| The "C Diet" of School Leadership Culture In their book entitled "The Heart of leadership" Terrence E. Deal, coauthor of "Leading With Soul" and Kent D. Peterson talk about the job of leadership and the "C DIET." According to the "C Diet", our job as school leaders is to (1) Keep the COMPASS. (2) To manage CHANGE. (3) To build CREDITILITY: a positive image for the school in the eyes of the COMMUNITY that is focused upon student performance. (4) To CULTIVATE our staff. (5) To ask the COMPELLING QUESTIONS. (6) To be an advocate for CHILDREN. (7) Our job is to build the CULTURE of the school. CURRICULUM, CONSENSUS, CONSTITUENTS, COMMUNITY, CONFIDENCE, COURAGE, COMPASSION, CHARACTER, COMPETENCE, CAPACITY, COMMITMENT, CLARITY, CONSCIOUSNESS, COMMUNICATION, COLLABORATION, CONNECTEDNESS, COLLEGIALITY, CHALLENGE CRITICALthinking, CURIOSITY, and CONTENTMENT. We can see our job as building our staff in: (1) CONFIDENCE in ourselves, in our decisions and in our teaching. (2) COURAGE to take risks and to break new ground. (3) COMPASSION for children and others. (4) CHARACTER to always do our personal best. (5) COMPETENCE that they know the current trends. (6) CAPACITY to learn new things. (7) COMMITMENT to our mission. (8) CLARITY to focus on the whats and hows. (8) CONSCIOUSNESS to bring thinking to a higher level. (9) COMMUNICATION means open lines of dialog. (10) COLLABORATION to share expertise. (11) CONNECTEDNESS is bonding to each other and to our mission. (12) COLLEGIALITY in professional interactions. (13) CHALLENGE to keep staff on their cutting edge. (14) CRITICAL THINKING in thoughtfulness. (15) CREATIVITY to implement innovations. (16) CURIOSITY to actively seek better ways, and (17) COMMITMENT to feel accepted. Parent knowledge, collaboration, information, high expectations, and a process of continuous improvement in student performance measures will also, at last, prevail in School District 227. |
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