Distributive Leadership

Distributive leadership: Distributing roles and responsibilities that result in serious and important decision making, that maintains accountability.

     I feel that distributive leadership is used for capacity building. Without being able to distribute powers and roles to others it can become more of a dictatorship instead of a community. This is a great model, it holds all in place accountable and responsible. These team members make decisions that impact everyone at the school.

     This model is used in a wide variety at my school site. The school is made up of different committees that are in charge of various aspects of running the school. These committees range from curriculum, to social committee, wellness committee and a safe and civil committee. Each committee is important for the school to run properly. The principal is the main person, who has delegated out a leader in each department for curriculum, they then formed the rest of their teams. Each curriculum team has three-seven members. Usually one for each grade level. There is a math team, a writing team, and a reading team. These teams work on adjusting the current district curriculum that is not aligned with common core standards, only Oregon state standards. They also create road maps for the teachers to follow each school year.

     I also feel that without distibutive leadership, the leader (prinicpal or administrator) cannot fulfill every role, as much as they may want to, someone else has to help out. When distributed equally based on qualifications everyone has an easier job, and the job gets done.