capabilities leading the team

Growing capacity

Involves growing the knowledge, skill and leadership capacity of others. It includes providing space for thoughtful reﬂection and support, as well as presenting effective learning opportunities that stretch the capacity of others. At its deepest, it involves creating an environment where team members are encouraged to take responsibility for their own self-care and self-development. It includes fostering both their wellbeing and enthusiasm as they serve students in Lutheran education.

Descriptors

Provides guidance and instruction

Takes the time to openly draw upon one’s experience to share knowledge and wisdom with the intent of building the capacity of others. Draws from personal experience to guide others on how best to tackle problems and ﬁnd solutions as well as providing instruction and guidance on how to complete speciﬁc activities and tasks.
Helps others to reﬂect

Provides others with opportunity for supportive reﬂection both cognitively and emotionally. Works through problem situations and challenges with others to test their thinking, actions and decisions. Uses this approach to enable others to better understand their own practices and reﬂect on ways to improve and grow their capacity to be of greater service to students and their families.
Coaches others

Personally coaches others in a way that inspires them to achieve their highest potential as a professional and leader within Lutheran education. Provides others with thoughtful and creative leadership and professional development opportunities designed to uniquely align to their individual career aspirations.
Fosters a climate of learning, reﬂection and wellbeing

Creates a climate where professional learning and thoughtful reﬂective practice is the norm. Team members genuinely take responsibility for their own professional and leadership growth and wellbeing. They take pride in keeping abreast of current research and best educational and leadership practices. Individuals are supported to develop self-care and self-development strategies to enable them to work to be as successful as possible.