This paper is a discussion with several teachers from different schools within our district. The focus is on how leadership helps to determine the working environment on different campuses.
This paper shows mastery of the Arizona Professional Administrative Standards 2 and 5. Standard 2 states the administrator facilitates the success of all students by understanding, responding to, and influencing the social, cultural, and legal aspects of the community. Standard 5 states the administrator advocates and supports curricular and instructional programs which promote the success of students.
This paper also shows mastery of the ISLLC Standards 1 and 2. Standard 1 states 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. Standard 2 states 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.
This paper explores models of effective communication models and discusses why a leader must have an understanding of these models in order to utilize communication in an effective manner.
This paper shows mastery of the Arizona Professional Administrative Standards 2, 3, and 4. In Standard 2 we focus on indicator 8: works effectively with policy makers. In order to work effectively woth policy makers, a leader needs to have a good grasp of effective communication at this level. We focus on all aspects of Standard 3, which is focused totally on communication: "The administrator implements positive and proactive communication strategies for effective parent and community involvement to improve the learning environment for all students." In standard 4 we will focus on indicator 10: "Applies adult motivation research to select appropriate models for supervision of the organization."
This paper also shows mastery of the ISLLC Standards 2 and 4. Standard 2A explains that a leader must nurture and sustain a culture of collaboration, trust, learning, and high expectations. Standard 4 discusses the importance of building and sustaining positive relationships. All of these standards are easier to grow into when a leader has effective communication skills.