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Category One: LEADERSHIP
This category examines the key aspects of your school's leadership and the actions of leaders to create and sustain a high-performing school and an environment conductive to learning, student development, and achievement. It also examines how your school fulfills its public responsibilities and encourages, supports and practices good citizenship, working effectively with your customers.
A. Our school leaders set, deploy and communicate our school's values, directions and performance expectations to faculty, staff, students and parents. How? Key elements include:
B. Our school leaders create a school environment that promotes ethical values, student equity, empowerment, innovation, safety, school agility and school and faculty/staff learning. How? Key elements include:
C. Our school leaders review school performance relative to comparable and best performing schools, progress relative to short- and long-term goals, and the ability to meet changing school needs. How? Key elements include:
D. Our school leaders have key performance measures they regularly review: These include: Recent findings are:
E. We have a process for translating the school performance review findings into action priorities and these priorities are deployed throughout our school. How? Key elements include:
F. Our school leaders use these performance review findings to improve their own effectiveness and the system. How? Key elements include:

RATING: Emerging

KEY STRENGTHS:

There is clear alignment among district, school and classroom improvement efforts.
Communication systems support improvement efforts.
Performance measures are used to set learning targets.
Leadership roles are shared among staff to facilitate flexibility, change and innovation.

KEY OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT:

Continue to develop shared accountability for student achievement.

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