The the HIL Professional Learning System offers a variety of resources for use with your HIL teams, staff meetings, or professional learning communities (PLCs). It includes our most recent resource of Learning Maps created by HIL Implementation Facilitators that model HIL In Action in schools.
What you'll find on this page:
- HIL Process Guide for School Renewal: To support Facilitators in their work with schools.
- HIL Courses: Five EduPaths courses that will provide an overview of the HIL Model for School Renewal and show examples of how it can be applied in schools. SCECHs available.
- HIL Learning Maps: Support opportunities for deeper learning by school teams. Designed using the format developed by the MAISA General Education Learning Network (GELN), the HIL Learning Maps offer support for facilitators and links to project resources.
- HIL in a Bag: This visually appealing, hands-on manipulative provides content in small chunks. This resource, used with specific protocols, is useful for both face-to-face interactions and small group settings.
- YouTube Presentations: This playlist on the HIL YouTube Channel includes inspirational voices. practical tips, and stories from HIL Project personnel and school leadership teams.
Professional Learning Resources
Click the bars below to open drop-down menus of available Professional Learning Resources to guide your school leadership team in implementing various components of the HIL Model for School Renewal.
OVERVIEW OF THE GUIDE
Part 1 provides an overview of the High Impact Leadership for School Renewal Model
as follows:
- Introduction and Overview of the HIL School Renewal Model
- The organization of the high impact leadership practices into four domains of school renewal leadership, called the HIL Principles for School Renewal.
- The specific leadership practices and behaviors associated with the Model
Part 2 provides a description and collaborative dialogue to guide schools through the HIL School Renewal process and embed that process into the school’s ongoing norms and processes for continuous improvement.
RESOURCES
Process Guide for High Impact Leadership (HIL) School Renewal
Appendices
Appreciating Progress Toward School Renewal (APSR)—A self-reflection tool
The APSR tool provides Principals and School Leadership Teams an appreciative way to guide and document school growth in motivation and capacity for a sustained state of readiness to conduct school renewal.
ABOUT THIS RESOURCE
Five EduPaths course provide an overview of the HIL Model for School Renewal and show examples of how it can be applied in schools. SCECHs are available. You need an Edupaths account to access the courses.
Go to www.edupaths.org, create an account or access your previously created account, then search for "High Impact Leadership Renewal" in the Pathways menu to see all the HIL Course links or search for the individual titles below.
COURSES
Course 1: Introduction to the High Impact Leadership for School Renewal: A transformative approach for positive change
First in the series of five courses designed to introduce school leadership teams to the School Renewal approach for sustainable positive change. Time needed: 1.25 hour (SCECHs: 01:15)
Course 2 – Building a Foundation for School Renewal: Phase I of the HIL School Renewal Process
The course takes participants into the first phase of a strengths-based approach to positive change and explores how School Renewal can be an alternative approach to deficit focused school change processes. It describes how High Impact Leadership principles and practices of School Renewal can help schools reduce the complexity of change, avoid implementation pitfalls, and keep students at the center of all change initiatives. Time needed: 1.0 hour (SCECHs: 01:00)
Course 3 – Digging Deep to SOAR to New Heights: Phase II of the HIL School Renewal Process
This course takes participants into the second phase of School Renewal designed to help schools assess their strengths and create a school performance profile and identify growth targets for positive change. Time needed: 1.00 hours (SCECHs: 01:00)
Course 4 – Mapping a Gold Standard Pathway to Evidence-based Change: Phase III of the HIL School Renewal Process
Time needed: 1.00 hour (SCECHs: 01:00 pending approval)
Course 5 – Progress Monitoring through Cycles of Transformative Change: Phases IV and V of the HIL School Renewal Process
Time needed: 1.00 hour (SCECHs: 01:00 pending approval)
ABOUT THE LEARNING MAPS
This catalog of Learning Maps provide HIL “In Action” plans in order to support opportunities for deeper understanding of the HIL Principles and Phases of School Renewal. They are designed to guide work sessions for teams; provide links to HIL documents, graphics, and research; and be modifiable to fit contextual needs. They can be accessed via this online catalog or through this downloadable document.
This catalog will be added to frequently. Feedback is always welcome. The first Learning Map is a template to guide the creation of new Learning Maps.
Many thanks to our General Education Leadership Network (GELN) colleagues for providing a template for the Learning Maps. To provide questions or feedback, or to express interest in developing a Learning Map please contact: Lisa Ryan, Ph.D., Principal Research Associate, at lisa.j.ryan@wmich.edu; or Laurie Schmitt, PhD, HIL Project Coordinator at dr.laurieschmitt@gmail.com.
cATALOG OF LEARNING MAPS
Note: All Learning Maps are provided in two formats: a copy only Google document and a PDF.
Building Coherence around Evidence-Based Literacy Practices PDF GOOGLE
Intended Audience: HIL Facilitators, Administrators,Teacher leaders, Building staff, ISD/RESAs Continuous Improvement or Literacy Coaches
Time: 45 minutes (plus 15-min. follow-up)
In this Learning Map In Action, Theresa King, HIL Implementation Facilitator, leads schools teams and others through the process of developing an understanding of how to create a Gold Standard Implementation Guide to implement evidence-based classroom practices with fidelity and integrity.
Creating Priority Student Growth Targets PDF GOOGLE
Intended Audience: HIL Project School leadership teams, school staffs, ISD/RESA literacy coach, continuous improvement consultants
Time: 1 hour
Student Priority Growth Targets are critical for aligning change efforts in order to achieve desired student growth. The School Performance Profile provides data for school teams to lift up strengths and surface growth edges.Once growth edges are revealed, the next stage of dialogue should focus on which growth edges are the highest priority.
The Day of School Renewal Rounds: Understanding the Current state of Classroom Practice PDF GOOGLE
Intended Audience: Teacher Leaders, School Staff, Building and District Leaders, ISD/RESA Literacy and Systems Coaches
Time: 45 minutes
In this Learning Map, Jeremy Andrick, former HIL Coordinator, demonstrates the rationale for using School Renewal Rounds as an ongoing process to support continuous school renewal. Participants will learn:
- A comprehensive and detailed overview of what happens during a day of School Renewal Rounds including an overview of the School Renewal Rounds Handbook
- The nuances that lead to successful implementation in their school(s).
Double Loop Questioning
Intended Audiences: HIL Facilitators, to learn and share with others; Administrators, (school, district) to learn and share with others; Teacher Leaders, as a tool with PLCs and other groups.
Double Loop Questioning Part I – An Introduction PDF GOOGLE
Time: 1 hour
Double Loop Questioning Part II – Using DLQ to Test Assumptions About Student Data PDF GOOGLE
Time: 1.5 hours
In these Learning Maps In Action, Doni Burton, HIL Implementation Facilitator, Introduces and examines Double Loop Questioning as a process to engage teams, leaders, teachers, and others in collaborative discussion. discovery, and use of data to drive decisions and test assumptions about student data.
Embedding Four High Impact Leadership Principles PDF GOOGLE
Intended Audience: HIL Project School leadership teams, school staff
Time: 30–45 minutes
This module is an introduction to the direct application of the four High Impact Leadership principles to staff meeting agendas, PLC work, and communications with all stakeholders. Participants will learn about the four HIL principles and examples of how to directly apply them to school renewal work all throughout the year through continually development, inspiration, and focus.
Evidence-Based Decisions Through Data Dialogues PDF GOOGLE
Intended Audience: Administrators (school, district); Teacher Leaders; PLCs; Building staff; ISD/RESA Coaches; HIL Implementation Facilitators
Time: 60–75 minutes
In this Learning Map In Action, Teresa McDougall, HIL Implementation Facilitator, gives examples and use cases of Data Dialogue Protocols that provide a structure for reviewing, analyzing, and using student data to make evidence based decisions at the school and classroom level. These dialogues will identify strengths and growth edges for students, classrooms, and leadership.
Guide for Creating School Renewal Learning Maps PDF GOOGLE
Intended Audience: HIL Facilitators
Time: 30 minutes
This Learning Map is meant for HIL Facilitators and Partners to use in the creation of Learning Maps. The overall outcome is to help create consistent Learning Maps in order to make the HIL School Renewal process come to life by seeing how it is implemented in schools
Importance of Alignment PDF GOOGLE
Intended Audience: School administrators, teacher leaders and building staff
Time: 15-30 minutes
The metaphor of stacking dolls is used to share the importance of aligning systems for successful implementation of a change initiative for each group of stakeholders:
- Students
- Parents
- Teachers
- Literacy coaches
- Principal and teacher leaders
Introduction to High Impact Leadership Principles PDF GOOGLE
Intended Audience: HIL Project School leadership teams, school staff
Time: 30-45 minutes
This Learning Map is an introduction to the High Impact Leadership principles. Dr. Pat Reeves presents a metaphor to make the 4 principles accessible to all. Participants will learn how the 4 HIL principles create the foundation of the school renewal process.
Introduction to the School Performance Profile PDF GOOGLE
Intended Audience: HIL Project School leadership teams, school staffs.
Time: 45 minutes to 1 hour
This Learning Map is an introduction to the School Performance Profile. Participants will:
- View the critical features of a school performance profile and understand its purpose
- Learn how to create, develop and implement a school performance profile
- See an example school performance profile
Keys to Success PDF GOOGLE
Intended Audience: School administrators, teacher leaders and building staff that are considering beginning their school renewal journey; ISD/RESAs staff in support roles to schools and districts
Time: Minimum 30 minutes
By engaging in this learning, participants will discover important keys to Cohort A success with literacy and leadership:
- Authenticity and Courage
- Evidence Based Literacy Practices
- Balanced Implementation
- Evidence-Based LeadershipPrinciples
- Systems Approach
Phase IV: Implementation Monitoring Plan PDF GOOGLE
Intended Audience: HIL Project School Leadership Teams, School Staff
Time: 30-45 minutes
In this Learning Map, Marie DeGroot, HIL Implementation Facilitator, introduces Phase IV/Part 2 of the HIL School Renewal Process. Participants will develop an understanding of how to utilize real time data in the monitoring plan to implement priority, evidence-based classroom practices.
Understanding Your Leadership Survey Data PDF GOOGLE
Intended Audience: HIL Principals who have requested their Leadership Survey Data
Time: 1.5 hours
This Learning Map reviews HIL Project efficacy study aggregate data and discusses how to interpret and use individual school results.
Using School Renewal Rounds to Drive School Renewal PDF GOOGLE
Intended Audience: Teacher Leaders, School Staff, Building and District Leaders, ISD/RESA Literacy and Systems Coaches
Time: 45 minutes (plus 20-min. follow-up)
In this Learning Map, Jeremy Andrick, former HIL Coordinator, helps participants:
- Learn how the School Renewal Rounds is driven by the HIL Leadership Principles and connects to the Phases of School Renewal
- Discover how School Renewal Rounds can be used as a driver of continuous school renewal, by developing, refining, and monitoring instructional and leadership practices
- See how this approach can empower teachers to be agents of change
- Assess their teams readiness to embark on the School Renewal Rounds process
ABOUT THE RESOURCE
This visually appealing, hands-on manipulative provides content in small chunks. This resource, used with specific protocols, is useful for both face-to-face interactions and small group settings.
HIL Card Deck
A set of print-ready cards serve as a handy and colorful reminder of each element of the High Impact Leadership model for school renewal. Each 4 x 4.5 card describes one important aspect of the model and include concise reminders about:
- the WHY, WHAT, HOW, AND WHO of school renewal
- High Impact Leadership Principles
- the School Renewal Cycle
- High Integrity and Fidelity (HIFI) Implementation
- Vital ("Gold Standard") Behaviors
ABOUT THE RESOURCE
The HIL Project YouTube Channel includes several playlists to help you understand more about the HIL Project and to hear from the many people who contribute to school renewal through the project.
Playlists
Our Professional Learning playlist includes dozens of recorded professional learning sessions facilitated by HIL Project leaders. School leaders can choose the topic and length that fits their unique setting and area for growth.
Other playlists available:
Being an Implementation Facilitator
Plus, several playlists describing our High Impact Leadership Principles and the School Renewal Cycle
Research Support for HIL Model for School Renewal
Check out the Research Base for the HIL Model for School Renewal.
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