Unpacking The ISLLC Standards

Practicing the Art of Leadership:A Problem Based Approach to Implementing the ISLLC

Standards, 4e

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Unpacking The ISLLC StandardsThe Key to Effective School

Leadership

Chapter 1

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The School Functions As A Social System







Standards Informing School Leadership




Standard 1

An education leader promotes the success of every student by facilitating the development, articulation, implementation, and stewardship of a vision of learning that is shared and supported by all stakeholders.




As a school leader, how do you develop and facilitate the

implementation of a shared vision?




Functions of Standard 1




Collaboratively develop and implement a shared vision and mission

Collect and use data to identify goals, assess organizational effectiveness, and promote organizational learning




Create and implement plans to achieve goals

Promote continuous and sustainable improvement

Monitor and evaluate progress and revise plans




Standard 2

An education 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.




As a school leader, what processes do you use to develop an effective

teaching and learning environment?








Nurture and sustain a culture of collaboration, trust, learning, and high expectations

Create a comprehensive, rigorous, and coherent curriculum program

Create a personalized and motivating learning environment for students




Supervise instruction

Develop assessment and accountability systems to monitor student progress

Develop the instructional and leadership capacity of staff




Maximize time on quality instruction

Promote the use of the most effective appropriate technologies to support teaching and learning

Monitor and evaluate the impact of the instructional program




Standard 3

An education leader promotes the success of every student by ensuring management of the organization, operation, and resources for a safe, efficient, and effective learning environment.




As a school leader, what practices, processes, and procedures do you

use to create an efficient and effective learning environment?








Monitor and evaluate the management and operational systems

Obtain, allocate, align, and efficiently utilize human, fiscal, and technological resources

Promote and protect the welfare and safety of students and staff




Develop the capacity for distributed leadership

Ensure that teacher and organizational time is focused to support quality instruction and student learning




Standard 4

An education leader promotes the success of every student by collaborating with faculty and community members, responding to diverse community interests and needs, and mobilizing community resources.




As a school leader, how do you support the collegial growth of yourself, teachers, and other administrators?








Collect and analyze data and information pertinent to the educational environment

Promote understanding, appreciation, and use of the community’s diverse cultural, social, and intellectual resources




Build and sustain positive relationships with families and caregivers

Build and sustain productive relationships with community partners




Standard 5

An education leader promotes the success of every student by acting with integrity, fairness, and in an ethical manner.







Professional Integrity and Fairness

As a school leader, what processes do you use to encourage individuals in the organization to act in an ethical manner and practice the principles of fair process?








Ensure a system of accountability for every student’s academic and social success

Model principles of self-awareness, reflective practice, transparency, and ethical behavior

Safeguard the values of democracy, equity, and diversity




Consider and evaluate the potential moral and legal consequences of decision making

Promote social justice and ensure that individual student needs inform all aspects of schooling




Standard 6

An education leader promotes the success of every student by understanding, responding to, and influencing the political, social, economic, legal, and cultural context.




Political

Social

Economic

Legal

Cultural Context




The Major Question

As a school leader, how do you maintain an open dialogue with all stakeholders, affording yourself an opportunity to benefit from a variety of ideas, values, and cultures?








Advocate for children, families, and caregivers

Act to influence local, district, state, and national decisions affecting student learning

Assess, analyze, and anticipate emerging trends and initiatives in order to adapt leadership strategies




Six Standards and Thirty-one Functions

Informing Effective School Leadership




Transforming Standards Into Practice

Leadership Decision Making Communication

Conflict Management

Change




References

Educational Leadership Policy Standards: ISLLC, 2008

Documents

Unpacking The ISLLC Standards