Selection Criteria & Rubric

Building Culture - Wellness

  • How have you shaped your school's culture to foster well-being and safety, so students and adults learn and interact productively? Principal (Q1)
  • How well supported and safe do you and other students feel at the school? Student (Q1)
  • How well do the adults in your school know you and the other students? Student (Q2)
  • How has your principal shaped the school's culture to foster well-being and safety, so students and adults learn and interact productively? Teacher (Q1) & Admin (Q1)
  • How has the principal shaped the school's culture to foster everyone's well-being and safety? Parent/Community (Q1)

Building Culture - Equity

  • How have you promoted equity so that each person is known and valued, and receives the individualized, high-quality education to succeed? Principal (Q2)
  • How well does the school provide you and other students with the support and choices you need to succeed academically? Student (Q3)
  • How has your principal promoted equity so that each person is known and valued, and receives the individualized, high-quality education to succeed? Teacher (Q2)
  • How has the principal promoted equity so that each person is known, valued and receives the individualized, high-quality education to succeed? Parent/Community (Q2)

Building Culture - Student-centeredness

  • How have you embedded the needs of each student as a guiding value to inform organizational decision-making? Principal (Q3)
  • How well is the principal guided by the needs of each student in making decisions about the learning community? Parent/Community (Q3)
  • How has this principal embedded the needs of each student as a guiding value to inform organizational decision-making? Admin (Q2)

Leading Learning - Results-orientation

  • How have you lead learning in your school so that each learner, student and adult, will succeed in a globally competitive society? Principal (Q4)
  • How well does the school provide you and other students with the support and choices you need to succeed academically? Student (Q3)
  • How has your principal lead the learning in your school so that each learner, student and adult, will succeed in a globally competitive society? Teacher (Q3)
  • How has this principal embedded the needs of his/her students as a guiding value to inform organizational decision-making? Parent/Community (Q4)
  • How has this principal lead the learning in his/her school so that each learner, student and adult, will succeed in a globally competitive society? Admin (Q3)

Leading Learning - Collaborative leadership

  • How have you empowered students and adults in your school community to assume leadership roles to promote each person's learning and well-being? Principal (Q5)
  • What opportunities do you and other students have to take leadership roles at your school? Student (Q4)
  • How has your principal empowered students and adults to assume leadership roles that promote each person's learning and well-being? Teacher (Q4)
  • How has this principal empowered students and adults in his/her school community to assume leadership roles to promote each person's learning and well-being? Admin (Q4)

Leading Learning - Innovation

  • How have you fostered innovation and creativity as part of the learning process? Principal (Q6)
  • Provide one or two examples of the most innovative learning opportunities you have had at your school. Student (Q5)
  • Provide one or two examples of how your principal fostered innovation and creativity as part of the learning process. Teacher (Q5)