Leadership and District Culture
This standard stresses executive leadership, vision, shaping school culture and climate, empowering others, and multi-cultural and ethnic understanding.
Policy and Governance
This standard centers on developing procedures for working with the Board; formulating district policy, standards, and regulations; and describing public school governance in our democratic society.
Communications and Community Relations
This standard emphasizes skill in articulating district vision and purpose to the community and media. Also, it stresses responding to community feedback and building consensus to strengthen community support.
Organizational Management
This standard calls for skills in gathering, analyzing, and using data for decision making; framing and solving problems; and formulating solutions to problems. It also stresses quality management to meet internal and external customer expectations and to allocate resources.
Curriculum Planning and Development
This standard tests the superintendent's skill in designing curriculum and a strategic plan to enhance teaching and learning, using theories of cognitive development, employing valid and reliable performance indicators and testing procedures, and describing the use of computers and other learning technologies.
Instructional Management
This standard measures knowledge and use of research findings on learning and instructional strategies and resources to maximize student achievement. It also centers on applying research and best practice to integrate curriculum for multi-cultural sensitivity and assessment.
Human Resources Management
This standard assesses skill in developing a staff evaluation and assessment and supervisor system to improve performance. It also requires skills in describing and applying legal requirements for personnel selection, development, retention, and dismissal.
Values and Ethics of Leadership
This standard stresses the understanding and modeling of appropriate value systems, ethics, and moral leadership. It also requires the superintendent to exhibit multi-cultural and ethnic understanding, and to coordinate social agencies and human services to help each student grow and develop as caring, informed citizens.