In my school, distributive leadership is encouraged by our
administrators. Everyone is held accountable for their actions and that each
individual plays an important role in the school environment. The school also
stresses the importance of capacity building and have developed leaders to take
charge of initiatives that would be practice throughout the school.
Capacity building is seen throughout the school curriculum
when the school board decided to implement the Common Core State Standard
Initiatives. As teachers come together to understand this new change the school
administration left it up to the teachers to help each other. We all took
charge of the standards and trained those who were having a difficult time
understanding it. Now, we are all sharing assessments so that we can present
these results to the rest of the school so that we can discuss how we could
sustain our students' strength and what we can do to support their weaknesses.
"A leader is best when people barely know he exists,
when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say; we did it
ourselves." -Lao Tzu
Great quote from Lao Tzu! And it complements what you are saying in your blog nicely, too. I really believe that - It's a wonderful way to truly lead: giving the power to others to achieve the goals, being that supporting force behind them, but in the end they will truly see the capability in themselves to accomplish success. I would imagine in your small school setting, this coming together to achieve and to help others achieve is a regular practice. Thanks for sharing, Donald!
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