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Criterion Five: Improving Instruction
Criterion five revolved around monitoring, assisting, and evaluating effective instruction and assessment practices.Along with Criterion 4 — Aligning Curriculum, this criterion identifies key aspects of the principal’s role as instructional leader tied to improving instruction. Criterion 4 deals with the “what” and Criterion 5 deals with “how.” The big idea of this criterion in addressing…
Learn MoreCriterion Four: Aligning Curriculum
Criterion four revolves around assisting instructional staff with alignment of curriculum, instruction, and assessment with state and local district learning goals. Along with Criterion 5, this criterion identifies key aspects of the principal’s role as instructional leader tied to curriculum, instruction, and assessment. Criterion 4 deals with the “what” and Criterion 5 deals with “how.”…
Learn MoreCriterion One: Creating a Culture
An effective leader creates a culture that fosters mutual accountability; it becomes the responsibility of all staff to make sure that all students are successful. An effective leader advocates, nurtures, and sustains a school culture and instructional program that is welcoming, that is built on mutual trust, and that promotes student learning and staff professional…
Learn MoreCriterion Seven: Engaging Families and Communities
Criterion seven revolves around partnering with families and communities to promote learning. An effective school leader recognizes and capitalizes on the potential that families and communities can have on students’ achievement. When these relationships are functioning well, families and communities understand the work of the school and are proud to claim the school as their…
Learn MoreCriterion Six: Managing Resources
Criterion six revolves around managing both staff and fiscal resources to support student achievement and legal responsibilities. Effective leaders manage themselves, their human resources, and fiscal resources in transparent ways such that the capacity of the school community to make complicated decisions grows. Key Questions for Reflection Quick Wins AI Prompts Schedule Help me create…
Learn MoreCriterion Three: Planning with Data
Criterion three focuses on leading the development, implementation, and evaluation of a data-driven plan for increasing student achievement, including the use of multiple student data elements. Data includes both quantitative and qualitative information. Effective leaders use data to guide decisions across all aspects of school systems and the other seven leadership criteria. Key Questions for…
Learn MoreCriterion Two: Ensuring School Safety
An effective leader supports the community (both in and out of school) to develop a more nuanced understanding of what it means to be safe. Physical, emotional, and intellectual safety are critical and necessary conditions for effective teaching and learning to take place. This criterion addresses three areas of school safety: physical safety (2.1), social/emotional/intellectual…
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Explore AWSP’s collection of communications tools Offering key resources and links to support school leaders in strengthening engagement, enhancing communication, and sharing information effectively. These tools are designed to help you stay connected and lead with impact. Text Expander Learn More Smore Learn More Canva Learn More Grammarly Learn More Readable Learn More Buffer Learn…
Learn MoreSchool Leader Paradigm
School Leader Paradigm The Paradigm is a guide for ongoing self-reflection and is a non-evaluative companion resource. It addresses the intelligence of the leader (personal, social, and systems) with specific attention to leadership attributes such as empathy, patience, creativity, etc. The Paradigm then moves leaders into reflecting on their ability to navigate the various contexts…
Learn MoreCreating Hope | A Leadership Journey
Every district has an improvement plan. The most successful districts also have a leadership development plan. Creating Hope is AWSP's Leadership Development System—a comprehensive, district-wide investment in developing the people responsible for making improvement possible. The journey is about reflecting, learning, and growing through the School Leader Paradigm, then capturing the impact through the AWSP…
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