Self-Assessment and Reflection Continuum | Introduction

Purpose and Use

The Self-Assessment and Reflection Continuum will NOT be used for school principal evaluation purposes. It is not intended as a tool for collecting or tabulating individual evaluation data on school principals, teachers, or Continuous School Improvement (CSI).

The Self-Assessment and Reflection Continuum will serve as a self-assessment tool for school principals and as a guide for continued professional growth. The Self-Assessment and Reflection Continuum is intended to serve as a tool for dialogue and to deepen each principal’s understanding of school leadership in the 21st century schools.

Analysis and Reflection

School principals can use the continuum to learn more about the leadership practices that will support teaching and learning in the 21st century school. School principals will find that the Self-Assessment and Reflection Continuum provides a common language for supporting professional conversations concerning school leadership. The Self-Assessment and Reflection Continuum may be used as a road map for guiding self-improvement and for developing individual professional goals.

Professional Growth

School principals may wish to analyze their own leadership skills and think about new or different ways of leadership. Based on their reflections, principals could identify several professional goals for continued growth. Principals, School Improvement Teams, and specialists may find the Self-Assessment and Reflection Continuum useful for determining professional development needs for all members of the learning community or for identifying best practices for the school’s continuous improvement efforts.

Collaboration and Mentoring

School principals could work in collaboration with administrative colleagues and/or district instructional support specialists to guide group work toward common goals. Principals new to a school may find the Self-Assessment and Reflection Continuum helpful in determining a school-wide focus or for obtaining professional learning opportunities for the total staff. Principals could use the Self-Assessment and Reflection Continuum as a coaching tool to support teachers who aspire to enter leadership roles.

As a system, DoDEA will use the Self-Assessment and Reflection Continuum of 21st Century Leadership to:

• Implement the use of a common professional language that defines the common worldwide view of the 21st Century School Principal.
• Build the knowledge, skills and abilities of the roles and competencies for school principals to effectively lead all DoDEA schools into the 21st Century.
• Support school level principals in the development, implementation, supervision, and sustainment of all aspects of 21st Century Teaching, Learning and Leading.

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