Tommie L Mc Carter Executive Director of Principal

Tommie L. Mc. Carter Executive Director of Principal Leadership and Effectiveness

Sustaining Student Achievement Teacher Professional Development Data-Driven Instruction Professional Learning Communities Intervention Strategies Formative Assessment Strategies Building Strong Community Partnerships Transformational Leadership

MCS APPROACH Vision and Theory of Change Improve Principal Professional Development and Support System Improve Culture Building leadership training for new and existing Principals Increase the number of Highly Effective Instructional Principals and Assistant Principals Improve Principal Leadership Capacity to Drive TEI Increase Principal Recruitment and Retention Rate Common, Agree-upon Definition of Effective School Principals A Collaborative Effort of PEI and TEI to Improve Student Achievement Dramatically Improve Student Achievement, ACT Scores, and Graduation Rates Build a school culture that promotes high academic standards in preparing students to become successful, productive citizens and to live life abundantly.

The 8 Steps to Leading Transformative Change STEP ONE STEP FIVE Increase Urgency Empower Action STEP TWO STEP SIX Build the Guiding Team Create Short-Term Wins STEP THREE STEP SEVEN Get the Vision Right Don’t Let Up STEP FOUR STEP EIGHT Communicate for Buy-in Make Change Stick

Closing I believe that each child is an individual of worth, who is to be respected, accepted, encouraged, and provided a quality education. My guiding principle is to focus unrelentingly on teaching and learning. Growth in student achievement, reflected in multiple indicators, supported by student interventions is the outcome I use to gauge productivity. Of every program in place, and every reform proposed, I ask: “Does it improve student achievement? ”