As a principal on this project I or anyone who were to undertake one similarly should have a thorough knowledge of the school improvement process. In addition, he or she should know the state and local expectations in the core curricular areas including such things as grade level content expectations. The principal should be schooled in the process of action research and stay abreast of the latest educational theories about teaching and learning such as differentiated learning and collaborative planning. Finally, the principal should be expert at using all types of technology, at ease with modeling its use and actively seeking opportunities to incorporate it into this plan.
As to the skills, this plan would require a skilled consensus builder, exceptional speaker and writer, and a visionary. Too, he or she must be able to assess the effectiveness of an overall program and its component parts remaining vigilant for weaknesses whose alternation would lead to successful overall school improvement
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1.School climate includes the behaviors and attitudes of teachers, students and administrators.
2.School leaders should have a vision for where they want to take the school.
3. Collaboration is essential to improving school climate.
4. There is a direct correlation between school climate and student performance.
5. There are a number of successful school wide climate programs including PBS.
6. Students respond to changes when they feel they are a valued part of that change.
7. School administrators must be educated in the latest theories of learning to...
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