Building Leadership
Clarify your priorities, delegate effectively, and build systems to GET the RIGHT STUFF DONE!
Feel like you’re chasing effective leadership?
Many school leaders find themselves caught in constant reaction mode: putting out fires, plugging the next opening, and unsure where to invest limited time and resources. This reactive mode leads to burnout, frustration, and missed opportunities.
Worst of all?
It can feel like you are constantly chasing, but hardly moving forward.
Stop Chasing. Start Building Leadership.
The School Leader Partnership
The School Leader Partnership is a 4-month partnership for principals and early childhood directors. Leaders gain a clear view of their current role and workload, as well as implement systems to move from reactive to proactive leadership.
3 Analyses
In order to move forward, leaders need a clear understanding of their current reality. During the first phase of School Leader Partnership, Blueprint Schools provides three analyses to leaders:
The Leadership Snapshot: A concise summary of current leadership, drawn from one-on-one conversations and surveys. This snapshot replaces uncertainty with clarity, helping leaders understand their unique leadership strengths, opportunities, and challenges.
The Workload Map: A visual map of where leadership time, energy, and responsibility are currently going. This tool exposes overload, misalignment, and hidden expectations creating a foundation for delegation and sustainability.
The Board Health Analysis: A high-level diagnostic that helps leaders understand their board’s health, expectations, and roles. This snapshot creates clarity around governance vs. administration, as well as opportunities for the board to partner with school leadership efficiently and effectively.
4 Systems
It’s time to move from chasing to building and from reactive to proactive by implementing four repeatable systems into school leadership life:
The Annual Organizational Roadmap: A year-long roadmap that integrates Blueprint Schools’ 7+1 Components of a Sustainable School. Leaders gain an understanding of successful school year rhythms.
The Quarterly Priorities Dashboard: With the annual roadmap in place, this dashboard lays out quarterly and monthly priorities to ensure leaders consistently work on the right things at the right times.
The Weekly Planning System: A repeatable weekly rhythm that moves leadership out of survival mode and into proactive execution.
The Delegation Action Plan: A practical plan built from the Workload Map that identifies what can and should be shared. This deliverable strengthens ownership, empowers others, and ensures that leadership is sustainable.
The Result: A Whole New Way of Leading
Find a healthier leadership rhythm for yourself and your team.
Shift from reactive management to proactive planning.
Increase efficiency and effectiveness for both board and leadership.
Build a thriving school ministry ready to serve families now and in the future!
A Personalized Partnership
The School Leader Partnership is led by Jake Unke, Blueprint School’s Lead Consultant for Team Development. As a former principal, Jake has been in the trenches of school leadership and is passionate about helping leaders lead with clarity, effectiveness, and passion.
Let’s get started!
Leading your school thrive is no easy task. We know because we’ve been there and done that–our whole team has worked and led in schools across the country.
Take the first step by scheduling a Zoom consultation with us. We’ll listen, ask questions, and help you find a way forward for your unique school.