Standard 9: Operations and Management

17Professional Standards for Educational LeadersEffective educational leaders manage school operations and resources to promote each student’s academic success and well-being

Performance Indicators:

• A) Institute, manage, and monitor operations and administrative systems that promote the mission and vision of the school.

• B) Strategically manage staff resources, assigning and scheduling teachers and staff to roles and responsibilities that optimize their professional capacity to address each student’s learning needs.

• C) Seek, acquire, and manage fiscal, physical, and other resources to support the curriculum, instruction, and assessment; student learning community; professional capacity and community; and family and community engagement.

• D) Are responsible, ethical, and accountable stewards of the school’s monetary and non-monetary resources, engaging in effective budgeting and accounting practices.

• E) Protect teachers’ and other staff members’ work and learning from disruption.

• F) Employ technology to improve the quality and efficiency of operations and management.

• G) Develop and maintain data and communication systems to deliver actionable information for classroom and school improvement.

• H) Know, comply with, and help the school community understand local, state, and federal laws, rights, policies, and regulations so as to promote student success.

• I) Develop and manage relationships with feeder and connecting schools for enrollment management and curricular and instructional articulation.

• J) Develop and manage productive relationships with the central office and school board.

• K) Develop and administer systems for fair and equitable management of conflict among students, faculty and staff, leaders, families, and community.

• I) Manage governance processes and internal and external politics toward achieving the school’s mission and vision.

PSEL 9 Summary:

This standard involves the nuts and bolts of educational leadership. Standard 9 explores the things that we often take for granted (budgets, discipline plans, student code of conduct, etc..) and places them inside of a school leadership context. The reality is that a school cannot function without a leadership dedicated to logistics, management, and school operations, and effective leaders realize that. The artifacts that I've included below demonstrate my involvement in multiple areas of school operations. The Heading to High School document helps our current 8th-grade families understand the realities ahead when they start high school in the fall. Our collaboration with Sandy Creek High School illustrates our willingness to develop and maintain relationships with schools in our feeder pattern (9I). The Progressive Discipline Plan shows our willingness to prevent teachers' work and learning from disruption (9E). The Math Department Supply Request Form is something I created as the department chair to streamline resource needs and employ technology to improve the quality and efficiency of operations and management (9F). Lastly, the Educational Policy Analysis Presentation analyzes the new K-12 Mathematics Standards from a citizen's perspective and examines the research literature involving new standards policies and implementation. (9H)

PSEL 9 Artifacts