Distributive leadership and capacity building goes hand-in-hand at my school. My school’s mission is effectively being enforced through continuous capacity building, by which distributive leadership processes are put in place to rectify and address issues affecting the school’s vision. We have a series of channels and levels of hierarchy, in which problems, or concerns are being addressed. The first level of leadership hierarchy begins with the Leadership committee, which consists of our Curriculum and Reading Specialist, Guidance Counselor, grade-level lead teacher, head-custodian, cafeteria manager, and lead paraprofessional. The Leadership committee works collectively with the principal and assistant principal to solve problems and share ideas. The leadership committee also goes to district meetings, workshops, conferences, and off-campus PLC’s, and then return back and conveys information to each department. Following the leadership committee, is our department and teacher committees. On each committee there is a lead person, (e.g., head-custodian, cafeteria manager, lead teacher, lead-para etc...), who reports the issues, concerns, and outcomes to others on their team. Within the scope of each team are members who work cohesively, concerning student achievement, behaviors, and staff concerns, all of which could affect school’s procedures and improvement. Basically, the lead person makes the overall decisions in the best interest of the department or team. Lead members then report back to the Leadership committee to express teams’ opinions about issues at the school. The information is then filtered back to administration for change to be considered or addressed. I personally believe it is very beneficial to my school that it continues the use of the distributive leadership concept in capacity building because it takes an entire community, not just one individual, however, a village, to improve student instruction and school operations.
Angela,
ReplyDeleteI like how there is a lead person for each committee and no one is left out of the equation. Everyone is included such as, the custodial staff, and the paraprofessionals. Every person's input is valuable because all aspects of the staff have issues and concerns that need to addressed on a daily basis. It is important to continue to work cohesively concerning student achievement, behaviors, and staff concerns. All of these components play an important role in meeting the needs of the students, staff, and teachers. These components also determine how successful a school will be during the year.
Angela,
ReplyDeleteWow, your school has done an excellent job using the methods of distributive leadership. From the number of blogs I have read I have not come across a school with such well-defined roles. I think it’s great that your Leadership committees attends off campus meetings to get further insight and training on how to move the school forward. Allowing your lead members to receive feedback and report it to your administration is a great form of capacity building. Your principal certainly has a well-functioning school. Thanks for sharing.