The ACTE framework is the first thing I've seen that actually gives me a ruler. Twelve elements, 92 criteria, and a self-eval that forces me to be honest instead of going off feel. That's useful.
The other thing that landed: staff don't get a say in the district vision. So whether they buy in is basically on me. I hadn't said that out loud before, but it's true.
So my plan is simple. Run every METT pathway through that ACTE tool. Stop trusting my gut. Use those 12 elements as the spine for summer curriculum work, so teachers and I are looking at the same map. And stop treating procurement, funding, credential stuff as side work—they're part of quality, full stop.
I've been running quality on instinct. Time to run it on paper everyone can see.
