Talent Development and Leadership Tracking
System of the Future
Wallace Foundation Project with
Des Moines Public Schools
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Michael D. Toth
CEO Learning Sciences International
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LTS Components
1. Career ladder/pipeline
2. Micro-credential system for Instructional
Leadership competencies for a leadership
pipeline (new teacher to principal supervisor)
3. School Profiles with leading and lagging
indicators
4. Vacancy projector and matching
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LTS Theory of Action
• Instructional Leadership is a competence
• Fundamentally neither principal supervisors nor
principals teach students so their instructional
leadership effects are measured through the
improvements in teachers’ instructional practices
which result in increased student learning
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Cascading Effects
Principal Supervisor
Effectiveness
Principal
Effectiveness
Teacher
Effectiveness
Student
Achievement
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Principal Supervisor
District Leader Competencies
Proactive
Leadership
Pipeline ‒
Career Ladder
Based on
Instructional
Competence
Principal
School Leader Competencies
Vice Principal
More School Leader Competencies
Aspiring Administrator
Teacher Instructional Competencies + Teacher growth
+ Starting School Leader Competencies
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This would make DMPS the first in the nation to
have such a coherent and powerful instructional
competency-based career ladder and leadership
pipeline system.
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to impact student outcomes
Standards Driven Instruction
Competency Alignment
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District Leader:
Adheres to Federal, District and
State Standards
School Leader:
Adheres to District and State
Standards
Teacher:
Identifying Critical Content
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Student Achievement
District:
Improved and aligned systems to support schools
Fidelity of curriculum, instruction, assessment, intervention, and
resources
School:
Improved systems to support teacher teams and individual teachers
Fidelity of curriculum, instruction, assessment, intervention, and
resources
Teacher:
Improved systems to support student teams and individual students
Fidelity of curriculum, instruction, assessment, intervention, and
resources
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District Leader Impact:
Improved and aligned systems to support schools
Fidelity of curriculum, instruction, assessment, intervention, and resources
Increased district achievement data
School Leader Impact:
Improved systems to support teacher teams and individual
teachers
Fidelity of curriculum, instruction, assessment,
intervention, and resources
Teacher Impact:
Improved systems to support student teams and
individual students
Fidelity of curriculum, instruction, assessment,
intervention, and resources
Student
Achievement
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Certified vs. Qualified
Certified Person
• Aspiring
• passed written and practical
exams related to the work
• Knowledge based
• No evidence of implementation
or impact
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Qualified Person
• a practitioner
• possession of a recognized
degree, certificate, or
professional standing
• extensive knowledge, training
and experience
• successfully demonstrates the
competencies relating to the
work.
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Competent
• A practitioner
• Possession of a recognized degree, certificate, or professional
standing
• Extensive knowledge, training and experience
• Successfully demonstrates the competencies relating to the
work.
• Evidenced leadership impact on student learning.
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DEMONSTRATION
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Wrap-Up
• Comprehensive cloud based Talent Development
System
– Not a bolt on to current systems
– Becomes ingrained in the organizational culture
• Develop ALL levels of the organization
– Personalized to the learner
• Transparent HR systems
– Succession Planning
– Career Pipelines
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CONTACT INFORMATION
Amy Dujon
Learning Sciences
International
[email protected]
(717) 845-6300 ext. 252
Matt Smith, Chief Schools Officer
Des Monies Public Schools
[email protected]
Office: (515)242-7871 (or ext.8506)
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