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* 1. How important is to organize school building leader preparation programs around national standards for educational leaders?

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* 2. How important is it to organize school building leader preparation programs around the most-current national standards for educational leaders?

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* 3. The next two questions refer specifically to Standard 1 found in the “Professional Standards for Educational Leaders” (created by the National Policy Board for Educational Administration, 2015).

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Standard 1: Mission, Vision, and Core Values

Effective educational leaders develop, advocate, and enact a shared mission, vision, and core values of high-quality education and academic success and well-being of each student.

a. Develop an educational mission for the school to promote the academic success and well-being of each student.

b. In collaboration with members of the school and the community and using relevant data, develop and promote a vision for the school on the successful learning and development of each child and on instructional and organizational practices that promote such success.

c. Articulate, advocate, and cultivate core values that define the school’s culture and stress the imperative of child-centered education; high expectations and student support; equity, inclusiveness, and social justice; openness, caring, and trust; and continuous improvement.

d. Strategically develop, implement, and evaluate actions to achieve the vision for the school.

e. Review the school’s mission and vision and adjust them to changing expectations and opportunities for the school, and changing needs and situations of students.

f. Develop shared understanding of and commitment to mission, vision, and core values within the school and the community.

g. Model and pursue the school’s mission, vision, and core values in all aspects of leadership

How important is it for school building leader preparation programs to develop the knowledge, skills, dispositions, or competencies found in Standard 1 above?

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* 4. To what extent do you support Standard 1 above?

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* 5. The next two questions refer to Standard 2 found in the “Professional Standards for Educational Leaders” (created by the National Policy Board for Educational Administration, 2015). 

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Standard 2:  Ethics and Professional Norms

Effective educational leaders act ethically and according to professional norms to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.

a. Act ethically and professionally in personal conduct, relationships with others, decision- making, stewardship of the school’s resources, and all aspects of school leadership.

b. Act according to and promote the professional norms of integrity, fairness, transparency, trust, collaboration, perseverance, learning, and continuous improvement.

c. Place children at the center of education and accept responsibility for each student’s academic success and well-being.

d. Safeguard and promote the values of democracy, individual freedom and responsibility, equity, social justice, community, and diversity.

e. Lead with interpersonal and communication skill, social-emotional insight, and understanding of all students’ and staff members’ backgrounds and cultures.

f. Provide moral direction for the school and promote ethical and professional behavior among faculty and staff.

How important is it for school building leader preparation programs to develop the knowledge, skills, dispositions, or competencies found in Standard 2 above?

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* 6. To what extent do you support Standard 2 above?

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