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September 2014 Facilitative AdministrationThe process of district and school improvement typically includes targeted planning for training staff in new skills to better support students. Whether or not staff actually use these new skills in their own classrooms with fluency can depend largely on the efforts of administrators to facilitate the “enabling context” in support of new teacher behavior. We call this Facilitative Administration. The Facilitative Administration Driver focuses on the internal processes, policies, regulations, and structures over which a school, district or implementing organization has some control. Building or District Implementation Teams (BITs and DITs) are often responsible for activating this Driver. The primary function of Facilitative Administration is to create and maintain hospitable environments to support new ways of work. Administrative systems are accountable for creating an organizational context that is supportive, engaged in learning, and continuously improving based on best practices and the use of data.
Above all, the Facilitative Administration Driver uses data and proactively solicits feedback to look for ways to make the day-to-day work of teachers, school staff and administrators more effective and less burdensome. Successful schools emerge from such partnerships.
Learn MoreLearn More about Organizational Drivers Learn More about gathering information to inform Facilitative Administration Two Useful Tools |
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