Professional Documents
Culture Documents
InNovemberof2015theProfessionalStandardsforEducationalLeaders(PSEL)were
approvedbytheNPBEA.Thesestandards,formerlyknownastheISLLCstandards,articulatethe
knowledgeandskillsexpectedofschoolleaders.
OnFebruary2016,TheNationalPolicyBoardforEducationAdministration(NPBEA)has
officiallyassumedownershipofthePSEL2015.
Retrievedfrom:http://www.npbea.org/
Theneweducationalsystemcommandstheneedtoelevatethedepartmentofschoolleaders.An
educationalleaderthatdoesntonlymanagetheschoolbutalsotobringonanarrangesystemsof
leadershipineverypartoftheschoolanditscommunity.
IntendedPurposes
Thenewstandardshavebeendevelopedandwillserveasasignificanttoolfortheschoolleaders
astheycarefullyreflectandcontinuallydeveloptheireffectivenessasexecutiveleaderstoexcelat
theirworkandwillleadtheschoolinthe21stcentury.
MANAGER
Responsiblefortheactivitiesofagroupofemployeesinanorganization.Hehastoplaytheroleofa
motivatorandmentorwhileguidingtheemployeestoachievethegoalsoftheorganization.
EXECUTIVELEADER
Responsibleformakingsurelawsarecarriedoutandformanagingtheaffairsofanorganization.
He/Shehastooverseetheadministrationfunctionoftheorganization
AreYouaLeaderoraManagerorSometimesBoth?
Asallleadersknow,untitledornot,leadershipispowerwithpeople,notoverpeople.
MarkSanborn
Managers Leaders
Managers exercise power over people. Leaders exercise power with people.
Thenewstandardshavebeendevelopedandwillserveasasignificanttoolfortheschoolleadersas
theycarefullyreflectandcontinuallydeveloptheireffectivenessasexecutiveleaderstoexcelattheir
workandwillleadtheschoolinthe21stcentury.
OrganizationoftheProfessionalStandards
forEducationalLeaders
Standard1.Mission,Vision,andCoreValues
Effectiveeducationalleaders,develop,advocate,andenactasharedmission,vision,andcorevalues
ofhighqualityeducationandacademicsuccessandwellbeingofeachstudent.