Project Overview Table

Student: Heather Luebbers

Area of Concern

Needs Assessment

Burbank Elementary
is a Fine Arts Magnet
school serving Pre-K
through fifth grade.
In the past two years,
we have been
increasing reading
performance through
implementation of
literacy best
practices for
instruction. In areas
of K-2 we are
implementing a new
research based
curriculum titled
Units of Study in
Reading and Writing.
Teachers will need a
lot of support and
coaching, and we
only have 1 coach
and an instructional
coordinator. We
needed to find a way
to regularly support
the instructional
implementation and
secure fidelity to
implementation in

As an instructional
coordinator at
Burbank Elementary,
it is within my job
description to help
my content area
achieve higher
scores and STAAR
distinctions. The
campus principal
assigned this project
to me so I may assist
the entire K-2 staff.
The assigned
objective was to
educate the teachers
on the Teachers
College Units of
Study and
instructional
techniques to ensure
rigorous teaching
and learning
experiences, and
engagement of
students in
independent reading.
Our campus goal is
to increase the
reading levels of K-2

Name of Project: Developing professional development to support

new curriculum implementation and monitoring effectiveness.

Projects Action
Plan
Late October 2015Met with the
principal, and literacy
coach to discuss a
weekly professional
development frame
work that will support
teachers instructional
process and provide
feedback to improve
instructional
implementation in a
highly collaborative
and supportive way.

Competencies
Addressed
Late October 2015

Early November
2015- Developed a
Balanced literacy
self-assessment for
teachers to gather
data on grade levels
areas of perceived
instructional
strengths and
weaknesses. This
drove the concept of
Choice behind Build
Your Own Adventure
in the Units of Study
and allowed the

Early November
2015C008- Management
of campus budgeting
and materials use.

C004- Facilitating
design and
implementation of
curricula.

Evaluation

Reflection

Pre-Assessment :
Teachers Staff
Development Priority
Survey. Probes.
Administrative
Walkthroughs
feedback

1. Bringing staff
together and
asking them to
take on a new
instructional
routine can be
a challenge.
They will need
support and
encouragement
. One must be
able to give them
the tools they
need to
implement the
program fully
which requires a
lot of an
instructional
leader. Teachers
final evaluation is
30% based on
reading levels, so
we had to build
trust that this
would work, and
there was nothing
to fear about
taking this risk.
Also, they

C007- Apply decision

making skills.

C003- Act with

integrity in a legal
manner.
C005-The principal
knows how to
advocate, nurture,
and sustain an
instructional program

Final evaluation The evaluation of this

project is long-term.
Effectiveness will be
monitored through
administrative
walkthroughs and
observations.
Rubrics. Student
quarterly snapshot
results and running
records.

order to monitor its

effectiveness with
students.

Students to 100% of
all students reading
at grade level and
beyond reading on
level at the end of
the year.

instructional support
team to differentiate
PLCs to support
grade levels specific
needs.

and a campus culture

that are conducive to
student learning and
staff professional
growth.

Late NovDecember 2015Bend 1: 3 week

segment on the
Architecture of the
mini-lesson using a
key lesson from the
upcoming weeks
instruction. Day 1Literacy coach
models a lesson with
explanations of her
instructional moves.
Noticing and
Wonderings at the
end of the session.
Homework- teacher
implement these
strategies over the
next week and
prepare to share
success and
struggles. Teachers
plan to co-teach a
targeted lesson the
next week.
Instructional coach
and coordinator do
constant
walkthroughs to help

Late NovDecember 2015C005- Advocating an

instructional program
C009- Ensuring a
safe learning
environment for all
participants.
C005-The principal
knows how to
advocate, nurture,
and sustain an
instructional program
and a campus culture
that are conducive to
student learning and
staff professional
growth.
C007 -Apply
organizational,
decision-making, and
problem solving skills
to ensure an
effective learning
environment.

appreciated the
support provided
in the materials
preparation so
they could focus
on providing the
best instruction.
Next year this
initiative will be
continued as the
teachers begin to
learn specific
strategies which
work for them in
the classroom.
2. Increasing
collaboration
between staff
and
encouraging
risk-taking in a
safe
environment. It
can be very scary
to try something
new with a group
of people or
demonstrate
something new in
front of others.
We really had to
be careful in how
we gave
feedback. We
encouraged
mistakes and
learning from
them. That our

provide support
throughout the week.
Day 2- Teachers CoTeach a lesson, and
receive coaching
support throughout
the lesson as
needed.
Day 3- Teachers CoTeach as lesson and
Receive Support.
January 2015- Bend
2: 3 weeks Adventure
in Effective Read
Aloud, Shared
Reading, and
Conferring. Day 1:
The instructional
coach models how
these instructional
routines are best
used to support
literacy instruction.
Day 2- Teachers codeliver a read aloud
with support and
feedback. Day 3Teachers co-deliver a
shared reading
experience.
*Literacy coach and
coordinator are
actively in class
rooms helping
provide effective
feedback on the
instructional routines
staff is implementing.
* MOY Running

January 2015
C006- Principal
knows how to
implement a
development system
to improve
performance of staff.
C005-The principal
knows how to
advocate, nurture,
and sustain an
instructional program
and a campus culture
that are conducive to
student learning and
staff professional
growth.
C007 -Apply
organizational,
decision-making, and
problem solving skills
to ensure an
effective learning
environment.

mistakes helps
make sure others
dont make them.
Its all a part of
learning. We
framed in the
domain of losses
if we dont make
this move and
celebrated the
smallest of
successes. The
teachers began to
love the
collaboration, and
team planning
sessions became
more intimate
instructionally.
When discussing
data, teachers
werent afraid to
say what was
difficult or failed
and sought others
who experienced
success for
advice. Teachers
began to love the
peer observation
process because
they saw take
aways that could
improve their own
instruction.
3. Administrative
presence in the
classrooms must
be consistent,
positive, and

Records Assessment

feedback precise
and manageable.

February 2016Lessons begin. As

instructional
coordinator, I come
in and observe
lessons to monitor
effectiveness of
implementation and
gather teacher
feedback.

February 2016

Late March 2016Bend 3: Guided

Reading Instructional
Routines. Analysis of
Running Records.
Videos
Probe
Shared
Analysis
Establishing Norms
and Expectations

Late March 2016

C007 -Apply
organizational,
decision-making, and
problem solving skills
to ensure an
effective learning
environment.

C001- Articulation of
vision of learning.
C002Communication and
collaboration with
school community.

C005-The principal
knows how to
advocate, nurture,
and sustain an
instructional program
and a campus culture
that are conducive to
student learning and
staff professional
growth.

April 2016Bend 4: Guided

Reading with
targeted individual
Instruction. Analysis
of Running Records.
Videos
Probe
Shared
Analysis
Establishing Norms
and Expectations

April 2016
C004- Facilitating
strategic plans that
ensure alignment of
vision and
curriculum.
C005-The principal
knows how to
advocate, nurture,
and sustain an
instructional program
and a campus culture
that are conducive to
student learning and
staff professional
growth.
May 2016
C006 -Implement a
staff evaluation and
development system
to
improve the
performance of all
staff members, select
and implement
appropriate
models for
supervision and staff
development, and
apply the legal
requirements for

May 2016EOY Running

Record
Reading level
assessments

personnel
management.