Australian Professional Standard for Principals Leadership Profiles
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The Australian Professional Standardfor PrincipalsThe Standard gives expression to the leadership, educational andmanagement requirements and practices of principals. The Standard is anintegrated model that recognises all good leaders share common qualitiesand capabilities, which are expressed as three Leadership Requirements.Principals draw upon these three Leadership Requirements within fiveareas of Professional Practice.The Standard acknowledges the challenging and changing context inwhich principals work and the diverse settings and variety of situationswhich they face on a day-to-day basis. The Standard provides a modelagainst which principals can match their knowledge, qualities, experiencesand skills to determine their strengths and areas for development. It is‘Standard’ rather than ‘Standards’, as it is integrated by nature, reflectingthe complexity of the role and shared visions.The Standard is applicable to principals irrespective of context orexperience. What will vary is the emphasis given to particular elements ofthe Standard as principals respond to context, capability and career stage.The Standard is based on three Leadership Requirements:• Vision and values• Knowledge and understanding• Personal qualities, social and interpersonal skills 2 .These requirements are enacted through the following five key ProfessionalPractices:• Leading teaching and learning• Developing self and others• Leading improvement, innovation and change• Leading the management of the school• Engaging and working with the community.2. Leadership requirements in otherstandards and the literature may beexpressed as capabilities10 Australian Professional Standard for Principals and the Leadership Profiles
The Australian Professional Standardfor PrincipalsThe Standard for principalsLeadership RequirementsProfessionalPracticesVision andvaluesKnowledgeandunderstandingPersonalqualities,social andinterpersonalskillsHigh qualitylearning,teachingandschoolingSuccessfullearners,confidentcreativeindividualsand activeinformedcitizens*Leading teaching and learningDeveloping self and othersLeading improvement, innovation and changeLeading the management of the schoolEngaging and working with the communityLeadership context: school, local area, wider community, Australian, global.The Standard details the Leadership Requirements and ProfessionalPractices of principals separately. It is important to emphasise they arealways fully interdependent, integrated and with no hierarchy implied.These requirements and practices will be reflected in the individualleadership contexts in which different principals work.Although contexts differ, in all professions there are particular leadershipexpectations for those in senior roles. For those preparing to take up therole of principal, as well as current principals, it is important to considerways of engaging with and developing an understanding of thoseexpectations through the Leadership Requirements and ProfessionalPractices of the Standard.*The Melbourne Declaration onEducational Goals for YoungAustralians (December 2008)Australian Professional Standard for Principals and the Leadership Profiles11
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The <strong>Australian</strong> <strong>Professional</strong> <strong>Standard</strong><strong>for</strong> <strong>Principals</strong>The <strong>Standard</strong> <strong>for</strong> principals<strong>Leadership</strong> Requirements<strong>Professional</strong>PracticesVision andvaluesKnowledgeandunderstandingPersonalqualities,social andinterpersonalskillsHigh qualitylearning,teachingandschoolingSuccessfullearners,confidentcreativeindividualsand activein<strong>for</strong>medcitizens*Leading teaching and learningDeveloping self and othersLeading improvement, innovation and changeLeading the management of the schoolEngaging and working with the community<strong>Leadership</strong> context: school, local area, wider community, <strong>Australian</strong>, global.The <strong>Standard</strong> details the <strong>Leadership</strong> Requirements and <strong>Professional</strong>Practices of principals separately. It is important to emphasise they arealways fully interdependent, integrated and with no hierarchy implied.These requirements and practices will be reflected in the individualleadership contexts in which different principals work.Although contexts differ, in all professions there are particular leadershipexpectations <strong>for</strong> those in senior roles. For those preparing to take up therole of principal, as well as current principals, it is important to considerways of engaging with and developing an understanding of thoseexpectations through the <strong>Leadership</strong> Requirements and <strong>Professional</strong>Practices of the <strong>Standard</strong>.*The Melbourne Declaration onEducational Goals <strong>for</strong> Young<strong>Australian</strong>s (December 2008)<strong>Australian</strong> <strong>Professional</strong> <strong>Standard</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Principals</strong> and the <strong>Leadership</strong> <strong>Profiles</strong>11
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