EAD 533 ARTIFACT #2 Identifying Leadership Positions Sabrina L. Manuel College of Education, Grand Canyon University EAD 530: Developing and Empowering Instructional Leaders Dr. Greathouse June 22, 2022 Leadership Positions Attributes The school support teacher supports the principal’s vision and mission for the school through her duties of the school improvement plan and through that work she incorporates monthly and weekly professional development that aligns to the goals set by the leadership team divided by departments. Each department lead person is responsible for attending weekly meetings to report how their department is making gains toward the goals set for the school to meet it’s intended mission and vision for the school. Each department has a lead person that the principal can hold accountable to deliver her intentions for the climate of the building. It is the expectation that everyone assigned to this duty can carry information back and forth from the teachers in the department to the leadership/administrative team. They are also expected to hold those teachers in their department accountable for maintaining the school climate as expected by the principal. The academy director works closely with the teachers in each department to ensure that students are supported with materials to meet the criteria of their academies. The community/parent coordinator has a significant role in bringing all communication to the community and parents about what is going on in the school. This person must be responsible for maintaining a positive school climate and must know about all events in the building. The youth council and restorative justice lead are direct links to the students on any given day and they are there to support students who are having a difficult time navigating throughout the school day. Distributing Leadership Functions The leader in each school will want to ensure that the persons assigned to the roles in their organizational chart have all the attributes that they are looking for to ensure the person is able to support their vision. One way that I would look to do this is to choose these roles early in the school year during the first staff meeting. Staff are more likely to complete an assessment during the orientation week than they are once they have students present. The assessment will give me the information I need to put the right person in each of the roles in my organizational chart. I want to make sure that once I have made the choice and aligned the skills of the person, to ask them if they are interested in taking on a leadership role. Making this available to all staff at the same time will also eliminate any biases. Supporting Positive School/Learning Culture The journal of School Leadership conducted some research on the importance of having teachers as instructional leaders to support the culture and climate of the learning environment. Student in this study agreed that the better the teacher, the better the student outcomes. In the article by Watt, Mills, & Hurtia (2010) they make direct reference to leaders shifting their needs of needing support from the teachers. So, the attributes of a strong teacher leader are being sought after to fulfill the many roles of supporting the instruction that will continue to move the students forward in learning. A leader can support a positive school culture by delegating and assigning leadership responsibilities to other qualified staff members through shared leadership. This shared leadership allows others in leadership roles to share in decision making that supports the schools vision and carries out the intended mission. The leader’s sole responsibility is to ensure they select a candidate that exemplifies the appropriate disposition and professionalism for the role they are chosen. If a person is not chosen for the right leadership role, they can potentially cause havoc in a school building and cause the vision and positive school learning environment and climate to be disturbed. References Huertia, J., Mills, S. J., Watt, K. M., (2010). Identifying Attributes of Teacher Leaders within the Advancement via Individual Determination Program: A Survey of School Principals. https://eds-s-ebscohost-com.lopes.idm.oclc.org/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=3&sid=cfa1a7f7-0e1d-4f14-9566-83714d25c1cf%40redis