Key Characteristic 2:

Leadership for Learning

STANDARD # 7
Leaders guide professional staff members in the continuous
improvement process focused on learners’ experiences and needs.

Elements
Leaders engage professional
staff members in developing,
communicating, implementing,
monitoring, and adjusting the
continuous improvement process.
The continuous improvement
process is based on analyzed data

about learners’ academic and non-
academic needs and the institution’s

organizational effectiveness.
Leaders and professional staff
members implement ongoing
practices, processes, and decision
making that improve learning and
engage stakeholders.

Sample evidence
• The institution’s continuous
improvement plan
• Analyzed data regarding the
implementation of the continuous
improvement plan, including
success metrics and the
adjustments made based on
feedback
• Policy or handbook that identifies
systemic stakeholder involvement
in the continuous improvement
process