leadership standards

Understanding professional standards for educational leaders as determined by experienced peers can be helpful when exploring and developing your leadership style. After reviewing the 2015 Professional Standards for Educational Leaders, prepare a chart using the template in this weeks resources to explain the following in sufficient detail with supportive references citing:

• Explain at least three leadership standards you believe you have already developed and justify why.
• Select at least three leadership standards you believe you still need to further incorporate into your leadership style and briefly explain how you might accomplish this leadership growth.

Length: one chart, not including title and reference pages

References: Support your response by utilizing and referencing the Professional Leadership Standards for Educational Leaders. Include a minimum of 2 scholarly resources in addition to the PSEL guide.

The completed assignment should address all of the assignment requirements, exhibit evidence of concept knowledge, and demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the content presented in the course. The writing should integrate scholarly resources, reflect academic expectations and current APA standards,

Select at least three leadership standards you believe you still need to further incorporate into your leadership style and briefly explain how you might accomplish this leadership growth.

Introduction

A leader is someone who inspires others to do their best work. A good leader will also set clear goals for their team and provide them with relevant feedback when necessary. They’ll encourage open communication, teamwork, and collaboration among themselves as well as with their employees. And finally: they will be a role model for the way they treat others—themselves and their team members!

Create an environment of trust and respect.

• Create an environment of trust and respect.
• Trust is a key ingredient in effective leadership. It’s important to build trust through positive relationships and then use that trust to foster more effective communication, teamwork and collaboration.
• Developing these kinds of relationships requires time spent learning about others’ needs, opinions and ideas; listening carefully; asking questions so you can better understand what it is they’re trying to say; being respectful by not interrupting others’ thoughts or ideas (even if you disagree), etc., etc., etc…

Set clear goals for your team, and provide them with relevant feedback when necessary.

• Set clear goals for your team, and provide them with relevant feedback when necessary.
• Be specific about what you want to achieve. For example, if the goal is to improve communication within the team, then be clear about how this will happen by defining measurable milestones along the way (e.g., “By March 1st we will have completed our goal of communicating effectively.”)
• Create clear goals, and provide feedback when you achieve them.* Define the problem before starting on a solution.* Examples of tangible fitness goals you could achieve in 3-6 months

Encourage open communication, teamwork, and collaboration.

• Encourage open communication, teamwork and collaboration.
• Open communication is a cornerstone of leadership. It’s important for leaders to be able to communicate effectively with each other, their teams and stakeholders so that they can build trust among everyone involved. This can be done by encouraging frequent feedback on performance as well as allowing open questions during meetings or at the water cooler so that everyone feels included in what’s going on in the organization.
• Teamwork helps build strong relationships between coworkers while also increasing productivity when done right! To ensure that you’re leading with a team mentality instead of an individual one (which will inevitably lead them down some bad paths), make sure all employees feel like they’re part of something bigger than themselves—whether it be through shared goals or projects together on which everybody is working towards achieving something bigger than themselves

Be a role model for the way you treat others, yourself and your team.

You are a role model for your team. It’s not enough to be competent and competent alone; you need to model the way you treat others, yourself and your team.

When we talk about leadership standards, we often focus on how leaders should behave toward others. But there is another side of this coin—how they should treat themselves or even their own self-esteem? What does being a good leader look like when it comes to one’s own development?

These three leadership standards will help you become a better leader than you were before

• Character
• Vision and values
• Action items: How are you going to incorporate these leadership standards into your life?

Conclusion

We hope this post has given you some insight into how to become a better leader. As we’ve explored, being a good leader isn’t just about having the right skills or knowing how to lead an organization; it takes time and practice. But when you become more aware of what leadership standards mean for you, it can help develop an action plan for growth in your career.