Effective leadership is a pre-requisite for a successful school; in successful schools head
teachers and senior leaders understand the changing needs of their schools and their staff, continually communicate their ideals, vision and expectations, use
robust monitoring and
evaluation, balance support with challenge and
plan ahead to sustain excellence.
Districts strategically develop common school - level improvement
plans, aligning the personnel and fiscal support they provide to schools to match the priorities in these
plans — e.g.,
plans that prioritize a
robust teacher evaluation system require district - level support for the implementation of an
evaluation and professional growth framework.