Preparation and Communication
PSA Executive Summary
SAM Readiness Steps and Activities
- How do schools begin the SAMs process?
- Resistance Reducer Tool
- Leading Change Handbook – The Wallace Foundation
Communication Tools
- Message Document
- SAM Media Backgrounder
- Fact Sheet
- SAMs Logic Model
- SAM Process Introduction
- Frequently Asked Questions
SAMple Job Descriptions
- 2010 SAMple Job Description
- JCPS SAMple Job Description
- District SAMple Job Description
- KDE SAMple Job Description
- MN SAMple Job Description
Implementation Tools
What a Great Idea! ©2009
Instructional Leadership ideas from The National SAM Project, October, 2009
Fab 5 Self Assessment
Learning from Leadership: Investigating the Links to Improved Student Learning
Tools for Principal and SAM Teams
NSIP Annual Conference Materials
3rd Annual Conference – Orlando, FL
- Orlando 2010 Agenda
- Andy Hargreaves – The Fourth Way
- Delegation for School Leadership – Workshop Materials
- Delegation for School Leadership – Powerpoint
- Susan Scott – Fierce Leadership
4th Annual Conference – San Antonio, TX
- San Antonio 2011 Agenda
- Changing Principals: Minute by Minute & Leading Change – Friday Presentations
- TimeTrack Web Updates
- Rethinking Teacher Supervision and Evaluation – Kim Marshall
5th Annual Conference – Phoenix, AZ
General Sessions
- First General Session – What Great Leaders Do Differently – Todd Whitaker
- Second General Session – My Mission: Teaching Teachers and Students to be Great – Vasiliy Bogan
- Third General Session – Turning Teacher Talent into Student Achievement – Mike Rutherford
- Fourth General Session – Expert Observing – Cynthia Uline & Joseph Johnson
Breakout Sessions
- Building the Structure: First Responders and their Role – Steve & Carol Seid
- PD360 and Khan Academy: Differentiated Teaching – Ken Gilmore & Mark Shellinger
- Fierce Conversations – Jim Sorenson
- Tips for Giving and Receiving Feedback – Mike Rutherford
- Torts, Sports, & Religion: Keeping Your Principal Out of Trouble – Nathan Roberts
- Teaching Kids to Think Differently – Vasiliy Bogan
- The Power of Nice – Carol Lensing
News Articles
- Superheros or SAMS?- Drake University
- Priority Management for Principals
- Illinois School Board
- Education Week – Feb. 13, 2008
- Out of the Office and into the Classroom
- National Conference of State Legislatures issues briefing on SAMs, July, 2009
- Original SAM Study (ERIC Document)
- Graves County Schools utilize student SAMs
- Chicago Sun-Times – A Matter of Principals
- Education Week – Feb. 2, 2011 – Education Innovation: Tougher Than it Looks