prepare a strategy for building a team leadership in your school
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The National Institute for Urban School Improvement (NIUSI, 2005) describes the school leadership
team as “a school-based group of individuals who work to provide strong organizational process for
school renewal and improvements” (p. 2). It is important that everyone in the school understands what
the leadership team is doing. Leadership teams might consider using an Appreciative Inquiry (AI)
process to identify areas of focus and as a way to engage all stakeholders in the change process.
Simply put, AI focuses on “learning from moments of excellence” (Mohr & Watkins, 2002, p. 2) rather
than focusing on what the organization is lacking. As such, it enables leaders to “discover the best of
what is; imagine what might be; dialogue what should be; and create what will be” (Mohr & Watkins, p.
2). Members of the leadership team can begin the improvement process by asking faculty, staff,
students, family, and community stakeho