Mission: To improve student achievement by providing a cohesive system of high-quality professional development and technical assistance for educational leaders
Vision: In order to continuously improve student achievement through strengthened educational leadership, Delaware's educational leaders will engage in high-quality professional development and technical assistance to meet their individual needs along a career continuum.
Overarching Enduring Understandings
Effective leadership is essential to continuous improvement of student learning.- The capacity for leadership must be developed and sustained.
- Educational leadership encompasses a broad array of individuals at different levels of the educational system.
- Educational leaders possess and apply key knowledge and skills to enhance the learning of all students.
- Educational leaders possess and enhance their knowledge of student growth and development, learning theories, curriculum and instruction, assessment, diversity, adult learning, professional development, and school culture.
- Educational leaders are lifelong learners and support lifelong learning for others.
- Effective educational leaders participate in focused and ongoing professional learning throughout their careers.
- Educational leaders have different needs for professional development and technical assistance at different stages in their careers.
- Educational leaders at different levels of the educational system care about promoting powerful, equitable learning for all students.
- Educational leaders demonstrate values, beliefs, and attitudes that inspire others to higher levels of performance.
- Educational leaders have a willingness to continuously examine their own assumptions, beliefs, and practices.
- Educational leaders protect the rights and confidentiality of students and staff.
- Educational leaders demonstrate appreciation for, and sensitivity to, the diversity in the school community and consider the prevailing values of that diverse school community.
- Student learning is the fundamental purpose of schooling.
- Educational leaders cultivate an environment in which all students can learn.
- Educational leaders promote the success of each student regardless of learning styles, interests, aspirations, or needs by ensuring a safe, secure learning environment that supports teaching and learning.
- Educational leaders ensure that all students have the knowledge, skills, and values needed to become successful adults in a global society.
- Schools operate as an integral part of the larger community.
- Diverse opinions enrich decisions.
- Collaboration and communication are essential to a cohesive system of leadership development.
- Professional development and technical assistance must be collaboratively developed and aligned to a central vision of a cohesive system of leadership development.
Sub-domains
Leadership Capacity
Enduring Understandings
- Effective leadership is essential to continuous improvement of student learning.
- The capacity for leadership must be developed and sustained.
- Educational leadership encompasses a broad array of individuals at different levels of the educational system.
Key Knowledge, Skills, and Application
Enduring Understandings
- Educational leaders possess and apply key knowledge and skills to enhance the learning of all students.
- Educational leaders possess and enhance their knowledge of student growth and development, learning theories, curriculum and instruction, assessment, diversity, adult learning, professional development, and school culture.
Continuous Improvement through Professional Development and Technical Assistance
Enduring Understandings
- Educational leaders are lifelong learners and support lifelong learning for others.
- Effective educational leaders participate in focused and ongoing professional learning throughout their careers.
- Educational leaders have different needs for professional development and technical assistance at different stages in their careers.
Embedded Concepts
Integrity, Fairness, and Ethics
Enduring Understandings
- Educational leaders at different levels of the educational system care about promoting powerful, equitable learning for all students.
- Educational leaders demonstrate values, beliefs, and attitudes that inspire others to higher levels of performance.
- Educational leaders have a willingness to continuously examine their own assumptions, beliefs, and practices.
- Education leaders protect the rights and confidentiality of students and staff.
- Educational leaders demonstrate appreciation for, and sensitivity to, the diversity in the school community and consider the prevailing values of that diverse school community.
Centrality of Student Learning
Enduring Understandings
- Student learning is the fundamental purpose of schooling.
- Educational leaders cultivate an environment in which all students can learn.
- Educational leaders promote the success of all students, regardless of learning styles, interests, aspirations, or needs by ensuring a safe, secure learning environment that supports teaching and learning.
A Vision of Learning
Enduring Understandings
- Educational leaders develop, articulate, implement, and sustain a vision of learning that promotes high expectations for all students
- Educational leaders ensure that all students have the knowledge, skills, and values needed to become successful adults in a global society.
Engaging All Stakeholders
Enduring Understandings
- Schools operate as an integral part of the larger community.
- Diverse opinions enrich decisions.
- Collaboration and Communication are essential to a cohesive system of leadership development.
- Professional development and technical assistance must be collaboratively developed and aligned to a central vision of a cohesive system of leadership development.