Professional Leadership Plan

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Professional Leadership Plan.

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Professional Leadership plan.

A leader should inspire his/her followers to work towards achievement of the set goals

To achieve the set goals and objectives at times requires execution of changes in the learning

environment. An effective leader should not only implement change with purpose and

confidence but also have a clear vision of their goals. The role of providing quality education

falls on the jurisdiction of a strong collaboration between the students, teachers, and the

community (Epstein et al.2018). Evidently, community engagement is an important part of a

successful educational framework. Parents and community involvement is a critical factor

influencing the success of students and learning environment. This script will discuss a

professional leadership plan intended to bring change through parents and community

engagement in school.

Changes are inevitable for bringing success in any learning environment. The anticipated

learning changes include: enhancing school community partnerships, engaging the community in

decision making, and fostering an active community involvement in learning activities. The

proposed changes for the professional leadership plan are purposed to achieve three major goals.

Firstly, the proposed changes are intended to promote partnerships between schools and the

community through creation of community school trustees. The schools will be governed by an

elected board of trustees selected by the community members. The trustees have the authority to

conduct the general oversight of school activities and hold the school principal accountable to

teachers’ performance. Secondly, the changes are intended to involve the community in school

development activities. Schools require various developments from one time to another. For

example, the community can be involved in the construction of new facilities such as libraries

and resource centers. The third goal of the proposed changes is to engage the community in

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assessing the quality of education offered to their children and the learning environment. Each

community member will have a responsibility of ensuring that the school offers an education that

will benefit their children. This goal will be accomplished by involving experienced community

members in preparation of learning resources.

Implementing the mentioned changes in the learning environment will have various

benefits. Engaging the parents in decision making provides a vast integration between them and

the school (Hartman, 2017). Thus, the parents feel as being part of the school. When parents feel

closely associated with the school, they tend to be more concerned about the education and

progress of their children. Enhancing school and parent partnerships through creation of a board

of trustees gives the community a direct responsibility over the school. Each trustee has a role in

ensuring proper running of the school. As such, all trustees have a personal contact with the

school. Involving the parents in school assessment helps to develop a good relationship between

them and the school. Each parent has a way of ensuring quality education is being offered by the

school. The idea of engaging experienced community members in the review of learning

resources ensures community participation in bringing educational change.

Evaluations are required to assess the implemented changes. The school will have a sheet

for filling and appending signatures whenever community members participate in the process of

reviewing some learning materials. The sheet will show the number of times that members have

participated in such an activity and the dates. School and community partnerships will be

evaluated based on direct assessing whether the school has taskforces to oversee various

activities. For instance, each trustee member will be a chair of a committee. Thus, the presence

of committees and the work done by each committee will be used to indicate if the school has a

well-developed partnership with the community. Direct observation will be used to evaluate

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whether the community is involved in school development activities. For instance, the presence

of ultra-modern buildings and ongoing projects will show that the community is supporting

school developmental activities.

Reading nights can be very effective in fostering an effective change. A reading night is a

community organized platform that brings together parents, teachers, and children (Epstein et

al.2018). Various activities can be conducted during a reading night; for instance students

reading challenge, mini-workshops, and parents’ short motivational talks. Reading nights

increase the parents’ knowledge level about things they can do at home to help nurture their

students reading abilities. Reading nights involve more parents and community members in the

education of their children. As such, they feel welcomed as part of reading partners.

Additionally, reading nights helps the parents to develop a value for the education of their

children. Moreover, reading nights facilitate an interactive approach to partnering with parents

and other community members to inspire the love of reading in children.

Evidently, the reading night program cannot run effectively without materials and

resources. To ensure that the platform is functional, parents and the will have a coordinator who

will spearhead the program. Additionally, books, journals, and magazines will be required. The

reading materials will provide knowledge to both students and the community members. Since

the program is intended to encourage reading among students and the community as a whole, it

will be necessary to have small prices. As such, parents who will produce students with the best

reading skills in various subjects will be rewarded.

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References

Epstein, J. L., Sanders, M. G., Sheldon, S. B., Simon, B. S., Salinas, K. C., Jansorn, N. R., ... &

Hutchins, D. J. (2018). School, family, and community partnerships: Your handbook for

action. Corwin Press.

Hartman, J (2017) Addressing Leadership and Supervision Challenges to Support Improved

Student Achievement in a Small Rural School. Journal of Cases in Educational

Leadership ,29(5) 300-307

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