Standard 6: Professional Capacity of School Personnel

Effective educational leaders develop the professional capacity and practice of school personnel to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.

Performance Indicators:

• A) Recruit, hire, support, develop, and retain effective and caring teachers and other professional staff and form them into an educationally effective faculty.

• B) Plan for and manage staff turnover and succession, providing opportunities for effective induction and mentoring of new personnel.

• C) Develop teachers’ and staff members’ professional knowledge, skills, and practice through differentiated opportunities for learning and growth, guided by an understanding of professional and adult learning and development.

• D) Foster continuous improvement of individual and collective instructional capacity to achieve outcomes envisioned for each student.

• E) Deliver actionable feedback about instruction and other professional practice through valid, research-anchored systems of supervision and evaluation to support the development of teachers' and staff members’ knowledge, skills, and practice

• F) Empower and motivate teachers and staff to the highest levels of professional practice and to continuous learning and improvement

• G) Develop the capacity, opportunities, and support for teacher leadership and leadership from other members of the school community.

• H) Promote the personal and professional health, well-being, and work-life balance of faculty and staff.

• I) Tend to their own learning and effectiveness through reflection, study, and improvement, maintaining a healthy work-life balance.

PSEL 6 Summary:

This standard deals with the concept of professional knowledge, learning, and capacity. This standard involves the engine behind curriculum and instruction, which is professional capacity. This standard challenges leaders to staff the right people and equip them with the tools necessary to promote professional success. The artifacts that I've included in this standard are listed below. The Annual UCEA Convention demonstrated my ability to maintain a healthy work-life balance by attending an out-of-town conference for my graduate studies (6I). The South Metro Leadership Conference hosted by Griffin-RESA was an opportunity for me to become empowered and motivated to improve my professional practice (6E). The Virtual Career Fair was a prime opportunity for me to recruit and hire caring staff (6A), the Equity-Capacity Building Plan outlines the steps necessary to advocate equity principles and includes the support necessary for teacher leadership (6G).

PSEL 6 Artifacts