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students in their classroom; whereas it is the leadership of the campus that is responsible for
ensuring the learning for all students.
As I reviewed the participant responses, I found myself consistently questioning what we
could do as district leaders to ensure all teachers feel valued, appreciated, and engaged. The work
of public-school educators is purpose-driven. I believe individuals enter this field to ensure
children have the opportunity to achieve their dreams. As campus and district leaders, we need to
do everything possible to support and engage teachers as they do the hard work of teaching our
children every day.
Figure 13 represents the initial stages of a leader profile in the studied district. As a result
of the findings from this study, a more comprehensive leader framework should be developed to
support the high-yield leadership behaviors that have been gleaned from this study.
Based upon the findings from this study, I recommend the addition of the following
behaviors and expectations within the strands. A specific expectation for campus principals
should be to establish an effective, collaborative leadership team. The results of this study
identify this behavior can improve engagement. This collaborative team would share leadership
that will influence multiple strands of the leader profile. The team could serve as informal
leaders among teachers, guide others in using data to set goals, and use staff meetings to present
the data and maintain a focus on the campus goals. The systems necessary for these structureswould be defined in the strand of employing and monitoring school-wide systems. While using
data in staff meetings may be the result of a new system, it also facilitates visioning for the future
and establishing the school wide culture. Finally, this collaborative leadership team can
participate with the campus principal in use of informal observations to ensure and monitor high
quality instruction. The results of this study illustrate that most high yield leadership behaviors80
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O'Bara, Susannah Holbert. A Leadership Framework to Raise Teacher Engagement, dissertation, May 2023; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2137579/m1/91/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .