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Build Trust: Be Reliable, Competent and Sincere

Understand that personal and professional relationships need to be nurtured on an ongoing basis and that trust can easily be broken.

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Building Leadership Capacity

Building capacity among the leadership team and school building leaders forces educators to look at new ways of capitalizing on the talent and potential of each individual…

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Evaluate Program Effectiveness

Districts and schools are faced with the challenge of having to implement, sustain, and evaluate many different innovations, initiatives, and programs simultaneously, with limited resources.

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Hiring and Retention Policies

A large teacher quality gap exists across schools in many districts, resulting in a situation where students of color and economically disadvantaged students are systemically provided less access to high-quality teachers than their peers.

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Line-by-Line Budgeting

Line-item budgeting is the most widely used of all budgeting models and offers many advantages.

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Reallocate Resources

A more deliberative and thoughtful approach to school budgeting can lead to more efficient and effective spending and a greater focus on student outcomes.

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Sustainability through Leadership Transitions

To develop and support an environment where the work of an initial dynamic leader is continued beyond the leader’s tenure, attention must be paid to the challenges of sustainability and adaptation.

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Training & Responsive Technical Support

For a school or district, designing a model for training and responsive technical support has several advantages.

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Zero-Based Budgeting for Adaptation and Sustainability

Operating, leading, and improving schools cannot take place without proper financial resources. Budgets and school funding streams vary from state to state and district to district.

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