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KLA: Who We Are

 
 

Our academy’s core values/beliefs

  • There is a high correlation between school/district leadership and school/district success as defined by improvements in student learning.
  • Effective leaders have high expectations for themselves, their staff, and students, and these high expectations are evidenced in the work of the school/district and in student achievement.
  • Highly effective leaders must be grounded in core values and have a sense of moral purpose that is visible and communicated.
  • Highly effective leaders are change agents.
  • Highly effective leaders celebrate success at all levels.
  • Highly effective leaders recognize and communicate the school/district’s deficiencies and collaboratively, with the learning community, work for improvement.
  • Highly effective leaders develop positive relationships for the betterment of the school community and the learners of the school/district.
  • Highly effective leaders are life-long learners, continuously striving to improve their professional selves.

Our academy’s vision

The Kentucky Leadership Academy’s vision is that Kentucky educational leaders, at all levels of leadership skill and development, will have the necessary support system to assist them in positively impacting whole school improvement and advancing student learning.

Our academy’s mission

The mission of the Kentucky Leadership Academy is to provide ongoing professional growth opportunities for school and district leaders that will result in building and sustaining leadership capacity for whole school improvement.

Our academy’s goal for 2008-2009

Our goal is to provide professional growth opportunities needed for our participants, Kentucky's educators, to positively impact student achievement as measured by school improvement data.

 
 
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Wayne Young, Executive Director
Rhonda Caldwell, Deputy Director
Clyde Caudill, Legislative Liaison
Shirley LaFavers, Director of Professional Development
Wanda Darland, Communications Specialist

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