As I am about to complete my 10th year in education and continually take stock of my impact on the learning of children I begin to look at more closely my leadership beliefs. I have had a rich and varied series of experiences. Through these experience I noticed that I am a strong believer in the potential of an academically rigorous, values based education. My belief in the importance of creating an instructional experience that spirals and builds from one grade to the next, one level to the next. I believe that a school leader is a major part of the development of a seamless instructional vision spanning from a youngster’s early childhood experience to the completion of eighth grade. As school leaders of a school see their main role is
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First a successful school leader needs to have a vision. "Every organization, every social movement, begins with a dream. The dream or vision is the force that invents the future" (Kouzes and Posner, 2006, p.65) Having a vision or a plan is important to all school leaders, especially those new to a school. One way to implement a vision is to begin to create Professional Learning Communities. By creating Professional Learning Communities a principal will delegate leadership roles to teachers as they develop and establish Professional Learning Communities. By so doing, a school leader recognizes that his/ her teachers have expertise in an area where they are weak, and by involving as many people as necessary in a "system of democratic leadership with shared decision making" (Michael and Crow, 2010,p. 145), the principal will be able to develop strong trusting relationships in his/ her school, which will ultimately lead to higher student achievement.If school leaders have visions that they can than mold their plans around, it is only a matter of time before those visions become …show more content…
“An educational leader promotes the success of every student by advocating, nurturing, and sustaining a school culture and instructional program conducive to student learning and staff professional growth” (Michael and Crow, 2010, p. 87). School culture is one of the more overlooked aspects of a building a school now a days. Many times we see District and School Leaders look at test scores and teacher evaluations. as the end all and the be all. However the idea of school culture is one worth looking at. When a school has a toxic culture many times this will link to a school that struggles. School Leaders need to maintain a school culture that focuses on student learning and has high expectations for them and supports innovation. As a school leader we need to always keep the students best interest first. By setting a culture that focuses on their learning it helps us as school leaders make the difficult decisions a lot easier since we know we are doing it for the students. Fred Newmann corroborated the assertion when he said, “building and sustaining a school culture that supports student achievement, requires strong leadership by the principal and by teacher leaders to focus staff energy on instruction, reflective teacher dialogue, trust and internal accountability within the school”. (Newmann, 2007, pg.
First a successful school leader needs to have a vision. "Every organization, every social movement, begins with a dream. The dream or vision is the force that invents the future" (Kouzes and Posner, 2006, p.65) Having a vision or a plan is important to all school leaders, especially those new to a school. One way to implement a vision is to begin to create Professional Learning Communities. By creating Professional Learning Communities a principal will delegate leadership roles to teachers as they develop and establish Professional Learning Communities. By so doing, a school leader recognizes that his/ her teachers have expertise in an area where they are weak, and by involving as many people as necessary in a "system of democratic leadership with shared decision making" (Michael and Crow, 2010,p. 145), the principal will be able to develop strong trusting relationships in his/ her school, which will ultimately lead to higher student achievement.If school leaders have visions that they can than mold their plans around, it is only a matter of time before those visions become …show more content…
“An educational leader promotes the success of every student by advocating, nurturing, and sustaining a school culture and instructional program conducive to student learning and staff professional growth” (Michael and Crow, 2010, p. 87). School culture is one of the more overlooked aspects of a building a school now a days. Many times we see District and School Leaders look at test scores and teacher evaluations. as the end all and the be all. However the idea of school culture is one worth looking at. When a school has a toxic culture many times this will link to a school that struggles. School Leaders need to maintain a school culture that focuses on student learning and has high expectations for them and supports innovation. As a school leader we need to always keep the students best interest first. By setting a culture that focuses on their learning it helps us as school leaders make the difficult decisions a lot easier since we know we are doing it for the students. Fred Newmann corroborated the assertion when he said, “building and sustaining a school culture that supports student achievement, requires strong leadership by the principal and by teacher leaders to focus staff energy on instruction, reflective teacher dialogue, trust and internal accountability within the school”. (Newmann, 2007, pg.