Collaborative Leadership and Practices

Provides the relational "glue" that connects and reinforces the other pillars, making it foundational and critical for the success of a community school strategy.  By developing a shared vision and goals and creating participatory practices for distributing responsibilities, it leverages the collective expertise of all its stakeholders. Collaborative leadership and practices help ensure that implementation is inclusive, creates shared ownership of the work, develops strategic partnerships, and ensures resource coordination and data-driven planning.