Develop a Personal Leadership Action Plan

Instructions: As a newly employed leader within an educational setting of interest, you have been assigned the task to lead the improvement of a poorly performing hypothetical school. Using the assigned reading for the course as well as at least seven additional applicable scholarly sources, develop a personal leadership action plan to improve the school’s performance. Describe in sufficient detail with supportive reference by citing the following action plan components: 1) an assessment of the school’s previous leadership style and why it was possibly ineffective, 2) an assessment of the school’s current culture, climate, and performance, 3) a determination of the areas in need of school improvement, 4) an explanation of your leadership style, including your internal qualities and behavioral practices you would employ to improve the school’s performance, 5) defend why you believe this leadership style would be the most effective leadership style to improve the school’s performance (complete the Leadership Legacy Assessment to help you to assess your instinctive leadership style), 6) within your explanation of your leadership style, indicate the research-based leadership approach(es) foundationally supporting your leadership style, and 7) a description of how you would apply your leadership style to improve the determined areas in need of school improvement.