Student Centered Leadership: And so it continues....

Viviane Robinson states "The more leaders focus on their relationships, their work, and their learning on the core business of teaching and learning, the greater their influence on student outcomes."  As I read this I think about my role as an educator and how I want to be an effective leader. I believe that the core role of middle leaders is to lead the learning of the department. To translate teaching practice into other classrooms, to share knowledge that is effective for the learner and ultimately to influence the students and my colleagues.

In my previous posts I have explored the question 'what does student centered leadership look like?' I can conclude that there is not a specific answer for this. It is something the will continue to evolve and change, that is the beauty of it. It is all part of growing in learning, learning is growth, growth is important. In my inquiry I have also thought about 'what does effective teaching look like?' Is it result based? Data focused based? Classroom behavioral management? A few thoughts I have in answering these questions that do not necessarily answer the question but offer as ideas that have helped me understand what I am looking for.

• Effective teaching is collaboration - working with colleagues to building better outcomes for the learner. 
• Effective teaching is making the learner the most important person in the relationship. 
• Effective teaching is everyone (student and teacher) committed to being a learner. If everyone is learning then change is reinforced, it is building each other in the process. When you are committed to learning then everything evolves.