What is your leadership style?

Research has demonstrated that regardless of socioeconomic status of students in a school, high performing schools embrace the following practices:

• Collective efficacy

• Professional learning communities

• An optimistic school culture

• An emphasis on results

• Collaborative problem solving

• Strong instructional leadership

• High academic expectations

  
  

How does your school compare to each of these gold standards? Are there ways you could foster a paradigm shift in your building? Principals and teachers must build flexible structures that ensure teamwork, respect, communication, and collaboration. Coercive bureaucracies in education are futile.

A strong foundation is essential for any successful endeavor.