Ensuring Collaborative Decision Making Sample Clauses

Ensuring Collaborative Decision Making. School leadership teams are expected to be knowledgeable about the nature of de- cision-making in their school, and to utilize research-based approaches to collaboration that will involve all stakeholders in the school . Any school may request support to assist its implementation of best practices or shared/ distributive leadership . These will include the following: ■ Establishing a shared vision ■ Balancing the emphasis among results, re- lationships, and processes ■ Increasing investment and ownership of decisions ■ Creating and implementing an action plan ■ Engaging in effective decision-making pro- cesses in order to facilitate agreement ■ Building capacity of stakeholders ■ Celebrating individual and group successes

Ensuring Collaborative Decision Making. School leadership teams are expected to be knowledgeable about the nature of decision-making in their school, and implement best practices of shared/distributive leadership that will include the following:  Establishing a shared vision  Balancing the emphasis among results, relationships, and processes  Increasing investment and ownership of decisions  Creating and implementing an action plan  Engaging in effective decision-making processes in order to facilitate agreement  Building capacity of stakeholders  Building leadership capacity  Celebrating individual and group successes School leadership teams also will be responsible for gathering data annually to review the effective functioning and efficiency of the leadership team as well as other teams, department, and committees in the school. One or more self-assessment instruments will be provided to leadership teams to assist them with this assessment. This self-assessment information should be provided to the school staff as well as the community superintendent and the MCEA UniServ director. If the leadership team determines that there are opportunities to improve the operations of the teams and the decision- making processes in the school, a conference will be held to consider options for supporting the school. The parties agree that schools and those who work in them are at the heart of improving teaching and learning. We expect each school continuously to renew itself and build the capacity of its staff to improve the achievement of our students. The parties agree on the following assumptions about school quality and improvement: • Decisions about teaching and learning must involve those closest to the teaching and learning process within each school community. • The school is where people make a difference in the daily life of each student. Each school community has the best information and is in the best position to craft appropriate and effective strategies to improve student learning. • A continuous improvement philosophy takes the traditional pyramid of leadership and decision making and turns it upside down. Central office positions and departments work to serve the interests and meet the needs of those in schools. In schools, administrators and support staff strengthen the learning process by providing supports to teachers to meet the needs of students. • Within each school, the critical process of learning takes place in the classroom. Continuous improvement should ensure maximum supp...