Check Your Roots™
Are your instructional systems strong enough to produce lasting results?
Use this five-minute leadership scorecard to reflect on six conditions that influence the quality, consistency, and sustainability of teaching and student support across a school or district.
Designed for superintendents, district leaders, principals, instructional coaches, and campus leadership teams.
What leaders receive
The reflection areas
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A structured reflection across the Six Roots
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A snapshot of current strengths and areas needing attention
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Questions your leadership team can use for deeper discussion
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A suggested first step for moving from insight to action
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Foundational Literacy
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Tier I Instruction
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MTSS & Intervention
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Leadership Systems
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Teacher Expertise
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School Culture
Answer based on what is consistently true—not what is written in the plan or visible in the strongest classroom.
If you are completing the scorecard as a team, ask each leader to respond independently first. Compare patterns afterward and note where perceptions differ.
Approximately 5–7 minutes
Is this an evaluation?:
No. The scorecard is a leadership reflection designed to surface patterns and questions for further investigation.
Should teams complete it together?:
Leaders may discuss the scorecard together, but individual responses first will produce more honest and useful comparisons.