- Clearly defined outcomes
- Measurable targets for growth
Class Measures lead coaches work with school leaders to consolidate understanding of dynamic value-added leadership. The core components of this work are: Critical Conversations, Time Management, Use of Accountability Mechanisms, Support for Effective Instruction, and Building Positive School Culture. Coaching incorporates extensive support towards agreed, clearly defined Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that encompass all leadership learning within these foundational components. Leaders will establish KPIs for their responsibilities, and work with consultants to ensure evidence of progress towards whole school improvement and for accountability meetings with the principal.
This philosophy is also advocated in the work of Jim Kousez and Barry Posner, researchers and writers of The Leadership Challenge and inventors of the Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI). Our leadership KPI work is structured around Kouzes and Posner’s extensive research of “personal best” leadership models. Research indicated that there are five common practices in leadership behavior that lead to transformed outcomes: Model the Way, Inspire a Shared Vision, Challenge the Process, Enable Others to Act, and Encourage the Heart. We rely heavily on these unique leadership measures for monitoring growth and success.
We are very cognizant of national research into the impact and effectiveness of the implementation of improvement processes (School Improvement Grants; Implementation and Effectiveness, US Department of Education, January 2017), and utilize these findings to measure our own success in achieving implementation goals, as evidenced in our work across the country.
“These structures have given me everything I’ve been asking for to grow my leadership capacity and develop other members of my team. Now I know exactly what my focus is and can connect my daily tasks back to our three big goals and ultimately to our school’s mission and vision. I can’t accomplish that mission on my own and have to trust that others will help us get there. Whenever I work with the Class Measures team I walk away thinking, ‘I’m about to make some big changes here.”
Darice Johnson
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