Leadership Capacity

"The capacity of leadership to ensure an institution’s progress toward its stated objectives is an essential element of organizational effectiveness. An institution’s leadership capacity includes the fidelity and commitment to its purpose and direction, the effectiveness of governance and leadership to enable the institution to realize its stated objectives, the ability to engage and involve stakeholders in meaningful and productive ways, and the capacity to implement strategies that improve learner and educator performance" AdvancED Performance Standards for School Systems.

Standard 1.1: The system commits to a purpose statement that defines beliefs about teaching and learning, including the expectations for learners.

Standard 1.2: Stakeholders collectively demonstrate actions to ensure the achievement of the system’s purpose and desired outcomes for learners.

Standard 1.3: The system engages in a continuous improvement process that produces evidence, including measurable results of improving student learning and professional practice.

Standard 1.4: The governing authority establishes and ensures adherence to policies that are designed to support system effectiveness.

Standard 1.5: The governing authority adheres to a code of ethics and functions within defined roles and responsibilities.

Standard 1.6: Leaders implement staff supervision and evaluation processes to improve professional practice and organizational effectiveness.

Standard 1.7: Leaders implement operational processes and procedures to ensure organizational effectiveness in support of teaching and learning.

Standard 1.8: Leaders engage stakeholders to support the achievement of the system’s purpose and direction.

Standard 1.9: The system provides experiences that cultivate and improve leadership effectiveness.

Standard 1.10: Leaders collect and analyze a range of feedback data from multiple stakeholder groups to inform decision-making that results in improvement.

Standard 1.11: Leaders implement a quality assurance process for its institutions to ensure system effectiveness and consistency