Tooltips for School Leadership
As a school leader, your role is to drive school-wide improvement and foster an environment where both students and teachers can thrive.
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To Establish a Shared Vision and Strategy: The "How to prioritize student outcomes" category provides high-level frameworks to guide your strategic planning.
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Use the "OECD Learning Compass 2030" and the "Turnaround for Children Toolkit" to facilitate discussions with your staff and community to build a shared commitment to whole-child development and equitable outcomes.
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Consult the "Global Proficiency Framework" to set ambitious yet clear academic goals for reading and mathematics across your school.
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To Implement Robust Monitoring Systems: The "How to monitor student outcomes" resources can help you move beyond basic testing.
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Refer to "Choosing and Using SEL Competency Assessments" for a step-by-step guide on selecting and implementing school-wide systems for measuring crucial social-emotional skills.
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Explore resources like "Assessment as a Service Not a Place" to think systemically about how to better identify and support students with disabilities in an inclusive setting.
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To Cultivate a Culture of Data-Driven Improvement: The "What to do with your monitoring data" and "How to connect MERL with other functions" categories are key for building staff capacity and effective systems.
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Implement the cyclical process outlined in "Using data for monitoring and evaluation" to build a school-wide culture of using data effectively for continuous improvement.
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Champion the "Teaching and Learning Programmatic Cycle" to help your staff see how their individual roles connect and how MERL is a tool for collective learning and program enhancement, not just compliance.
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