Use professional expectations and standards to guide, monitor, support, and supervise to improve teaching and learning

1. Supervising and Evaluating Teaching Practice: Educational leaders should use professional expectations and standards to supervise and evaluate teaching practice in a fair, consistent, and transparent manner. This includes using standards-aligned evaluation frameworks and rubrics to assess educator performance and provide constructive feedback for improvement. Leaders can use standards such as the Teacher Evaluation Framework developed by the Education Commission of the States (ECS) to guide the development of rigorous and comprehensive evaluation systems.

2. Promoting Continuous Improvement: Educational leaders should use professional expectations and standards to promote a culture of continuous improvement in teaching and learning. This involves using standards-aligned data and evidence to identify areas for growth, set goals for improvement, and implement evidence-based strategies and interventions to enhance teaching practice and student outcomes. Leaders can use standards as a benchmark for excellence and a roadmap for guiding improvement efforts at the individual, school, and district levels.

By using professional expectations and standards to guide, monitor, support, and supervise efforts to improve teaching and learning, educational leaders can ensure that educators are equipped with the knowledge, skills, and resources needed to effectively meet the needs of all students and drive continuous improvement in educational outcomes.