Work Type
Leadership Development, Talent Strategy, Leadership Evaluation
System Type
Traditional Public School District
2025 - Present
Summary
Hendy is partnering with the Executive Director of Educator Effectiveness to support alignment and resource allocation across all four employee evaluation systems in the district. We are focusing on six components of each evaluation system: Compliance and Policies; Data Reporting; Calibration in Scoring; Training; Communication; and Resources. Work includes training and resource creation; project management; and strategic advisement.
2023 - Present
Summary
We continue to support Chicago Public Schools' Office of Educator Effectiveness to successfully implement the Central Office Staff employee evaluation system (RISE), including the development of manager trainings and communications. We conducted research for and refined framework options for RISE and advised on district-wide implementation of the new framework. Hendy created a stakeholder engagement plan to ensure the revised rubric and competencies were reviewed by and reflected the feedback of evaluators and employees. Hendy also created and supported implementation of train-the-trainer modules for managers to train their employees on the RISE system. RISE system training and implementation support will continue during the 2025-26 school year.
Outcome
RISE training participants report high degree of understanding of the RISE system, scoring, and goal setting, and report confidence in using the materials to facilitate RISE training with their own teams.
2023 - 2025
Summary
Building off of earlier talent work with CPS, Hendy supported training and implementation of the district's School Leadership Framework. Hendy supported CPS to train network chiefs and deputies to implement best practices in evaluation such as evidence collection, pairing development with evaluation, and writing high impact ratings justifications. Activities included weekly strategic and responsive support to the Office of Educator Effectiveness (and other departments as is helpful), creation of school leader trainings focused on evaluation and development, creation of school leader manager (Chiefs) trainings focused on evaluation and development, and creation of case studies to improve manager calibration on the Framework.
Outcomes
- The School Leadership Framework is in place in all Chicago Public Schools, and is driving school leader development and support across the district.
- 85% of principal supervisors found the trainings of high quality.
- 86% of principal supervisors feel more confident about evaluating and supporting schools as a result of the trainings.
2019 - 2022
Summary
Hendy first partnered with the Office of Educator Effectiveness at Chicago Public Schools to strengthen school administrators as talent leaders in their buildings through the development of 12 training modules on key talent practices. Hendy worked across multiple district departments to ensure alignment of vision for school leadership practices such as recruitment, selection, induction, leadership development and retention. Hendy created materials for and led a series of 9 professional development modules on the district’s new school leadership framework for principals and school leaders. These sessions focused on understanding the leadership framework and using it as a tool to grow school leaders’ efficacy in their role.
Outcomes
- Learning modules were facilitated, both in person and virtually, to thousands of CPS school and network leaders.
- Hendy's work expanded to supporting network chiefs as school leader managers.