The Leadership Approach to Program Improvement

The Leadership Approach to Program Improvement:

How Leaders Inspire, Influence, and Achieve Results

Interim Activity D

Post to your electronic portfolio byMarch 15, 2015.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

• Download the electronic form of Interim Activity D from the LEA library and save it to your computer. You can access the library directly at
• Type your responses into the electronic file and save it to your computer.
• When saving this document to upload to your electronic portfolio, save the document as (First initial last name Interim D). For example, my name is Kathi Polis so I would save my document as KPolis Interim D.
• As you prepare your responses, make sure that you have addressed each of the items in the checklist. Each item must be adequately covered to receive credit for the activity.
• If you are in participating in LEA with other colleagues from your program, you are encouraged to collaborate on the interim activity. However, each of you must compose and submit your own responses -- in other words, no cutting and pasting identical responses.

This interim activity will involve engaging your staff in creating a vision statement, mission, and/or guiding values for your program. You can elect to develop one or more of the elements. If you already have all three in place, engage a workgroup in determining if it needs to be updated. Respond to the following questions:

1. Which of the three elements did you decide to develop?
2. Vision statement
3. Mission
4. Guiding Values or Beliefs

1. Briefly describe the process you used to select the staff members who worked on the development.

1. ____ I described the criteria I used to select the staff members who worked on the development.
2. _____I included their names and staff positions.

1. Briefly describe the development process (e.g., what structure did you use, how often did they meet, etc.).

1. ____ I included the dates we met to develop the stated components.
2. _____ I described the process we used to develop the vision, mission, and/or guiding beliefs.
3. _____ I included a description of how I involved as many staff as possible to get buy-in and ownership in the development process.

1. How will you communicate the developed element/s to the staff? To the students? To the community?

1. ____ I described how I communicated or will communicate the developed vision, mission and/or guiding beliefs to the staff.
2. _____ I described how I communicated or will communicate the developed vision, mission and/or guiding beliefs to the students.
3. _____ I described how I communicated or will communicate the developed vision, mission and/or guiding beliefs to the community.

1. How will you use the developed element/s to guide program operations and future planning efforts?

1. ____ I described how the vision, mission, and/or guiding beliefs will be reflected in our program operations.
2. _____ I described how the vision, mission, and/or guiding beliefs will be used to guide future planning efforts.
3. _____ I included a description of how the new or revised vision, mission, and/or guiding beliefs will change the way I plan and implement program operations, determine priorities, etc.

1. Insert your developed element/s below.
2. Vision statement

1. Mission

1. Guiding Values or Beliefs

1. ____ I have inserted the developed vision, mission statement, or guiding values or beliefs that we developed.

Please be sure to post your activity to your electronic portfolio by the designated due date.

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