School Culture and the Instructional Program

To support student learning, you need to have a strong instructional program but you also need to have a positive school culture that supports and promotes learning. In this assignment, you will have the opportunity to explore ideas and develop strategies related to the creation of a positive school culture, a comprehensive and rigorous instructional program, the leadership of school staff, and an effective use of technology. The paper is designed to assess your content knowledge of the ELCC Building Level Standard 2. Please note the current APA style guidelines. Your paper should include the following required components, and it must be presented in sections as indicated below.

Except for the Introduction, each section must have its own heading. School Culture: Discuss what should be done to assess and sustain a positive school culture and instructional program that supports student learning by fostering collaboration, trust, and a personalized learning environment with high expectations for students. Incorporate theories on human development, personalized learning environment, and motivation (ELCC 2.1). Discuss how school vision is essential to developing a positive school culture and what should be done to assess and sustain a shared vision of learning for a school (ELCC 1). Instructional Program: Describe the process a school leader should use to create and evaluate a comprehensive, rigorous, and coherent curricular and instructional school program. Incorporate curriculum development and instructional delivery theories. Incorporate how the school leader measures teacher performance. Consider multiple methods of evaluation, accountability systems, data collection, and analysis of evidence. Explain how the school leader should use school technology and information systems to support and monitor student learning (ELCC 2.2). Supervision: Describe the process a school leader should use to develop and supervise the instructional and leadership capacity of the school staff. Incorporate high-quality professional development for school staff. Incorporate best instructional leadership practices. Incorporate leadership theory, change processes, and evaluation (ELCC 2.3). Technology: Describe the process a school leader should use to promote the most effective and appropriate technologies to support teaching and learning in a school-level environment. Incorporate how technology should be used for instruction within the school (ELCC 2.4). References: Include a minimum of five scholarly, peer-reviewed references, also cited in the body of the paper, presented in adherence to current APA style and formatting. Additional Requirements Your paper should meet the following requirements: Template: Use the Unit 6 Assignment Template to develop this paper. Keep in mind that the paper you write for this assignment will be modified for inclusion in the final paper for this course. Length of paper: 6–8 double-spaced pages, not including the title page and references page. References: A minimum of five scholarly, peer-reviewed resources on the References page, which are also cited in the paper. Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.