Moving Leadership Standards Into Everyday Work: Descriptions of Practice, Second Edition

The recently updated descriptions of practice (DOP), derived from consensus-building among experts and practitioners, show what individual elements within each of the six CPSEL look like across a continuum of practice. Each continuum, ranging from practice directed toward the standard to practice exemplifying the standard, provides common concepts, language, and examples for a given leadership element.

The DOP, which are also useful with leadership standards in other states, can serve various and sometimes overlapping purposes, including as

• A starting point for developing credentialing criteria or assessments
• A guide for planning leadership preparation, induction, professional learning or coaching
• A basis for clarifying performance expectations
• A mirror for an administrator's self-reflection and professional goal-setting