Leadership Vision & School CultureBLOG POST PROMPT
What is your leadership vision? (Draw connections to your school's vision, as well as the vision you articulated for your school's plan of professional development.) As you begin this semester, in what ways do you see your root beliefs and leadership vision impacting your school's culture and the structures within it? Leadership Vision Our school is a ministry of the La Purisima Concepcion Parish. The mission of our Parish is to build strong Catholics who are ready to give witness to Jesus Christ. The our school enjoys a legacy of partnership within the Lompoc Valley. We believe that Catholic Education will make students become better citizens who are active participants in the community. My leadership vision for our school is to help build a community where all members serve each other. My professional development plan starts with collaboration. The faculty can more effectively support student learning by planning instructional programs as a team based on student evidence. Based on the data collected, the faculty needs to create goals for learning, collect additional student evidence, further reflect on the progress, and continuing to refine the process. This process in combination with the utilization of best teaching practices and the appropriate technology, the process is continuously repeated. Every teacher has a particular gift or talent that they can contribute to our team. By supporting each other with what we are good at we are better able to collaborate on projects that benefit all our stakeholders. This is why we are “better together”. School Culture As the school year begins I have found that our root beliefs combined with my leadership vision has slowly begun to impact our school’s culture. This in part is due to the new leadership of our school and the atmosphere of collaboration that has begun to impact our school’s culture. While our staff is open and willing to take on new challenges and to try new strategies and technology, challenges still lie in the lack of proper infrastructure and devices. Nevertheless, our staff has continued to forge forward based on our vision. The school’s culture is obvious, we aim to provide an enjoyable learning experience where students are well cared for and respected. In addition, it is a culture committed to student success. Instruction is differentiated so that every student gets what they need. Everything that our teachers say is motivating and supportive. One challenge that we are working through comes from the fact that so many of our staff members are new and we still have not had sufficient time to build relationships with each other. So as this year continues, my goal is that our staff can work on changing the school culture we inherited from the previous staff and to create our own school culture that is more aligned with what matters most. That is to create a student centered school culture that harnesses character to drive achievement. Moving forward with this mindset we can help to ensure that the mission of our Parish continues to be achieved.
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