Question 1

What is instructional leadership?

Accepted Answer

Instructional leadership is the practice of guiding, supporting, and improving the quality of teaching and learning within a school or district. Instructional leaders — including principals, assistant principals, instructional coaches, and teacher leaders — use data, professional learning, and shared expectations to build a culture of high cognitive demand and continuous improvement.

Question 2

What is the Education Momentum Framework?

Accepted Answer

The Education Momentum Framework is a model developed by Erik M. Francis and Maverik Education that helps school leaders guide initiatives and transform them into sustainable schoolwide expectations for teaching and learning. It provides a clear structure for aligning professional learning, instructional practice, and school culture around shared goals.

Question 3

How does Depth of Knowledge connect to instructional leadership?

Accepted Answer

Depth of Knowledge (DOK) provides instructional leaders with a shared language and common framework for evaluating and improving the cognitive rigor of teaching and learning across classrooms, grade levels, and content areas. When leaders use DOK consistently, it creates schoolwide alignment between standards, instruction, and assessment.

Question 4

What professional development does Maverik Education offer for school leaders?

Accepted Answer

Maverik Education offers Instructional Leadership professional development in four formats: half-day sessions, full-day workshops, professional learning series, and train-the-trainer programs. All formats are facilitated by Erik M. Francis and grounded in the Education Momentum Framework and Depth of Knowledge.

Question 5

How does Maverik Education help schools build sustainable improvement?

Accepted Answer

Maverik Education helps schools build sustainable improvement by developing internal leadership capacity, establishing shared expectations for teaching and learning, and designing professional learning that shifts practice over time. Rather than one-time events, Maverik Education partners with schools and districts to create systems and structures that sustain growth long after the initial professional development.

Question 6

Who is the professional development designed for?

Accepted Answer

Maverik Education's Instructional Leadership professional development is designed for principals, assistant principals, instructional coaches, teacher leaders, curriculum directors, and district administrators who are responsible for improving the quality of teaching and learning in their schools and organizations.

InstructionalLeadership

creating a CULTURE FOR COGNITIVE C.A.L.M.

Phases for CREATING Cognitive C.A.L.M.

Phase 1: Introduction and Initiation

Phase 2: Implementation

Phase 3: Saturation

Phase 4: Expectation

Phase 5: Management

Strengthen instructional leadership