Attributes
- Focus on the end goal/bottom line/results
- Valuing of others
- Keeps promises and honor commitments
- Willingness to delegate
Skills
- Focus on outcomes more than means
- Practice characteristics of effective board
decision-making
- Set high expectations for everyone
- Practice conflict resolution skills
- Design accurate performance indicators to hold everyone
accountable
- Identify what needs to be tight versus loose control
- Nurture win/win performances and partnership agreements
that helps students succeed
- Appreciate, value and recognize each person in the
organization
Knowledge
- Board and superintendent roles and responsibilities in
implementing plans
- What to evaluate
- Board and superintendent evaluation processes and tools
- Schools law
- State and federal laws
- District disciplinary policies
- Alternative assessment and performance evaluations
- Empowerment, how to create felt ownership and
responsibility
- Synergy
What trait were you proud to say describes you?
Was there any trait you would not consider desirable?
What trait are you trying to make more descriptive of you?
(From Washington State School Directors' Association)
In this
Module:
In the
Toolkit: