In the Sunrise School District, a number of the
middle schools are in jeopardy of being taken over
by the state department of education for failure to
meet state standards. The superintendent has been
charged with implementing an immediate plan
of action. One of the schools was Allen Heights
Middle School. You are called in to provide leadership for the school. The data revealed that Allen
Heights Middle School had not made adequate
yearly progress in 7 consecutive years. From the
choices provided, identify the approach you would
take to transform the school and provide a detailed
rationale for your selection. Which of the following
approaches would you take?
a. Enter the school with a servant leadership style.
b. Enter the school with a distributive leadership
style.
c. Enter the school and assess the capacity of the
faculty.
d. Enter the school and dismiss all assistant
principals.