"Children have
neither past nor future; and that which seldom happens to us, they rejoice in
the present." - Jean de la Bruyére
SEVEN PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABLE
LEADERSHIP
A study of leadership in public high schools in the USA and Canada found that
"most school leadership practices create temporary, localized flurries
of change but little lasting or widespread improvement. The researchers did
find some leaders who thought hard about how they might implement deep, broad,
and long -lasting reforms. From these leaders, the researchers extracted
seven principles that together define "sustainable leadership". These
principles, listed below, were presented by Andy Hargreaves and Dean Fink in
the April 2004 issue of Educational Leadership.
1. Sustainable leadership matters �" sustainable leadership goes
beyond temporary gains in achievement scores to create lasting, meaningful improvements
in learning.
2. Sustainable leadership lasts �" sustainable leadership means planning
and preparing for succession �" not as an afterthought, but from the first
day of a leader's appointment.
3. Sustainable leadership spreads �" sustainable leadership means
distributing leadership throughout the school's professional community so others
can carry the torch after the principal has gone.
4. Sustainable leadership is socially just �" sustainable leadership
benefits all students and schools -- not just a few at the expense of the rest.
5. Sustainable leadership is resourceful �" sustainable leadership
husbands its resources in developing the talents of all its educators rather
than lavishing rewards of a few proven stars.
6. Sustainable leadership promotes diversity �" sustainable
leadership enables people to adapt and prosper in their increasingly complex
environments by learning from one another's diverse practices.
7. Sustainable leadership is activist �" sustainable leadership engages
assertively with its environment in a pattern of mutual influence.
To review the entire Educational Leadership article, go to: http://www.ascd.org/publications/ed_lead/200404/hargreaves.html
To sharpen your leadership skills, check out the seminars held throughout the
country in the coming months through the Exchange Leadership Institute.
To locate a seminar near you, go to: http://mail.ccie.com/go/eed/0159
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