Leadership webinar: How to create systems and structures to effectively monitor the instructional process
Tuesday September 30th: 1:30 [PDT]; 3:30pm [CDT]; 4:30 [EDT]
How to create systems and structures to effectively monitor the instructional process
The challenge
Improvement efforts across schools often falter because progress monitoring is either absent, inconsistent, or too compliance-driven. Leaders and teachers may introduce new strategies, but without clear metrics, structured observation, and regular reflection, it becomes difficult to know whether those strategies are truly improving teaching and learning.
Why it matters
When schools lack strong monitoring systems, instructional gaps go unnoticed, teachers miss opportunities to adjust their practice, and leaders cannot make data-informed decisions. As the CIG evaluation highlighted, schools that built structured cycles of peer observation, formative assessment, and collaborative data review saw measurable improvements in student proficiency, staff capacity, and leadership effectiveness.
What this webinar will do
In this session, Dr. Tyrone Burton and Principal Kahlil McIntosh (Wesleyan Christian Academy, Grand Cayman) will share practical approaches to designing and sustaining instructional monitoring systems. Drawing on evidence from school turnaround contexts, the webinar will focus on:
- Embedding Effective Learning Observations (ELO) to strengthen teaching through structured peer feedback.
- Using formative and summative assessments to inform real-time instructional adjustments.
- Building leadership and accountability structures that sustain improvements beyond the initial turnaround process.
Participants will leave with a clear understanding of how to build monitoring systems that track progress and create a culture of continuous instructional improvement. Specifically, by the end of the session, you will be able to:
- Define clear metrics for instructional monitoring
- Implement structured systems and tools
- Establish consistent monitoring cycles
- Incorporate reflective and collaborative practices
- Engage leadership and stakeholders in accountability
- Sustain progress beyond turnaround
Your presenter: Dr Tyrone D. Burton
Dr. Tyrone Burton is the Founder of Passion Driven Leadership and a nationally recognized expert in school turnaround and leadership development. With over 30 years of experience, he has supported schools in Louisiana, Florida, Georgia, Connecticut, and the Cayman Islands to implement evidence-based systems for progress monitoring and instructional improvement.
Measurable gains in student achievement and the development of sustainable structures for teacher support have marked his leadership as a Distinguished Principal. In his consulting work, Dr. Burton has guided schools to adopt monitoring frameworks that embed self-assessment, reflective practice, and distributed leadership — helping leaders sustain progress beyond initial turnaround efforts.
Tyrone is joined by Principal Kahlil McIntosh (Wesleyan Christian Academy, Grand Cayman)
Khalil McIntosh has played a central role in redesigning instructional monitoring systems during a critical period of school turnaround. Drawing on evaluation-supported practices, he has implemented protocols for lesson plan feedback, peer observation, and formative assessment cycles that have strengthened teaching quality and improved student outcomes. Under his leadership, WCA staff now use data more effectively to reteach content, target support, and track student growth. His work exemplifies how school leaders can build the capacity of teachers and embed structures for sustainability, making him a vital voice in the conversation on monitoring and sustaining instructional progress.
