Moving Leadership Standards Into Everyday Work: Descriptions of Practice, Second Edition

Moving Leadership Standards Into Everyday Work: Descriptions of Practice, Second Edition

What does effective leadership look like, not just in theory but in action?</p> <i>Moving Leadership Standards Into Everyday Work: Descriptions of Practice</i> enhances the usefulness of the <i>California Professional Standards for Education Leaders</i> (CPSEL) by illustrating key knowledge and actions reflected in leadership that supports all students to learn and thrive.<p> The recently updated descriptions of practice (DOP), derived from consensus-building among experts and practitioners, show what individual elements within each of the six CPSEL look like across a continuum of practice. Each continuum, ranging from practice directed toward the standard to practice exemplifying the standard, provides common concepts, language, and examples for a given leadership element.<p> The DOP, which are also useful with leadership standards in other states, can serve various and sometimes overlapping purposes, including as <ul> <li>A starting point for developing credentialing criteria or assessments</li> <li>A guide for planning leadership preparation, induction, professional learning or coaching</li> <li>A basis for clarifying performance expectations</li> <li>A mirror for an administrator's self-reflection and professional goal-setting</li> </ul> Today's school administrators must assume multiple roles, from catalyst to manager, from expert to facilitator. This resource, which includes a tri-fold version of the CPSEL, offers a realistic view of how those shifts translate into effective leadership.