Telling a Leadership Story

Book Study: Being a Visionary Leader

Expectations/Rubric for being a Strategic Plan Goal Champion
Leadership Structures: District, School, Team, Classroom

Soldwedel Consulting offers virtual and non-virtual book studies to
enhance skills, knowledge and disposition of leaders to reflect on
their actions and behaviors to be transformational leaders of the
future.
District 33 developed with their Goal Champions a rubric to help
leaders reflect on their roles and responsibilities as champions of a
strategy plan goal.
Dr. Van Clay developed an aligned visual to show the interconnections
and relationships between and among leadership structures: DLT, SLT,
PLC, AND CLASSROOM.

The Vision Driven Leader:
10 Questions to Focus Your Efforts,
Energize Your Team,
and Scale Your Business
Goal Champion Role
and Responsibilities
Rubric
Alignment of District
Leadership Team, School
Leadership Team,
Professional Learning
Community team, Classroom
team

How do leaders set direction, question assumptions, look at problems in new ways, and create and articulate a vision for the future?

Why is leadership important to teaching and learning success?
How does leadership set direction? Do you know the direction? Are you inspired by the direction? Is the district living that direction and making progress toward its attainment? How do you know?
Are leaders accessible, visible, and proactive about moving the school district to a higher level of performance?
Do leaders walk their talk and exemplify the core values of the organization?
Do leaders encourage collaboration and teamwork?
Do leaders help others grow in their career and in their performance through professional learning, coaching and other means of support?
Do leaders trust and respect staff members and encourage them to contribute their ideas in important decisions?

Define leadership in your system: Who, What, Where, When, Why
Why is leadership important to the success of the district or school?
Are you a transformational leader? Do you have transformational leaders in your system?
Are you a visionary leader? Do you have visionary leaders in your system
How do leaders set focus and direction for the district? How do leaders set focus and direction for the school? How to leaders set focus and direction for the team? How do leaders set focus and direction for the classroom?
How do leaders create and articulate a vision that readies students for college, careers, and life?
How do leaders align energy, support and other resources to the vision?
How do the leaders encourage student and family support for the vision?
How do leaders instill a continuous improvement mindset believing that all aspects of the system can grow and improve?
What are the vital things about leadership that we get right and need to celebrate?
What are the vital things about leadership that we do not get rights and need to focus our improvement attention?