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Turnaround Leader Competencies

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Description

A Center on School Turnaround at WestEd competency framework identifying high-impact motives, habits, and behaviors for developing leaders responsible for rapid improvement in persistently low-performing schools.

Components

  • Turnaround leader competencies as underlying motives and habits that drive leader success: The brief defines competencies as "underlying motives and habits — patterns of thinking, feeling, acting, and speaking — that determine a person's impact in a specific job or role." It frames competency as a continuum on which leader proficiency varies, and reports that in complex work, underlying competencies drive success more than observable skills and knowledge. The framework organizes the brief's discussion of assessment and development of turnaround leaders. (Center on School Turnaround at WestEd (2018))
  • Competencies and Strategies of Effective School Turnaround Leaders infographic: An infographic published January 29, 2019 by the Institute of Education Sciences through REL Mid-Atlantic administered by Mathematica Policy Research. It communicates research-based turnaround leadership competencies and strategies, drawing on the Center on School Turnaround's Four Domains framework, to assist states, districts, and schools in turnaround efforts. (REL Mid-Atlantic administered by Mathematica Policy Research (2019))

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Key Sources

  • Center on School Turnaround at WestEd. (2018). Thought Leadership Forum Brief: Turnaround Leadership and Leadership Competencies. San Francisco, CA: WestEd. http://centeronschoolturnaround.org
  • REL Mid-Atlantic administered by Mathematica Policy Research. (2019). Competencies and Strategies of Effective School Turnaround Leaders (Infographic). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/competencies-and-strategies-of-effective-school-turnaround-leaders-infographic
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