If I were an Ed Exec...

I have fond memories of that old Fiddler on the Roof song, “If I Were a Rich Man.” In the song Tevye opines about how his life would be different if he had scads of money. All day long he’d biddy biddy bum. District Education Executives have little time for biddy bumming. But, if I were an Ed Exec I’d biddy biddy bum myself right over to Lutheran schools in my district who are experiencing transitions in leadership and assist them using NLSA!

I’ve never been an Ed Exec but recently I have found myself wishfully wondering, if I were, how would I help my schools?  So many schools struggle with leadership transition. Some of our greatest leadership challenges, relate directly to the new school leader’s ability to determine how what has happened in the past might shape a direction for the school’s future. NLSA can help with that!

If I were an Ed Exec I think I would biddy biddy bum myself right on over to the school with the NLSA cumulative annual report in hand. If accurately completed by the previous administrator, the CAR helps the new leader quickly understand specific problems faced by the school, how they were dealt with, and what remains to be completed. A well-done CAR will even define who is responsible for actions and when they are scheduled to be addressed and completed. In fact, a CAR can take the mystery out of leadership transition and allow school improvement actions to flow, without interruption, from one leader to a successor. If the staff has been intricately involved with the reporting process the school should continue to move forward. It is NLSA’s intentional have all staff members intricately involved with the school accreditation process.

Over and over again NLSA works with Lutheran schools experiencing challenges and requesting application extensions. This is most often associated with leadership succession. School personal engaged properly with a dynamic, ongoing  accreditation process can help avoid many problems. And district leaders can hold schools accountable using the NLSA process. So if I were an Ed Exec…