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This page provides you a quick, user-friendly way to explore the resources, supports, and professional learning the IPA has to offer as they relate to the School Leader Paradigm. Scroll down to find either a leadership competency or dimension that you want to begin exploring right now.

Intelligences — Becoming

The convergence of Personal, Social, and Systems Intelligences culminates into a learning leader. Each intelligence has four key competencies, listed in the columns below. Click any tag to see IPA content related to that competency.

PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE

The capacity to reason about personality and to use personality and personal information to enhance one’s thoughts, plans, emotions, and life experiences.

Growth MindsetInnovationSelf-ManagementWellness

SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE

A set of interpersonal competencies that inspire others to be effective.

Capacity BuildingCommunity BuildingInfluenceService

SYSTEMS INTELLIGENCE

Individual understanding of the inter-workings and leadership of complex systems within an organization.

Cultural ResponsivenessMission/Vision Strategic PlanningOperations and ManagementTeaching and Learning

Domains — Doing

The convergence of the Culture, Systems, and Learning Domains culminates into a learning organization. Each domain is broken into seven leadership dimensions which are further delineated by essential leadership behaviors. Click any tag to see IPA content related to that dimension.

CULTURE DOMAIN

The school leader’s efforts to create, foster, and sustain a student-centered climate and culture where all adults strive to build positive and unconditional relationships with all students, while ensuring equitable access and opportunities to high- quality programs.

EquityEthicsGlobal MindednessRelationshipsStudent CenterednessTraditions/CelebrationsWellness

SYSTEMS DOMAIN

The school leader’s efforts to assess a learning organization’s current systems, initiate a cycle of inquiry focused on dismantling historically inequitable systems, and engage stakeholders in a collective effort to establish sustainable student-centered systems.

Collaborative LeadershipCommunicationData LiteracyOperationsSafetyStrategic ManagementVision/Mission

LEARNING DOMAIN

The school leader’s efforts, as the learning leader, to create and sustain a culture of ongoing reflective, culturally responsive, and inclusive learning for students, adults, and the entire learning organization as a whole.

AssessmentCurriculumHuman Capital ManagementInnovationInstructionReflection and GrowthResult-Orientation