The Protea Group

Look at yourself as a leader and answer the following questions:

Attributes . . .

• Do I view problems as opportunities?
• Am I a priority setter?
• Am I customer focused?
• Am I courageous?
• Am I a critical and creative thinker?
• What is my tolerance for ambiguity?
• Am I positive attitude towards change?
• Am I committed to innovations that are best for children?

Skills . . .

• Do I debate, clarify, and enunciate my values and beliefs?
• Can I fuel, inspire, and guard the shared vision?
• Can I communicate the strategic plan at all levels?
• Do I recognize the problems inherent to the planning process?
• Do I ask the big picture questions and “what if”?
• Can I support the school staff through the change process?
• Do I encourage dreaming and thinking the unthinkable?
• Can I align the budget, planning, policies and instructional programs with the district goals and vision?
• Do I engage in goal setting?
• Can I develop and implement action plans?
• Do I practice and plan conscious abandonment?
• Do I transfer the strategic planning process to planning?

Knowledge . . .

• Do I know board and superintendent roles and responsibilities in planning and implementing plans?
• Do I know the strategic planning process, short and long term planning tools?
• Do I know the board and district vision, beliefs, and mission?
• Do I know the relationship of the budget to district planning?
• Do I know local, state, and national factors that affect education?
• Do I know the best practices and research on improving academic achievement?
• Do I know the process of change and paradigm shifts?
• Do I know the strategies to involve and communicate with the community?

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