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Standard 3: Lead continuous school and system improvement

Pillar: Effectiveness. Model: transformational leadership. Lead continuous school and system improvement that supports the learning, development and well-being of all students.

What this standard expects

Step 1: Work with others to develop, align and pursue the vision, mission and goals of your improvement plans.
Step 2: Set up good ways to collect, analyse and use data to guide improvement.
Step 3: Model and promote decisions informed by many kinds of data and evidence.
Step 4: Expand educators’ knowledge and skills through job-embedded professional development that meets their different needs.
Step 5: Build the capacity of individuals and teams by creating workplace conditions that encourage reflective practice and continuous growth.
Step 6: Use evidence-based change leadership that fits the realities, resources and contexts of Barbados education.
Step 7: Monitor, evaluate and report progress towards improvement goals, and adjust plans.

Leadership domains

Shared vision, mission and goals; data collection, analysis and use; data-informed decision-making; job-embedded professional development; capacity-building; change leadership; monitoring, evaluation and reporting.

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The law and policy behind this

Both practice guidesSection 7 in both guides · draft of 27 May 2026

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