•  
  • Identify the positive impact educational leadership has on the improvement of student learning.
  • Build leadership capacity throughout the organization through professional development and distributed leadership.
  • The superintendent or head of school leads professional development and promotes conditions that support improvement of student learning.
  • Engage all stakeholders in dialogue about professional development and technical assistance for educational leaders.
  • Establish professional learning communities.
  • Design professional development and technical assistance to meet the needs of aspiring, beginning, and role-experienced educational leaders.
  • Align all professional development offerings with the Delaware Administrator Standards and the ISLLC Standards for School Leaders.

Resources

• http://www.ccsso.org/publications/details.cfm?publicationID=87  
• http://www.sedl.org/pubs/catalog/items/cha07.html
• http://nsdc.org/standards/learningcommunities.cfm
• http://www.wested.org/cs/we/view/feat/101
• http://www.mcrel.org/pdf/leadershiporganizationdevelopment/4005RR_Superintendent_Leadership.pdf
• http://www.csos.jhu.edu/crespar/techReports/Report65.pdf
• http://www.bsd.k12.de.us 
• http://www.temple.edu/lss/eduleadership.htm
• http://www.mcrel.org/topics/Leadership/products/244
• http://www.educationleadershipthatworks.org/Default.aspx?
• http://mcrel.org/pdf/leadershiporganizationdevelopment/9713MM_LeadershipServicesBrochure.pdf
• http://www.nsdc.org/standards/leadership.cfm