Core Leadership
Capacity |
Sample domains and related practices of the Ontario Leadership Framework, with links to EduGAINS resources and suggested uses of these resources in developing and practising these practices |
| 1. Setting Goals |
Setting Directions |
Leading the
Instructional Program |
Securing Accountability |
| Ensures the vision is clearly articulated, shared, understood and acted upon by all |
Fosters a commitment to equity of outcome and to closing the achievement gap |
Aligns school targets with board and provincial targets |
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2. Aligning
Resources
with Priorities |
Setting Directions |
Leading the
Instructional Program |
Securing Accountability |
| Ensures creativity, innovation and the use of appropriate technologies to achieve excellence |
Ensures that learning is at the centre of planning and resource management |
Makes connections to ministry goals to strengthen commitment to school improvement efforts |
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3. Promoting
Collaborative
Learning
Cultures |
Building Relationships
and Developing People |
Developing the
Organization |
Leading the Instructional
Program |
| Acknowledges and celebrates the achievements of individuals and teams |
Builds a collaborative learning culture within the school and actively engages with other schools to build effective learning communities |
Develops professional learning communities to support school improvement |
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4. Using Data |
Setting Directions |
Leading the
Instructional Program |
Securing Accountability |
| Works within the school community to translate the vision into agreed objectives and operational plans which promote and sustain school improvement |
Ensures a consistent and continuous school-wide focus on student achievement, using system and school data to monitor progress |
Develops and presents a coherent, understandable, accurate and transparent account of the school‘s performance to a range of audiences (e.g., ministry, board, parents, community) |
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5. Engaging in
Courageous
Conversations |
Building Relationships
and Developing People |
Developing the
Organization |
Securing Accountability |
| Encourages colleagues to take intellectual risks |
Uses performance appraisal to foster professional growth, and challenges the thinking and learning of staff to further develop professional practice |
Ensures individual staff accountabilities are clearly understood, agreed to and subject to rigorous review and evaluation |
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