According to the Robert Blum’s research on “School Connectedness” creating trusting, respectful relationships between students, teachers, parents and administrators will increase student engagement in school which has substantial impact on the measures of student achievement. As a principal, I would work with site-based decision making committee to implement strategies for systematically communicating with and gathering input from all campus stakeholders through parent-teacher conferences, home visits, family nights and similar activities to increase parental engagement and involvement. That’s why first of all the focus should be to create environment where students would feel safe and secure, where they would know that people do care about …show more content…
According to the article by Robert Blum “A Case of School Connectedness”, only effective educators who are proficient in content of their subject and skilled in classroom management and teaching techniques are able to meet the needs of every student. Principal is responsible for modeling, facilitating and expecting professional growth in staff, providing resources, and helping teachers focus on a career path. As a principal I would ensure that developmental program should be systematic, long range and correlated with success in the classroom. Together with site-based decision making committee principal should work on designing staff development and evaluation programs correlated with campus goals and objectives. Staff development model for the three year period should include following programs: Cooperative learning, Classroom management, Motivational theory, Project-based learning, Curricular alignment/ Interdisciplinary approach, Lesson cycle/Best practices. In our school district the evaluation system is based on Danielson model. There are three domains in the system which are: Instructional Quality, Student Growth and Achievement and Professional roles and responsibilities. When administration team visit teachers for formal observation they usually are concerned about first domain Instructional Quality. The key concepts of the first domains are Setting Instructional Goals, Classroom …show more content…
In our school we are trying to build safe, positive, respectful environment. Schools should have counseling department in campuses who work with students who are at risk and their families. They should also sponsor programs such as anti-bullying, red ribbon week, charity for cancer patients and etc. As a principal, I would work with site-based decision making committee to ensure that local, state and federal laws and policies are being followed to support health, food, transportation services for students. Together with site-based decision making committee we would work on planning and designing policies and procedures in the following areas: safety and health; facilities audit; emergency plans; walk-through ways of the
The most favorable response was to the question, “Staff at this school share a common understanding of instructional best practices” with a 92% agreement score. Conversely, the least favorable response was to the question, “I meet regularly and often with colleagues to plan for instruction,” with a 38% agreement score. Hence, the professional practices of the staff are considered to be superior but the organization of the schedule have not allowed for collaborative practices. Additionally, is in strong agreement (85%) that the staff does a good job identifying students who struggle
Students need to be able to come to school, feel welcome, and receive the best education that their teacher can provide. To be able to do this the principal needs to make the decisions that supports his/her school. Principals need to be role models and responsible decision makers. Policies and procedures need to be updated regularly and should be reviewed by multiple parties.
Effective partnerships between families and school emerge from a mutual trust, respect and understanding of each other’s values and goals. By maintaining such partnerships, we create a healthy environment for children to develop. All families have something unique to offer and educators need to recognize this and make the most of it by incorporating all families into the school community.
The school categories are conventional, congenial, or collegial. These three categories are distinguish by discussing the style that the principal administers the school (Glickman et al., 2010). Each individual category gives out a different outcome. A conventional administration or leadership it is recognized by the lack of communication among the staff and the administrator, also, the independence of the teachers is evident, it is no common goal it is a more individual goals setting, usually the responsible for everything are the students and teachers...
As a leader candidate, I can understand the challenges and multiplicity of complications that administrators must face each day. However, I will not accept any remote possibility that the students must be affected by some flaws of the school organization. We all as leaders, must be strategic with people, time, and money to guide our students towards an academic success.
Collaboration between school and family is necessary to successfully create a positive, enriched, learning environment for the student. There are a few ways that parents can achieve this: positive support of school participation including homework, communicating with the school on a regular basis, volunteering in the school, a...
The school provides a safe environment for students to accomplish academic, social and emotional development. The leadership of a building will include effective decision making, human resource management, mission or purpose, understanding of change, relationship buildi...
The effectiveness of a classrom teacher depends considerably upon the leadership style and efficacy of the school principal. Principals have a leadership responsibility to lead with passion, committment, and vision to the highest ethical and intellectual standards. The main job of any site principal is to help teachers become better, as stated by Dr. Gentilucci (2017) “There is always room to grow,” and to do so, principals must lead by example. There is little doubt by most experts that school administration, specifically the principal, play a vital role in positively influencing the performance of classroom teachers.
In summary, I believe an effective teacher has the most influence on an effective school. Because of this, I consider Cooper’s characteristics centered on effective teaching as most important. I do also believe that fostering effective teaching skills through effective professional development programs are essential to creating an effective school. Furthermore, I would not discount the roles of non-teachers in the school setting, as they contribute to a school’s overall effectiveness too.
Parent and community involvement does not occur overnight, it takes time and work to build a trusting, visionary driven environment. When people walk into a school, they can immediately get a sense of the school
Parental involvement is essential in helping address the functional/educational needs of the student both in and out of the classroom. According to research on good schools, parent involvement makes a difference. You cannot help your child succeed in the classroom if you are not involved. Positive parent involvement has a significant impact on student achievement, school attendance. Parents participate with the school in establishing its organizational goals, actively participate in developing the school’s policy on discipline, grading, attendance, testing, promotions, and retentions, listen to their children, recognize that children spend only a portion of the day at school and that much of their time is spent at home; therefore much can and should be done at home. As an SLP it is my responsibility to educate parents on what they bring to the table and establish what they would like to achieve in order to increase their child’s learning. As an advocate for children I will encourage parents to periodically determine if they, their child, and the school are working together in their plans for the child’s future, encourage visits with teachers and administrators at the school on a regular
My philosophy on educational leadership begins with maintaining a positive school culture. A school with a positive culture helps students and staff feel supported and empowered. It is the responsibility of a school’s leader to be the face of this positivity and support. A school’s culture must be cultivated by the leader of the school so that it can trickle down to students and staff. In order to be a leader by example and maintain this culture, a leader must constantly build positive relationships, set policies that help students and teachers be succeed, and promote academic achievement at all levels.
The teacher was rated using a rubric with specific criteria in four domains including planning and preparation, the classroom environment, instruction, and professional responsibilities (Hillsborough County Public Schools, 2012). Within each of these domains are components which are the performance factors that are relevant to classroom teachers. In domain one the components include: demonstrating knowledge of content and pedagogy, demonstrating knowledge of students, setting instructional outcomes, demonstrating knowledge of resources and technology, designing coherent instruction, and designing student assessments. The components for domain two include: creating an environment of respect and rapport, establishing a culture for learning, managing classroom procedures, managing student behavior, organizing physical space. In domain three the components included are: communicating with students, using questioning and discussion, engaging students in learning, using assessment in instruction, and demonstrating flexibility and responsiveness. There is only one component that was rated for domain four which is reflecting on teaching.
...ties for students and parents to learn together, and offer community education classes to get parents to come to the school. In the article, "Promoting Parental Involvement," there are more ideas to advance the involvement of parents in education which lead children to excel academically.
School community relationship helps to improve the quality of education for all children. It helps parents and other citizens recognize their responsibility for the quality