Ymca Strategic Plan

The leadership team at New Horizon Academy is a strong and consistent team, as the company has only had two CEO’s in the 45 years that the company has opened (K. Hillyard, Personal Communication, September 18, 2017). In addition, most of their board members have been with New Horizon Academy for over 20 years (K. Hillyard, Personal Communication, September 18, 2017). The purpose of the board is to provide the best child development; in addition, they strive to ensure that they are committed to providing excellent in every aspect of their programs and services they provide for families (K. Hillyard, Personal Communication, September 18, 2017).

Literature states that leadership is displayed as a persistent and positive activity (Fitzgerald and Gunter, 2008 cited in Siraj-Blachford and Hallet, 2014, pg.9). According to Rodd (2006), early childhood practitioners need to be effective leaders to make sure their roles and responsibilities are carried out effectively. Although leadership can be learned or developed, it is important that all individual gains access to professional training and opportunities to practice, refined and broadened (Rodd, 2006). Therefore, the importance of leadership and implementation to the setting is recognized by all Early Years Leaders. Leadership can be displayed as a process in which one person, usually it is the leaders role and responsibility to set the purpose or direction for one or more other persons. Then later on gets them to move along together with him or her and with each other in that direction with competence and fill commitment. (Jacques and Clement, 1994, cited in Briggs and Briggs, 2009). Siraj-Blatchford and Hallet (2014) adds that leadership is also known as a process for personal and professional learning and development; organizational change and improvement. Rodd (2013) defines leaders working in early childhood sector as people who are able to influence the behaviours of others to achieve a certain goal or planned outcome. Similarly, leadership in the early childhood sector appears to be more of a result to groups of people who work together to influence and inspire

A top priority of the board of trustee is to act in the best interest of the institution for its students, the community, taxpayers, and other stakeholders. Some boards miss the mark of achieving excellence due to complacency or inherited dysfunction (Eadie, 2001). Eadie’s (2001), Extraordinary Board Leadership outlines strategies for “High-Impact Governance” which includes the essentials of creating a mission statement and methods to for boards and COEs to work together successfully.

Organizations and leaders are more successful when they have clearly outlined goals and objectives. This has been a very large part of the current success of the charter school. As a board we have been able to define and include in the charter application what the goals and objectives for the school are. This has created a trust in the school and families are signing their students up in record numbers even before the school is built. (Mahdinezhad, Bin Suandi, Daud bin Silong , Omar 2013)

Industry Changes: Within fitness there is more of a demand and need for group training. The YMCA offers opportunities for instructors to train and work at their company. They mentioned that most of the classes they offer are for larger groups. Personal training seems to be heading toward group training rather than individual training.

The school boards are composed of elected officials who institute policies with the students’ best interest as their primary focus. As policy makers they priorities school programs,

This influential work on “A Vivid Illustration of Leadership: Principals” Actions Propel Struggling Schools Turnaround work grew out of an urgent need to transform a high poverty high school. The author of this research discovered a framework between leadership, classroom teacher and learning. And so, this article discloses research that indicates the effectiveness of leadership and the kind of leadership needed to improve student achievement. Therefore, a leader must be a visionary and move with urgency to transform the learning environment. The purpose of this study was to explain the impact of effective leadership on school reform and to show how effective leadership methods are used to improve a high poverty high school. Because the leader

Establishing a culture of where individuals think deeply about their work is a hallmark of a 21st Century school district. A crucial role the Director of Curriculum and Instruction is fostering an organizational climate where stakeholders are imbued with a sense of agency. The Director of Curriculum and Instruction needs to interact with educators, students and parents on a personal level to engage individuals in reflective conversation about current practice and to brainstorm

The superintendents of schools are the top executives in a school district. This position is one of the most prominent positions in an educational community. Because of this, school superintendents must be an outstanding citizen and a person of excellent character. Moreover, they must be able to communicate effectively with parents, community, and all stakeholders. Superintendents are responsible for leading every function for a school. With this title comes great responsibility. Superintendents have an array of duties and responsibilities in their schools. They are solely responsible for leading the school district effectively, while working intensely with all internal and external community members to promote positive learning

According to Ubben, Hughes, and Norris (2016), when a shared vision and purpose is present it is the one bond that holds everyone together. The purpose of a vision and mission statement is to provide a sense of direction for all teachers and staff before improvement can take place. Alice in Wonderland said it best, “If you don’t know where you are going, it doesn’t much matter what you do” (Ubben, Hughes, and Norris, 2016, p.56). If leaders do not have well-defined goals, it will be very difficult to begin the process of school improvement, because bringing about change includes implementing a plan and getting everyone involved in the process. In order for leaders to effectively improve the school’s culture, it is very important that data

As a result, the school has demonstrated a variety of strengths on effective early childhood leadership. The leader provides a sense of inclusion or belonging to other colleagues which they can feel they are empowered and recognised in the service. Both Sheri and Angie also display that they are active listener, while others are speaking they pay attention on the speaker and give feedback at the end. The school also demonstrates the importance of communication in effective leadership. Sheri and Angie always communicate with other educators and teaching assistant with respect to promote relationships that are empowering, collaborative and respectful (Waniganayake et al, 2017, p. 180). Furthermore, it is beneficial that Angie interacts

After reading through the Louisiana Principal 's Teaching and Learning Guidebook and the Compass Leader Rubric, I learned that setting ambitious data-given goals and providing support to teachers is important in the future success of schools. The Louisiana Guidebook was created to provide direct support to principals in a way that best supports their efforts to lead the schools ' student success. As a leader, in order to be an effective decision maker within a school, you must be able to understand student performance results along with the school performance score. After analysis of data, school leaders must identify areas of need, set goals, and take responsibility for the growth of their educators and students within his or her school. School leaders must facilitate and support staff use of data to identify and prioritize students ' needs to set goals individually. SLT 's and learning targets must be written and aligned to those goals. It is the school leader 's responsibility to monitor progress towards the goals and assure that everyone stays on target.

School board policy requires that the faculty support the leadership and the leadership support the faculty. Personal contact is necessary to ensure the effective functioning of the programs and to maintain motivation and dedication of staff. The fundamental purpose of leadership is to guide, support and help staff at all levels of an organization to perform well in carrying out their tasks.

Collins (2001) suggests a model that illustrates five different levels of leadership that can support the early educators to understand, what most leaders intend to achieve (Rodd, 2013). The first level of a capable individual allows the individual to learn and create a contribution to

In a traditional, stagnant educational environment leadership relies heavily on power and control. In this context a primary administrator has the power to assign tasks and monitor progress while also controlling the distribution of positive or negative performance based incentives. When leadership is merely a series of transactions the primary administrator is able to stake claim to independently creating a school mission and appropriate action steps. After conducting my interview it is evident that now, more than ever, educational leaders must avoid these tactics in order to appropriately address organizational challenges. The context and type of challenges within an organization will dictate what alternative strategies will be most