School Improvement - Louisiana Department of Education

Role
Principal
Responsibilities
Planning Implementing the Plan Evaluating School Improvement
Is committed to school
Ensures the evaluations set forth in the
improvement, to growth, and to Action Plan occur.
change.
Identifies whether or not
Maintains commitment and
strategies/activities are working.
expectations for the planned
Uses data and other facts to support
changes.
evaluative outcomes.
Sees that resources (time, funds, Regularly informs the school’s
personnel, equipment) needed for stakeholders about the school’s progress
school improvement activities are in meeting goals and achieving
allocated or reallocated as planned. objectives.
Is central to the planning process and
establishes the conditions that facilitate the
process.
Collaborates with the district office and DAT for
a school in need of improvement, if in place, in
the process of planning for school
improvement.
Collaborates with the district office and SIT for
schools in need of improvement in the process
of planning for school improvement.
Establishes a planning team (SIT) of school and
community leaders and serves on it.
Provides clear instructions regarding the
purpose and responsibilities of serving on the
SIT.
Reviews the school improvement materials with
the SIT and with the DAT, if applicable.
Ensures that the team accomplishes the
following: gathers needed materials, sets
timelines, assigns primary roles and
responsibilities, creates an agenda and
determines outcomes for each SIT meeting, and
checks for completion of assigned tasks.
Secures school staff commitment to implement
the plan.
Secures support for the plan from students,
their families, and the community.
Oversees the meaningful change as
set forth in the SIP.
Ensures the learning necessary to
implement the activities in the
Action Plan occurs.
Determines how well the
implementation of change/reform
progresses.
Participates in all professional
development to ensure it is linked
to the school’s achievement goals
and objectives.
May designate someone from the
SIT to manage the implementation
of the SIP.
Communicates the school’s
progress in implementing the SIP to
the district office.
Collaborates with the district regarding
the progress of school improvement.
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