ERIC Number: EJ766822
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Feb
Pages: 6
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ISSN: ISSN-1529-8957
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10 Strategies for Staff Empowerment
Lamperes, Bill
Principal Leadership, v4 n6 p32-37 Feb 2004
Roads Scholars, a teacher-driven, interdisciplinary student service program, represented the completion of a goal the author had set when he first became Centennial High School's principal five years earlier--to create an environment where staff members felt empowered to dream, create, and implement programs without seeking his consent. To facilitate this goal, he had established processes that enabled staff members to tap into their creative potential and invite him to planning meetings as a courtesy and not as a requirement. Accomplishing this goal took time, practice, guidance, and patience to develop, but it resulted in 10 strategies that nurture the trust professionals desire in a collaborative work place. In this article, the author discusses 10 strategies for staff empowerment: (1) Share information; (2) Share decision making; (3) Practice consensus decision making; (4) Develop consensus on budget; (5) Create a common vision; (6) Develop shared beliefs; (7) Allow teachers to direct their professional growth; (8) Empower students and parents; (9) Understand student needs; and (10) Develop symbols of empowerment. (Contains 4 resources.)
Descriptors: Student Needs, Participative Decision Making, Service Learning, Teacher Empowerment, Interdisciplinary Approach, High School Students, Secondary School Teachers, Creative Teaching, Teacher Collaboration, Budgets, Cooperative Planning, Faculty Development, Student Empowerment, Parent School Relationship
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: High Schools
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Language: English
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