When You Fail, I Fail – Approach To Leadership
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As school leaders, we must realize we are in this together. If we can create the following conditions, we can experience success together.
Supervision of Instruction occurs between 8:00 and 3:00 or it doesn’t get done!
The power to change education, for better or worse, is and always will be in the hands of teachers. Therefore, principals as instructional leaders must separate the managerial side of the principalship with that of improving teacher effectiveness. No longer is it acceptable to sit in an office, work on state reports, complete teacher evaluations, or engage in any other activity that can be completed outside the school day. An effective principal designates school hours for students, teachers, and parents, every day.
Try this:
- Teach a class and model technology integration, differentiation, embedded interventions and other proven instructional strategies.
- Seek opportunities for professional dialogue with your teachers to build collegiality. Social media can be an effective tool to think, learn, and grow together with your teachers.
- Engage in a “Lunch and Learn” with an ineffective teacher to follow-up on his/her growth plan.
- Cover a class to allow a teacher the opportunity to visit a colleague’s classroom. Make sure to schedule a time for self-reflection with the teacher.
If your faculty refers to walkthroughs as “drive bys,” failure may be just around the corner.
One of the most important and mandatory responsibilities of a principal is making classroom visits. Frequent informal