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Chapter 3

Learner-Centered Leadership and Campus Culture

Presented by – William Allan Kritsonis, PhD



Domain I: School Community LeadershipDomain Key Concepts: Culture, Climate, Vision

Competency 001

The principal knows how to shape campus culture by facilitating the development, articulation, implementation

and stewardship of a vision of learning that is shared and

supported by the school community.



Domain I: School Community Leadership

Competency 001 Integrates into the other eight competencies

Watch for verbs, they are always action verbs

The principal shapes, not dictates campus culture

Throughout the competencies, you’ll see the principal as a leader who shapes, facilitates,

develops, nurtures and supports the school and community.




Competency 001Principal is shaping campus culture by facilitating:

Development

Articulation

Implementation

Stewardship of a vision of learning

Vision is not where our school is. It is where we want itto be!

Our vision is the ideal school

Our vision is our dream

All schools have a vision; they all have goals, strategies, resourcesand timelines to facilitate the development of the vision, and

they have an accountability system to ensure the vision becomesa reality.




Competency 001IMPORTANT: Involve as many people as possible in

developing the vision, subsequent goals and strategiesto achieve them.

The school community includes EVERYONE interestedin the success of the campus.

It is human nature to support what youhave helped build!




Competency 001 Articulation: The entire school community must speak

with one voice. Everyone must articulate the same vision and the same message, with the same passionand the same commitment.

You cannot blow an uncertain trumpet, it is one thing to

develop and articulate goals and strategies. It issomething else to implement it, to put it into practice.




Competency 001Stewardship of a vision is imperative!

The role of the principal is to become the shepherd of the flock, finding ways and resources to tend, nurtureand support everyone who is a part of the vision, whileseeking to involve more people.

In the ideal school we are a family working together to nurture, sustain and grow our vision.



The Principal Knows How To: Create a campus culture that sets high expectations, promotes learning

and provides intellectual stimulation for self, students and staff members. Campus culture is critical to the success of the school

It involves EVERYONE…All-a popular TExES term and concept. Ensure that parents and other members of the community are an

integral part of the campus culture. Ensure means to guarantee.

Implement strategies to ensure the development of collegialrelationships and effective collaboration.

Pulling together to achieve a common goal Respond appropriately to diverse needs in shaping the campus culture. Use strategies for involving all stakeholders in planning processes to

enable the collaborative development of a shared campus visionfocused on teaching and learning. All stakeholder must be involved in the planning process



The Principal Knows How To: Align financial, human and material resources to support

implementation of a campus vision. Alignment- repeated throughout competencies Everything must match up

Use various types of information to develop a campus vision and createa plan for implementing the vision. Triangulation-use multiple sources of data to gather input, verify

results and draw conclusions in data driven decision making.

Establish procedures to assess and modify implementation plans toensure achievement of the campus vision.

Countinuously is important on TExES; continuously asses and modify anything and everything that is working, not working or could be

working better.

Support innovative thinking and risk taking within the schoolcommunity and view unsuccessful experiences as learningopportunities.

View unsuccessful experiences as learning opportunities



The Principal Knows How To: Acknowledge and celebrate the contributions of

students, staff members, parents and community members toward realization of the campus vision.

Praise people

Acknowledge and celebrate all successes

The principal should be the school’s biggest and beat

cheerleader!



Important Points to Remember! High expectations are essential to success.

Collaboration and collegial relationships are fundamental topositive campus culture, climate and vision.

Ensure that parents are involved and that appropriate thingsoccur in every aspect of school community.

Diversity of persons, thoughts and deeds are to be encouraged.

Triangulation. Use multiple sources of data and factors indecision making.

Plan, continuously assess, and align EVERYTHING. Support anything that is out of the box. Encourage risk taking.

Celebrate contributions and successes of everyone and thecampus as a whole.

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