ELCC Standard Elements


​ELCC 3.1: Candidates understand and can monitor and evaluate school management and operational systems.


ELCC 3.2: Candidates understand and can efficiently use human, fiscal, and technological resources to manage school operations.


ELCC 3.3: Candidates understand and can promote school-based policies and procedures that protect the welfare and safety of students and staff within the school.


ELCC 3.4: Candidates understand and can develop school capacity for distributed leadership.


ELCC 3.5: Candidates understand and can ensure teacher and organizational time focuses on supporting high-quality school instruction and student learning.

Research support for elcc standard 3.0:


​Evidence presented in Appendix 2 support of Standard 3 confirms that a building-level education leader must have knowledge of best practices regarding management of a school organization, operations, and resources for a safe, efficient, and effective learning environment. This includes knowledge of effective management and effective leadership that are associated with improved school conditions and subsequent school outcomes. It also includes knowledge of human resource issues such as educator work redesign; educator recruitment and selection; educator induction, mentoring, and professional development; educator appraisal, supervision, and evaluation; and educator compensation. The importance of the knowledge presented in evidence supporting Standard 3 was recognized in research informing the formation of the ISLLC 2008 Standards which also found an understanding distributed leadership to be essential. More recently, researchers have found in their investigation of links to student achievement that distribution of leadership to include teachers, parents, and district staff is needed in order to improve student achievement.