The best leaders:
Are self-aware
Lead with humility
Balance support and challenge
Are intentional, not accidental
Are secure, confident, humble
Call people up, not out
Believe in the vision, the team and themselves
Be worth following.
Don't just spend the first few weeks of school getting to know your students, but spend all year building those relationships that they will remember forever.
Don't confuse psychological safety with "safe spaces."
Safe spaces treat people as fragile and dissenting ideas as threats. Psychologically safe environments build the capacity to embrace and learn from respectful disagreement.
Exposure to diverging views is fuel for growth.
I'm so thankful for the leadership of our Community Schools District Steering Committee as we celebrated the launch of Palomar Community School! @CVESDNews#collaborativeleadership