Our Philosophy

The Daggett System for Effective Instruction

The Daggett System for Effective Instruction (DSEI) facilitates a coherent focus across the entire education organization—organizational leadership, instructional leadership, and teaching—on the development and support of instructional effectiveness to improve student achievement. The noted objectives support instructional effectiveness at each level:

Organizational Leadership

  • Create a culture of high academic expectations, positive relationships
  • Establish a shared vision and communicate to all constituent groups
  • Align organizational structures and systems to the vision
  • Build leadership capacity through an empowerment model
  • Align teacher/administrator selection, support, and evaluation.
  • Support decision making with relevant data systems

Instructional Leadership

  • Use research and establish the urgent need for change to promote higher academic expectations and positive relationships
  • Develop, implement, and monitor standards-aligned curriculum and assessments
  • Integrate literacy and math across all disciplines
  • Facilitate data-driven decision making to inform instruction
  • Provide opportunities for professional learning, collaboration, and growth focused on high quality instruction and increased student learning

Teaching

  • Build effective instruction based on rigorous and relevant expectations
  • Create and implement an effective learner environment that is engaging and aligned to learner needs
  • Possess and continue to develop content area knowledge and make it relevant to the learner
  • Plan and provide learning experiences using effective research-based strategies that are embedded with best practices including the use of technology
  • Use assessment and data to guide and differentiate instruction
  • Further content and instructional knowledge through continuous professional learning that is both enriching and collaborative

For more information about the Daggett System for Effective Instruction, please read our white paper The Daggett System for Effective Instruction: Where Research and Best Practices Meet.