Every issue of School Leadership Briefing is carefully aligned to the ISLLC standards that help define strong school leadership. These standards represent the broad, high-priority themes that education leaders must address in order to promote the success of every student.
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Standard 1: Setting a widely shared vision for learning
An education leader promotes the success of every student by facilitating the development, articulation, implementation, and stewardship of a vision of learning that is shared and supported by all stakeholders.
Standard 2: Developing a school culture and instructional program conducive to student learning
and staff professional growth
An education leader promotes the success of every student by advocating, nurturing, and sustaining a school culture and instructional program conducive to student learning and staff professional growth.
Standard 3: Ensuring effective management of the organization, operation, and resources for a
safe, efficient, and effective learning environment
An education leader promotes the success of every student by ensuring management of the organization, operation, and resources for a safe, efficient, and effective learning environment.
Standard 4: Collaborating with faculty and community members, responding to diverse
community interests and needs, and mobilizing community resources
An education leader promotes the success of every student by collaborating with faculty and community members, responding to diverse community interests and needs, and mobilizing community resources.
Standard 5: Acting with integrity, fairness, and in an ethical manner
An education leader promotes the success of every student by acting with integrity, fairness, and in an ethical manner.
Standard 6: Understanding, responding to, and influencing the political, social, legal, and cultural contexts
An education leader promotes the success of every student by understanding, responding to, and influencing the political, social, economic, legal, and cultural context.
Visit the Council of Chief State School Officers website for more information on the ISLLC Standards.