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Leadership Matters

Source: www.sreb.org
Topic: Leadership

Sort Desciption: Building leadership capacity means using effort to elicit effort from others. All .... This guide is designed to offer strategies for building leadership ...

Content Inside: Southern Regional Education Board 592 10th St. N.W. Atlanta GA 30318 (404) 875-9211 www.sreb.org Leadership Matters Building Leadership Capacity This guide was written by Steve Barkley executive vice president Performance Learning Systems; Gene Bottoms senior vice president SREB; Caro H. Feagin director Making Schools Work; and Susan Clark curriculum specialist SREB. Leadership Matters Building Leadership Capacity A s leaders for higher expectations superintendents and principals need to buy this formula apply it and sell it to school board members teachers parents and most importantly students. This formula shows that when people apply effort to their abi- lity and aim at achievable goals they will succeed. Too many students parents and teachers believe that ability is the only key to success. Only when individuals acknowl- edge that effort is the determining factor can they make the needed investment (sweat equity) to succeed. From the battlefield to the athletic field from the music hall to the science lab from the corporate boardroom to the classroom great leaders inspire effort from others. Leaders in improving schools encourage others to make an effort. Building leadership capacity means using effort to elicit effort from others. All members of the education community play significant roles. School boards need to promote programs and activities that encourage and support effort by the community. Administrators need to exhibit day-to-day behaviors that encourage and support effort by teachers and students. Teachers need to challenge students with rigorous meaningful assignments and provide the extra time and support for students to complete them. Students need to understand that todays effort leads to tomorrows success. Going the extra mile to provide exceptional instruction that produces extraordinary student effort can be seen in movies such as Stand and Deliver and Music of the Heart. Administrators and teachers should watch and discu ...

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