- Cedar Hill ISD
- Role Specific Behaviors
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Relationship-Centered
- Successfully builds positive and respectful relationships with all stakeholders.
- Supports creating and fostering a culture of accessibility, openness, and transparency with colleagues and team members.
- Communicate effectively and timely with appropriate follow-through with all stakeholders and groups.
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Scholars First
- Models and communicates behavior to show that the work of the Central Office is to support campuses and, ultimately, drive student learning at high levels for all students in CHISD, developing the capacity in others to do the same.
- Supports the district in creating safe & supportive learning environments by coordinating across department/functional teams to enhance all students' social, emotional, and academic learning.
- Focuses decisions and actions on creating high expectations for self and others to support every student's achievement and well-being, particularly those with under-addressed needs.
- Maintains a daily schedule that addresses the district's priorities by supporting the continued development of quality results and effective team/department collaboration.
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Values Diversity
- Contributes to a district culture that embraces and celebrates all stakeholders' racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity by supporting greater multicultural awareness and inclusion practices across functional teams.
- Consistently exhibits sensitivity and respect for difference, creating an inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences.
- Rejects and confronts own bias and actively works to identify and eliminate both conscious and unconscious bias in themselves, team members, and the office environment.
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Achievement Oriented
- Monitors and ensures that best practices and research-based strategies designed to meet student and campus needs are implemented consistently and effectively across the district.
- Sets clear, meaningful, challenging, and attainable team goals and expectations aligned to the district's vision; holds self and others accountable for results.
- Uses multiple disaggregated data sources with the team to evaluate practices, identify trends, prioritize diverse needs, and inform appropriate adjustments for continuous improvement and success.
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Pursues Learning
- Consistently seeks feedback and adjusts approach; provides transparent, direct, positive, and constructive feedback so team members can improve.
- Engages in learning opportunities aligned to individualized growth needs, the needs of students - and - team outcomes.
- Maximizes challenges as learning opportunities; shares lessons learned from challenges with team members and encourage this skill in them.
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Takes Ownership
- Demonstrates self-awareness by monitoring emotions and reactions, owning mistakes, and building others' capacity to do the same.
- Demonstrates resilience and adaptability to overcome obstacles, grows from setbacks, and shows courage to take the initiative to keep the work moving forward successfully.
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Builds Capacity
- Actively identifies high-potential leaders on their team and invests in their growth & development.
- Trusts and empowers team members with meaningful work and decisions.
- Coaches others to achieve their personal development goals; ensures that all team members have developmental goals and are actively working towards them.
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Celebrates Success
- Systematically, fairly, and publicly recognizes and celebrates the accomplishments of others.
- Consistently recognizes and rewards team members who work hard and achieve desired results; is specific in providing praise and recognition.
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Inspires Change
- Inspires others to do and achieve things that may initially seem beyond their grasp.
- Influences others to achieve district vision, key function team outcomes and results.
- Supports others to navigate change; is a steward of change management initiatives from the department or function levels.
