Thomas S. Wootton High School - Principal Leadership Skills

VISIONARY LEADERSHIP: Engages staff, parents/guardians, and community members to develop and enact a shared mission, vision, and core values that promote the academic success and well-being of every student.

ACCESSIBLE LEADERSHIP: Demonstrates an approachable personality and promotes positive interpersonal skills with students, staff, parents/guardians, and community members.

EQUITY AND EXCELLENCE: Maintains high expectations among staff, students, and parents/guardians so that all students will be successful in school. Creates rigorous educational opportunities and culturally responsive practices to ensure the success and well-being of culturally diverse students

COMMITMENT TO PROFESSIONAL GROWTH OF SCHOOL PERSONNEL: Demonstrates a commitment to students and parents/guardians by recruiting, developing, and retaining an educationally effective and diverse faculty capable of eliminating barriers to student success. Dedicated to the development of parents/guardians as primary stakeholders in their children’s education.

COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP: Creates a culture of collaborative engagement to ensure staff, parents/guardians, and community members build on their strengths and grow in skill sets, share in decision- making, and hold each other mutually accountable and collectively responsible for student learning.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: Utilizes effective two-way communication systems to inform and seek engagement of parents and community members. Ensures ALL school staff are working together with parents/guardians and communities to forge productive partnerships for the benefit of student success and well-being.

LEADERSHIP FOR A STRONG INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: Demonstrates extensive knowledge of curriculum, instruction, and assessment practices to communicate high expectations for students, staff, and community success.

CULTURE AND CLIMATE: Creates a community-centered environment of caring adults committed to creating and maintaining a friendly, positive, and safe school climate in order to meet the social, emotional, physical, and intellectual needs of students.

MAINTAINS CONTINUITY: Recognizes that changing who is principal can be disruptive for students, staff, and parents/guardians. Will work to ensure that there are few changes in the way that the school runs and in school traditions, at least until people are comfortable with the new principal.

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT EXPERT: Demonstrates effective skills in utilizing multiple sources of data and parent/guardian and community input to lead the design and implementation of strategic goals, educational practices, programs, and initiatives leading to continuous academic improvement.

EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS: Demonstrates transparency and efficiency in providing ethical management of school resources, processes, and human capital allocations to support the accomplishment of school goals and initiatives.

Thomas S. Wootton High School - Principal Leadership Skills - Community Input

Thomas S. Wootton HS - Community Input

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