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."27

Community Schools Playbook (futureforlearning.org) 

Vista High School's Collaborative Leadership Teams:

 School Site Council (SSC)

English Learner Advisory Council (ELAC)

Site-Based Decision-Making Committee (SBDMC)

Positive Behavior, Interventions & Support (PBIS)

Community Schools Advisory Council (CSAC)