New styles of leadership and management build on shared decision making, pride of ownership and accomplishment, and a spirit of cooperation and collaboration. This new breed of educational leader trusts decision makers' support for diversity, conflict, differences of opinion, and varying instructional approaches. At the district level, a leadership team models collaborative decision making. Ideally, persons in influential positions in the district serve as facilitators for teams of educators and community members, helping them to identify and solve problems, interpret data, ask the right questions, implement programs, and design new systems. The school system has high expectations at all levels for achieving the vision and has an accountability system for tracking progress and reporting results.
High expectations are the norm at all levels of the system.
Likewise, at the building level, principals have high expectations of teachers. They have established metrics of success for progress expected of teachers in their effective use of technology. Ultimately, this is measured and reported through performance reviews and rewarded through recognition programs and positive feedback from colleagues, principals, parents, and community members. All Rights Reserved. Disclaimer and copyright information.