Australian Professional Standard for Principals Leadership Profiles

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The Standard’s three LeadershipRequirements and their ProfilesLeading teachingand learningFocusesDeveloping selfand othersLeading improvement,innovation and changeLeading the managementof the schoolProfessional Practices lensLeadership Emphasis lensOperationalRelationalStrategicSystemicFocusesEngaging and workingwith the communityLeadership Requirements lensVisionand valuesKnowledge andunderstandingPersonal qualities, socialand interpersonal skillsFocusesThe Standard describes three Leadership Requirements common to allleaders including principals:• Vision and values• Knowledge and understanding• Personal qualities, social and interpersonal skillsThe following section describes each of the three Leadership Requirements.However, for reasons of brevity the Profiles for each Leadership Requirementare not included in the following section of the document. Instead you canfind them online at aitsl.edu.au/leadership-profiles.You can view the Leadership Requirements lens online through the Interactive Leadership Profiles –aitsl.edu.au/leadership-profiles/interactive-profiles20 Australian Professional Standard for Principals and the Leadership Profiles
Leadership Requirement: Vision and valuesDescriptionPrincipals lead the development of the vision of the school. They arecommitted to the learning and growth of young people and adults guidedby fairness, ethical practice, democratic values and lifelong learning.Principals understand, lead, mediate and serve the best interests of thecommunity. This resonates through the strategic vision, school culture,traditions and positive ethos they seek to promote across the school. Theyinsist upon high standards and foster respect across the whole schoolcommunity.• Principals model ‘learning for life’ through their own professionalpractice and promote it actively in their interaction with students, staff,families and carers, and the wider community.• Principals inspire and motivate children and young people, staff and theschool community and its partners, and set high standards for everylearner, including students, staff and self.• Principals behave with integrity underpinned by moral purpose. Theymodel values and ethical perspectives in relation to their own and theschool’s practice and organisation. They promote democratic valuesincluding active citizenship and inclusion.Australian Professional Standard for Principals and the Leadership Profiles21
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