The Instructional Leadership Cycle

The ILC is a leadership framework that can guide K12 school leaders over the course of the school year towards instructional transformation across classrooms. I walk readers through the major milestones of the annual school calendar, emphasizing the need to break the year down into smaller cycles of implementation, analysis, reflection, and improvement.  From the strategic planning work of the summer, to launching the school year with purpose and vision during the Principal Summit, to the conclusion of each improvement cycle with corresponding data analysis and adjustments, to finishing the school year strong, the Instructional Leadership Cycle provides the tools necessary to institutionalize ongoing organizational learning and improvement.   The book outlines both the genesis of the framework, as well as how it was then taken to scale in one of the largest K12 school districts in California.