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Learning While Leading: Formative Evaluation Report for the U.S. Department of Education EIR Early Phase Grant

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Title:	Learning While Leading: Formative Evaluation Report for the U.S. Department of Education EIR Early Phase Grant
Language:	English
Authors:	Shannon Stackhouse, Matthew Clifford, Lisa Hood, Reino Makkkonen, George Lolashvii, WestEd
Source:	Grantee Submission. 2024.
Peer Reviewed:	Y
Page Count:	31
Publication Date:	2024
Sponsoring Agency:	Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) (ED), Education Innovation and Research (EIR)
Contract Number:	S411C210087
Document Type:	Reports - Research
Descriptors:	Faculty Development, Instructional Leadership, Teachers, Transitional Programs, Principals, Beginning Teacher Induction, Faculty Mobility, Program Evaluation, Program Implementation, Fidelity, School Demography, Federal Programs, Federal Aid
Geographic Terms:	Illinois
Abstract:	The Learning While Leading (LWL) professional development program motivates and further prepares administratively certified educators to become principals or assistant principals and offers continuous support to new principals during induction. The LWL program addresses a clear need for transitional support to motivate, fully prepare, and support educators that transition into the principalship, thereby addressing a gap in principal pipeline support in Illinois. With an Education Innovation and Research (EIR) grant from the U.S. Department of Education, the Illinois Regional Offices of Education Lead Hubs (Illinois ROE Lead Hubs) has designed and launched the LWL program in 2023. The goals of LWL are to prepare future effective principals or assistant principals to lead change by engaging teachers and other school personnel in a continuous school improvement process using Learning Cycles and teacher teams. On a larger scale, LWL program staff, and their Lead Hub partners will use findings from this research to build a statewide system to develop a pipeline of "Leadership for Continuous Improvement" for Illinois schools. WestEd serves as the LWL independent evaluator, and we are studying LWL implementation and efficacy to determine whether the model positively influences principal hiring, retention, and school-level leadership success. The program evaluation study includes the following: Fidelity of implementation, a primarily descriptive analysis of program implementation and the degree to which the logic model is implemented throughout the project; Impact analysis, which employs comparative quasi-experimental methods to examine school-level impact of hiring an LWL participant. This report provides data and descriptive information on the early implementation of LWL through December 15, 2023. The report has four sections: 1. Overview of the LWL logic model 2. Program evaluation questions and methods 3. LWL participant and school demographics 4. LWL program implementation data The report is intended to provide formative data to LWL administrators and stakeholders during early implementation, as a means of benchmarking progress and sparking dialogue about program improvement and efficacy.
Abstractor:	As Provided
Entry Date:	2024
Accession Number:	ED653494
Database:	ERIC

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Abstract:	The Learning While Leading (LWL) professional development program motivates and further prepares administratively certified educators to become principals or assistant principals and offers continuous support to new principals during induction. The LWL program addresses a clear need for transitional support to motivate, fully prepare, and support educators that transition into the principalship, thereby addressing a gap in principal pipeline support in Illinois. With an Education Innovation and Research (EIR) grant from the U.S. Department of Education, the Illinois Regional Offices of Education Lead Hubs (Illinois ROE Lead Hubs) has designed and launched the LWL program in 2023. The goals of LWL are to prepare future effective principals or assistant principals to lead change by engaging teachers and other school personnel in a continuous school improvement process using Learning Cycles and teacher teams. On a larger scale, LWL program staff, and their Lead Hub partners will use findings from this research to build a statewide system to develop a pipeline of "Leadership for Continuous Improvement" for Illinois schools. WestEd serves as the LWL independent evaluator, and we are studying LWL implementation and efficacy to determine whether the model positively influences principal hiring, retention, and school-level leadership success. The program evaluation study includes the following: Fidelity of implementation, a primarily descriptive analysis of program implementation and the degree to which the logic model is implemented throughout the project; Impact analysis, which employs comparative quasi-experimental methods to examine school-level impact of hiring an LWL participant. This report provides data and descriptive information on the early implementation of LWL through December 15, 2023. The report has four sections: 1. Overview of the LWL logic model 2. Program evaluation questions and methods 3. LWL participant and school demographics 4. LWL program implementation data The report is intended to provide formative data to LWL administrators and stakeholders during early implementation, as a means of benchmarking progress and sparking dialogue about program improvement and efficacy.