Guiding Coalition Membership
Irving ISD
Background
The fundamental purpose of our district is to continuously increase learning for all students. To accomplish this goal a collective effort must be put forth by teacher and administrators working together to accomplish the following:
- Guide and support faculty and staff to embrace the need for all students to learn at high levels.
- Learn and then share with faculty and staff research-based best practices aligned with continuously increasing learning for all students.
- Continuously foster a culture whereby through the analysis of data the faculty and staff passionately strive to increase learning for all students.
Eligibility
Our district's guiding coalition will comprise of leaders who intrinsically seek to work with other leaders to continuously increase learning for all students.
Characteristics
Interested applications must possess the following characteristics:
- Optimism in our quest to increase learning for all students
- Honesty and the ability to focus on situations we can control, versus those challenges we cannot control
- A desire to work and assist other adults to reach their fullest potential as professionals
- An understanding of the hearts and minds of the people we serve
Skills
Interested applicants must be willing to develop the following skills:
- Ability to inspire individuals to action
- Ability to work with others to increase the productivity of the organization
- Ability to affect change through actions big and small
- Ability to align the extraordinary energy of individuals towards the goal of increased learning for all students
- Ability to step forward to create positive and long-lasting change