Standard 4: Human Resource Leadership
School executives will ensure that the school is a professional learning community. School executives will ensure that processes and systems are in place which result in recruitment, induction, support, evaluation, development, and retention of high performing staff. The school executive must engage and empower accomplished teachers in a distributive manner, including support of teachers in day-to-day decisions such as discipline, communication with parents/guardians, and protecting teachers from duties that interfere with teaching, and must practice fair and consistent evaluations of teachers. The school executive must engage teachers and other professional staff in conversations to plan their career paths and support district succession planning.
GROWTH OVER TIME
Coursework
Operation NELA Problem of Practice Principal Residency Experiences Interviews Teacher Mentoring Teacher Observations & Evaluation Professional Development and Specialized Trainings Conflict Resolution Crucial Conversations Facilitative Leadership Readings on common ground: The Power of Professional Learning Communities (DuFour) Reframing Organizations (Bolman & Deal) |