coach will serve as a thought partner who draws on broad expertise as a school-based administrator to collaboratively engage school leadership partners in open-ended, reflective analyses to isolate a specific challenge or problem, identify the root cause(s) of the problem, develop and implement action steps to address the challenge, and monitor the results. The primary goal of supporting ACPS school-based leaders in developing and enhancing their leadership skills and competencies is to enable:

• Increased academic achievement of ACPS students through ensuring equity and access, and promoting educational excellence for all; and

• The attainment of the goals within their School Improvement Plans (SIPs) and division-wide expectations; and the successful implementation of school improvement initiatives.
Background:
Recommendation: The Superintendent recommends that the School Board review the information presented.
Approvals:
Recommended By:
Signed By:
Dr. Gregory C. Hutchings, Jr. - Superintendent