Whitman Elementary - Tulsa Public Schools

The Instructional Leadership Team strongly and confidently leads the improvement effort:
■ ILT works in collaboration with the Staff Development Teacher to provide a targeted,
focused professional development plan to build teacher expertise in the selected best
practices.
The staff is building expertise in the narrow set of best teaching practices:
■ Staff is held mutually accountable for the implementation of solid teaching practices
■ Staff is using instructional walk throughs as a strategy to build expertise and mutual
accountability.
Teacher collaboration teams focus on the improvement of teaching and learning:
■ Teacher teams engage in Looking At Student Work and Building Better Assignment
Protocols to improve teaching and learning
■ Teams create and communicate action plans for improving teaching.
Data systems are created for internal accountability:
■ Data is analyzed and action is taken to improve student learning.
■ Student and families know individual student data, have set goals and have a plan of
improvement and support.
1 day per month of Professional Development for the ILT
1 coaching day per month by a coach who has been a building principal and led a successful
improvement effort with results to show.