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What makes a great leader? What makes a great instructional leader? Whether you call your instructional leader the principal, school leader, administrator, school master, the question is a very tough one indeed. There are common qualities in all great leaders for any institution, whether it is a leader of a manufacturing company, an elected government official, a colonel on a battlefield, or the principal in a school. Yet, schools are special places in our society; places in which children are provided with knowledge, but also with skills in character building and learning core values. School leadership today is also charged with the unprecedented mission of leaving no child behind - moving all children to master world class academic and social standards. Instructional leaders today need a very specialized skill set and the ability to create healthy and rigorous communities of learning in which all children can achieve above and beyond what has been commonly accepted.
School leadership today needs to be highly skilled in operational resource management, creating and nurturing an environment that is safe and welcoming for children, and making sure the school lunches come in on time. More importantly, it needs to be a grand virtuoso in developing quality teaching teams, learning theory, effective curriculum construction and delivery, qualitative and quantitative data analysis. These skills lead to the evolution of an environment that values a rich data-driven professional learning committee for continuous improvement in student learning and sustains an environment that promotes a democratic governance model as a vital example for governance of our nation.
Highly qualified and exceptionally effective school leadership is on every list which identifies what elements are needed to have a world-class, quality school – a great school in which all children can achieve and excel. We hope that the leadership site will help you in your special work with children and with the teachers and support staffs whom you serve.
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