Standard 3

To achieve Standard 3, an educational leader must manage the learning environment:

• 3.1 Monitor and evaluate the program and staff at the site.
  
  
• 3.2 Establish school structures, patterns, and processes that support student learning.
  
  
• 3.3 Manage legal and contractual agreements and records in ways that foster a professional work environment and secure privacy and confidentiality for all students and staff.
  
  
• 3.4 Align fiscal, human and material resources to support the learning of all students and groups of students.
  
  
• 3.5 Sustain a safe, efficient, clean, well-maintained and productive school environment that nurtures student learning and supports the professional growth of teachers and support staff.
  
  
• 3.6 Utilize the principles of systems management, organizational development, problem solving, and decision-making techniques fairly and effectively.
  
  
• 3.7 Utilize effective and nurturing practices in establishing student behavior management systems.