Professional Learning Communities/ Focused Collaboration - Provide leadership and support for the continued implementation of Professional Learning Communities/ Focused Collaboration in all schools.

Critical Success Factors:

1. Quality Implementation of Professional Learning Communities/ Focused Collaboration: Communities/Focused Collaboration: In order order to assess progress towards a shared understanding and high quality implementation of Professional Learning Communities/ Focused Collaboration, we will develop and implement an established evaluation tool and use the results to strengthen a culture of collaboration.
2. Integrate Continuous Improvement into the Daily Work of Districts and Schools: In order to make meaningful connections with the daily work of standards and assessment implementation and Professional Learning Communities/ Focused Collaboration, we will streamline, align, and focus the DoDEA Continuous Improvement Process.
3. Ongoing Professional Learning: In order to ensure teachers, school administrators, District educators, and professional support staff address student learning needs, we will conduct ongoing professional learning and support for Professional Learning Communities/ Focused Collaboration at every level.
4. Assessment Literacy: In order to use student learning results to drive Professional Learning Communities/ Focused Collaboration and inform teaching and learning decisions, we will provide tools and information for how teachers can use the assessment data to inform instructional changes.
5. Instructional Leadership Professional Learning: In order to strengthen principals’ and assistant principals’ skills to lead teaching and learning in every school, we will provide professional learning on instructional leadership and support for principals, assistant principals, and district leaders.
6. Culture of Shared Leadership: In order to assist principals in establishing shared leadership within schools, we will advance the culture of shared leadership through professional learning that enables teachers to share their expertise and learning.

College and Career Ready Standards - Provide leadership and support for the continued implementation of College and Career Ready Standards.

Critical Success Factors:

1. Professional Learning Needs Assessment: In order to foster change in practice, we will continue to assess adult learning needs to inform the design and delivery of CCRS professional learning for teachers, school administrators, and district specialists.
2. Aligned Standards-Based Instruction System: In order to promote student learning through the implementation of CCRS and to provide support for educators as they integrate curriculum, instruction, and assessment components into their practice, we will align all components of a standards-based instruction system including standards, curriculum, 21^st Century instructional practices, assessment, and interventions.
3. Best Practice and a Culture of Innovation:  In order to develop a shared understanding of what works best for student learning, and spread innovation throughout the system, we will create networks of educators that learn and problem-solve together.
4. Comprehensive Planning for Program Implementations: In order to provide focus for HQ, District, and School Improvement planning, we will create a systemic continuous review and improvement cycle for standards, curriculum, instruction, and assessment program implementations that integrates with the DoDEA Comprehensive Planning Cycle.
5. DoDEA Learning Walkthrough Implementation: In order to systematically observe the instructional shifts in classrooms, encourage teacher growth through actionable feedback, and design professional learning to improve school, district, and system-wide teaching and learning, we will implement and refine the DoDEA Learning Walkthrough process.