From research and practice literature, we have a good picture of what effective site leadership looks like. This is illustrated through the work of the Interstate School Leadership Licensure Consortium Policy Standards (ISLLC), which was originally designed for leadership preparation programs and has now be updated and is being used for all effective leadership practice.
The field of school leadership in the United States is coalescing around the ISLLC Standards. For example, 35 states have adopted them; the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) used them to develop their standards; tens of thousands of candidates for principal licensure have taken the ISLLC licensing exam; hundreds of preparation programs are revising their curricula aligned with the ISLLC Standards; and other organizations such as the National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) have openly, and in writing, recommended the use of the ISLLC Standards by their membership.
It is the goal of ND LEAD that the professional development provided to North Dakota Educational leaders will be consistent with the ISLLC Standards.
The following is a summary of the six ISLLC Standards and ND LEAD workshops aligned to each. Each standard can be expanded by clicking on the standard name or the link on the left of the page. The standards are broken out by the Knowledge required for the standard, the Dispositions or attitudes manifest by the accomplishment of the standard, and Performances that could be observed by an administrator who is accomplished in the standard.
A school administrator is an educational leader who promotes the success of all students by facilitating the development, articulation, implementation, and stewardship of a vision of learning that is shared and supported by the school community.
Leading Professional Learning Communities
Strategic Exploration (Iwheel)
ID21 Assessment
Instructional Leadership Academy
Data, Standards, and Learning
iPad II training
Google Workshop
Standard 2A school administrator is an educational leader who promotes the success of all students by advocating, nurturing, and sustaining a schoolculture and instructional program conducive to student learning and staff professional growth.
Leading Professional Learning Communities
Instructional Leadership Academy
iPad II Training
Google Workshop
STARS PrivotTable Workshop
Data, Standards, and Learning Workshops
Standard 3A school administrator is an educational leader who promotes the success of all students by ensuring management of the organization, operations, and resources for a safe, efficient, and effectivelearning environment.
Legal Situations in Education I and II
Time Management
Crisis Management
Google Workshop
Love and Logic Workshop
Standard 4A school administrator is an educational leader who promotes the success of all students by collaborating with families and community members, responding to diverse community interests and needs, and mobilizing community resources.
School Culture Surveys
Google Workshops
Love and Logic Workshop
Standard 5A school administrator is an educational leader who promotes the success of all students by acting with integrity, fairness, and in an ethical manner.
A school administrator is an educational leader who promotes the success of all students by understanding, responding to, and influencing the larger political, social, economic, legal, and cultural context.
Legal Situations in Education I
Legal Situations in Education II
Communications II (Crucial Confrontations)
-- Information provided by the School Leaders Licensure Assessment
