Standard Seven
Principals/assistant principals will build systems and relationships that utilize the staff ’s diversity, encourage constructive ideological conflict in order to leverage staff expertise, power and influence in order to realize the school’s vision for success. The principal/assistant principal will also creatively employ an awareness of staff’s professional needs, issues, and interests to build cohesion and to facilitate distributed governance and shared decision making.
School Executive Micro-political Leadership: The principal/assistant principal develops systems and relationships to leverage staff
expertise and influence in order to influence the school’s identity, culture and performance.
expertise and influence in order to influence the school’s identity, culture and performance.
After completing multiple walkthroughs and evaluations, the data showed that teachers were not implementing small group instruction in their lessons. I implemented the gradual release of responsibility and teachers were challenged to utilize small group instruction that required students to collaborate with peers. Through this process, I learned the importance of providing professional development and support for teachers as they embrace change.