Building Relationships
The Cornerstone Of Catholic Leadership
What are the Complexities Surrounding Relationship Building?
Administrator and Administrator
Administrator and Teacher/Staff
Administrator and Student
Administrator and Stakeholders
Teacher/Staff and Teacher
Teacher/Staff and Student
How can we "Un-complicate" It?
All you need is...LOVE
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
-John 13 34-35
Breaking It Down In Order To Build it Up!
What are the pillars of this 'building'?
The Vision Vs. The Mission- what is the difference?
The Catholic Leadership Framework: Building Relationships and Developing People
Setting Direction
Developing The Organization
Improving the Instructional Program
Securing Accountability
THROUGH BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS
Providing support and demonstrating consideration for individual staff members
Catholic school leaders:• acknowledge and celebrate the accomplishments of individuals and teams (what does this look like?)
• consider staff members’ opinions when initiating actions that affect their work (what are these actions...are we aware?)
• build upon and respond to individual staff members’ unique needs and expertise (how do we do this?)
• treat individuals and groups among staff equitably (what does inequity look like?)
Buliding Relationships WHILE Being An Instructional Leader
Modelling the school’s values and practices
Catholic school leaders:
• are highly visible in their schools (possible obstacles?)
• have frequent, meaningful interactions with teachers, students and parents in order to
further the school goals
• demonstrate the importance of continuous learning through visible engagement in
their own professional learning (how do we do this?)
• exemplify, through their actions, the school’s core values and its desired practices (do we know what these are?)