District Leadership NGSS Implementation Toolkit

Peer-Reviewed and Practitioner Papers and Tools

1. Measuring Science Instructional Practice: A Survey Tool for the Age of NGSS- a white paper for practitioners that describes a survey instrument (Science Instructional Practices; SIPS) created to measure a range of pedagogical approaches relevant to science education in the current context of NGSS reform.

2. Guide to District Action Next Generation Science Standards- this guide provides district and community leaders with a recommended process and tools to develop an effective district-wide implementation plan. 

3. Strengthening Leadership for Standards-Based Education: A New Typology and Survey Tool to Identify Teacher Leaders- this white paper describes the diverse types of teacher leadership and provides a tool to help match individual teachers with teacher leadership opportunities. 

4. The Diverse Faces of Teacher Leadership; A Typology and Survey Tool- The purpose of this mixed methodology study was to operationalize distinct types of teacher leadership into an organized typology, based on case studies of teacher leaders in a science education project. In addition, through confirmatory factor analysis, evidence for factors representing the distinct types of teacher leadership identified in the typology was found in a general teacher leadership survey. Implications for teacher leadership research and practice are discussed.

5. The presentation, Increasing Access to Science in Elementary through Distributed Leadership and the Principles of Improvement Science, was delivered during the 2023 National Science Teaching Association Annual Conference. 

Tools for District Teams Developing Implementation Plans

1. NGSS Aligned District Action Plan Template

2.  Fishbone Protocol