Collaborative Leadership Process
What is Collaborative Leadership?
"Collaborative leadership and practices, the fourth pillar of community schools, provides the relational “glue” that connects and reinforces the other pillars, making it foundational and critical for the success of a community school strategy. By developing a shared vision and goals and creating participatory practices for distributing responsibilities, a community school leverages the collective expertise of all of its stakeholders. In many schools, collaborative leadership and practices are central to the work of the professionals in the building—teachers, administrators, nonteaching staff, and union leaders. Examples of this include professional learning communities, site-based teams charged with improving school policy and classroom teaching and learning, labor-management collaborations, and teacher development strategies, such as peer assistance and review."
Leadership Teams at Crawford
Oversees site budgets including Title I
Mondays via Zoom
Contact Lindsay Abbott at labbott@sandi.net
Collaborative decision-making body for Crawford
Monthly in 100 building Professional Development Room
Contact Corey Douglas at adouglas@sandi.net
Community School Subcommittee (current website)
Leadership team for Crawford Community School, oversees funding and progress
Every other Thursday in 100 building Professional Development Room (1st floor) 3:45-5:00 PM
Contact Mabel Brown at mbrown12@sandi.net
Parent Student Resident Organization
Advocacy group for students and parents of the Crawford Cluster
See Facebook Page for updated information.
Contact Marina Ibarra at mibarra@theglobalarc.org
English Learner Advisory Committee
Meets monthly in 100 building Professional Development Room (1st Floor)
Contact Larry Engelbrecht at lengelbrecht@sandi.net
Wellness Committee
Advocates for student and staff wellness, plans events to promote wellness
Meets monthly on Wednesdays in 100 building Professional Development Room from 3:45-5:00
Contact Elena Lujan-Alba at elujan@sandi.net
Consensus Decision-Making Documents
Consensus Decision-Making at Crawford
Context: Crawford already had active collaborative leadership bodies present on campus (SGT, ILT, SSC, Departments, etc.). We did not have a set protocol for our meetings.
Purpose: We want to implement consensus model decision making into all decision-making bodies to produce both higher levels of efficiency (getting through agenda items quicker manner through ordered discussion and delegating the crafting of proposals to working groups) as well as elevate the voices and participation of those who are at times not heard (particularly students).
Our Journey with Collaborative Leadership:
We previewed consensus model decision-making at Hoover High School's SGT.
Crawford's SGT agreed to implement the model for a trial period. With the support of our CORT, we began conducting SGT meetings under this model and established subcommittees.
As an established subcommittee of SGT, Crawford's Community Schools Subcommittee also began to operate under this model.
At the end of the trial period, if SGT wishes to continue operating under this model, we will ensure that the bylaws are in agreement with this protocol and adopt revised bylaws.
Next steps:
Revise SGT bylaws to reflect consensus model at the end of trial period.
See if other decision making bodies are interested in this collaborative decision making model.
