Durable skills · Task simulation · 55 min
Leadership in Education
Organizational management roles require aligning people, resources, and priorities when outcomes depend on decisions made through others.
Target level: Developing — Moving in a positive direction in a professional career. Still learning, with room to grow around the skill.
Why this design
Run a real task end to end, making the calls where the task branches. Core job tasks where sequence, timing, and decision points matter.
What this evidences
- leadership×1 at Developing
By the end, the learner can
- Goal-setting facilitation: collaborates with teachers to develop mission statements, set measurable performance goals, and align classroom objectives with school-wide priorities
- Professional development planning: designs and leads professional development activities for teachers and support staff, connecting content to identified instructional needs
- Personnel supervision: directs and evaluates support staff performance, providing regular feedback aligned with departmental goals and institutional standards
Session plan
- 10 minThe assignmentWhere this shows up: schools and colleges or training settings, working with families, students, teachers or faculty. Conditions to expect: developmental, group-managed, feedback-rich. Entry roles this maps to: Childcare Workers, Nannies, Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary.
- conducts routine observations and written evaluations of teachers and aides, providing actionable developmental feedback aligned with program goals
- 25 minRun the taskWork the task on your own first. Support is available, but ask for it out loud so the group hears what got you stuck.
- Tools in play: Electronic mail software, Computer based training software, Word processing software.
- 10 minObserved checkpointsScored live against the four levels. The scorer marks what they saw, not what they assume the learner could do on a better day. Developing is the target for this point in the program: Moving in a positive direction in a professional career. Still learning, with room to grow around the skill.
- 10 minWhat the calls costClose the loop: what changed between the first attempt and the last, and what would have to be true for leadership to hold up on a bad day.
Assessment (10 items)
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