Leadership Council 101

It's been asked, more than once, how I hope to structure the Renner Leadership Council. In order to be effective, a representative structure is best. Through the representative structure each grade level and department are given a voice on the Building School Improvement Plan (BSIP) and how best to meet the needs of the students, staff, parents and community. Specifically, I anticipate Leadership Council being comprised of one member of each grade level; a representative from special education/Title I; and a representative from Encore (my preferred term for "specials", since these classes are "in addition to the core" curriculum). This basic structure would fill 8 of the 10 available Leadership Council positions. The remaining two positions would be filled to meet specific needs of the Building School Improvement Plan. This may vary from year to year. At this point, based on my cursory review of Renner's Balanced Scorecard, I anticipate requesting the school counselor or social worker to fill one of these positions and an ELL teacher to fill the other position.

Members of the Leadership Council have many responsibilities. They are expected to communicate Leadership Council information to those they represent. They are expected to step up and lead by chairing vertical or ad hoc teams. And, they are expected to be a positive voice throughout the school. They must believe we can and will make a difference for each and every student in the school. Finally, Leadership Council members are expected to attend all Leadership Council meetings and to fully participate in these meetings. Sometimes this means completing assignments prior to the meeting to be ready to participate. Leadership Council meetings will be held afterschool from approximately 3:45-5:00pm.

Since I value shared leadership, Leadership Council members will serve a 2 or 3 year term. This will allow all interested staff members the opportunity to serve on the Council and will afford the Council a variety of ideas, thoughts and input.

Begin considering whether or not you would like to serve on the Renner Leadership Council for the 2009-2010 school year. This August you will be given the opportunity to express your interest and the Renner Leadership Council will be formed.

I look forward to working with Renner's Leadership Council to review and refine the Renner BSIP to address concerns identified in the Renner Balanced Scorecard and to help our students and staff achieve the highest levels of success.