A Standards-driven Culture Of Learning Thrives At Georgia High School

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A standards-driven culture of learning thrives at Georgia high school

By Nia Thornton

Categories: Collaboration, Continuous improvement, Data, Evaluation & impact, Fundamentals, Implementation, Leadership, Learning systems/planning, School leadership, Standards for Professional Learning, Teacher leadership

When I became an assistant principal at Central Gwinnett High School in Georgia seven years ago, part of my charge was to lead professional learning for our school staff. The other members of the leadership team and I were ready to engage our staff in meaningful, day-to-day learning. We knew that our work needed to be rooted in current research and best practices to get buy-in and engage all staff. Learning Forward’s Standards for Professional Leaning provided a framework for doing just that. The standards have given us a foundation for visualizing, planning, and monitoring our professional learning efforts, and they have become part of the culture of learning at the school. At the school level, standards play key roles in visualizing, planning, and monitoring

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About the Standards Assessment Inventory

The Standards Assessment Inventory (SAI) is a web-based teacher survey that provides leaders with data on the quality of their professional learning as defined by Standards for Professional Learning. SAI results help schools and systems focus on the particular actions that contribute to higher-quality professional learning. The results can be used for improvement planning, benchmarking, evaluation, and reflection. When schools administer the SAI, Learning Forward helps leaders analyze results, identify areas for improvement, and help determine next steps.

Learning Forward is pilot testing and gathering feedback on an updated version of the SAI that is aligned to the revised Standards for Professional Learning. This updated version is scheduled for release in late 2022.