School Leadership Concept Map - v2.0

School Leadership Concept Map - v2.0

1. Building Vision & Setting Direction

   • Plan & Coordinate
     • Goals
       • Support Students'
         • Academic Achievements
         • Social Development
         • Emotional Well-being
         • Physical Health
       • SMART
         • Specific & Strategic
         • Measureable
         • Attainable
         • Results-Oriented
         • Timebound
       • Collective Leadership
         • Teach
         • Learn
           • Share
         • Inspire
         • Guide
         • Mentor
         • Observe
         • Influence
     • Mission
       • Maximize student learning as evidenced by student achievement
       • prepare well-developed and adaptable citizens who are and exemplify the school's and society's values
     • Values
       • Respect
       • Responsibility
       • Honesty
       • Self-Advocacy
       • Perseverance
       • Positive Conflict Resolution
       • Integrity

2. Redesigning the Organization

   • Collaborative Culture
     • Diverse
     • Equity & Equality
     • Socially Just
     • Well-being
   • Organizational Structure
     • Capital
       • Resources
         • Financial
         • Align with Priorities
       • Skills
       • Knowledge
     • Create
     • Manage
       • Expectations
         • Internal
         • External
       • People
       • Programs
       • Time
     • "Good leaders not only manage structure but they purposefully impact upon the culture in order to change it." - Harris (2002) p. 17
   • Unveiling Disadvantage
   • Environment
     • Productive Relationships
       • Internal
       • External
         • Parents
         • Community
         • Organizations
         • Partners
       • "As the distribution of power increases, lines of responsibility become more lateral, and more nuanced. Efficacy ... is strengthened or supported when a holistic approach to one’s practice as a teacher, a principal, or a district administrator perceives threads of personal influence occurring in multiple directions." - Wahlstrom (2008) p. 595
     • "...school climate can play a role in overcoming some of the effects of SES." - Tschannen-Moran, Parish, & Dipaola (2006) p. 412
   • Change

3. Managing the Teaching & Learning Program

   • Productive Working Conditions
     • Timetable
     • Staffing
     • Monitor
       • Support
     • Buffer
   • Clear Communication
     • Consult
     • Attentive Listening
     • Courageous Conversations
     • Clear Messaging
       • Variety
         • Methods
         • Medium
           • Face-to-Face
             • Group Meeting
             • 1:1
           • Technology
     • Research
       • Data
         • Acquire
         • Analyze
         • Identify
         • Summarize

4. Understanding & Developing People

   • Professional Development
     • Professional Learning Community
       • Teachers
       • Self/Leader
         • Characteristics
           • Open-Minded
           • Patient
           • Mindful
           • Reflective
           • Attentive
             • "...every student is not the same, nor is every context. The complexity is real, and it cannot be side-stepped by standardizing all activity in an effort to “teacher-proof ” instructional environments." - Bryk (2015) p. 474
           • Focused
           • Driven
           • Intentional
           • Inspired
             • "Students were galvanized by the idea that the growth of their minds was under their own control" - Dweck (2010) p. 27
           • Energetic
           • Empowered & Empowering
           • Collaborative
           • Trusting
           • Honest
         • "Leadership acts as a catalyst without which other good things are quite unlikely to happen." - Leithwood, Day, Sammons, Harris, & Hopkins. (2006) p. 4
       • Social Capital
         • "...collective commitment and responsibility to improve student learning and strengthen the teaching profession." - Fullan, Rincon-Gallardo, Hargreaves (2015) p. 8
       • "Joyce et al. (1999) argue for a model of school improvement in which the school is a learning community for teachers as well as students." - Harris (2002) p. 61
     • Staff
   • Supportive
   • Students
   • Recognize individual staff members - needs/emotions/skills/weaknesses/passions

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