La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § CXXXVII-307

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section CXXXVII-307 - Performance Expectation 3

A. Managing Organizational Systems and Safety

1. Education leaders ensure the success of all students by managing organizational systems and resources for a safe, high-performing learning environment.

a. Dispositions Exemplified in Expectation 3. The education leader believes in, values, and is committed to:

i. a safe and supportive learning environment;

ii. collaboration with all stakeholders;

iii. equitable distribution of resources;

iv. operating efficiently and effectively;

v. management in service of staff and student learning.

B. Narrative

1. Traditionally, school leaders focused on the management of a school or school district. A well-run school where buses run on time, the facility is clean, and the halls are orderly and quiet used to be the mark of an effective school leader. With the shift to leadership for learning, maintaining an orderly environment is necessary but not sufficient to meet the expectations and accountability requirements facing educators today.

2. Education leaders need a systems approach in complex organizations of schools and districts. In order to ensure the success of all students and provide a high-performing learning environment, education leaders manage daily operations and environments through efficiently and effectively aligning resources with vision and goals. Valuable resources include financial, human, time, materials, technology, physical plant, and other system components.

3. Leaders identify and allocate resources equitably to address the unique academic, physical, and mental health needs of all students. Leaders address any conditions that might impede student and staff learning, and they implement laws and policies that protect safety of students and staff. They promote and maintain a trustworthy, professional work environment by fulfilling their legal responsibilities, enacting appropriate policies, supporting due process, and protecting civil and human rights of all.

C. Element A-Effective Operational Systems. Leaders distribute leadership responsibilities and supervise daily, ongoing management structures and practices to enhance teaching and learning.

1. Indicators. A leader:

a. uses effective tools such as problem-solving skills and knowledge of strategic, long-range, and operational planning to continuously improve the operational system;

b. maintains the physical plant for safety, ADA requirements, and other access issues to support learning of every student;

c. develops and facilitates communication and data systems that assure the timely flow of information;

d. oversees acquisition and maintenance of equipment and effective technologies, particularly to support teaching and learning;

e. distributes and oversees responsibilities for leadership of operational systems;

f. evaluates and revises processes to continuously improve the operational system.

D. Element B-Aligned Fiscal and Human Resources. Leaders establish an infrastructure for finance and personnel that operates in support of teaching and learning.

1. Indicators. A leader:

a. operates within budget and fiscal guidelines and directs them effectively toward teaching and learning;

b. allocates funds based on student needs within the framework of federal and state rules;

c. aligns resources (such as time, people, space, and money) to achieve the vision and goals;

d. implements practices to recruit and retain highly qualified personnel;

e. assigns personnel to address diverse student needs, legal requirements, and equity goals;

f. conducts personnel evaluation processes that enhance professional practice, in keeping with district and state policies;

g. seeks and secures additional resources needed to accomplish the vision and goals.

E. Element C-Protecting the Welfare and Safety of Students and Staff. Leaders ensure a safe environment by addressing real and potential challenges to the physical and emotional safety and security of students and staff that interfere with teaching and learning.

1. Indicators. A leader:

a. advocates for and creates collaborative systems and distributed leadership responsibilities that support student and staff learning and well-being;

b. involves parents, teachers, and students in developing, implementing, and monitoring guidelines and norms for accountable behavior;

c. develops and monitors a comprehensive safety and security plan.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § CXXXVII-307

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 33:1336 (July 2007), repromulgated LR 37:864 (March 2011).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17 and R.S.17:6(A)(10).