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Three Leadership Missteps to Avoid
All leaders have their own individual styles, and there is no single way to lead well. Your leadership style must be a unique blend of your personality and abilities servicing your school culture, values, and mission.
However, there are some mistakes that all private-independent school leaders should avoid.
How to Create a Flourishing Faculty Culture
A healthy faculty culture is central to the success of a private school, regardless of its location, pedagogy, or leadership style. Teachers spend their days with your students, and a culture where teachers feel empowered and supported is inextricably tied to student and school performance.
How to Create a Toxic Faculty Culture
ISM research has long demonstrated the strong correlation between a healthy faculty culture and student performance, satisfaction, and enthusiasm. We know that a healthy school culture is the result of:
students receiving the appropriate balance of predictability and support from their teachers;
teachers experiencing predictability and support from their school leaders; and
the Head receiving these from the Board.