Our leaders play a key role in the development of our students’ learning.

So it’s important we define what a Klein ISD leader looks like.

Klein ISD leaders are crucial to student learning.

And before we go too far here, it’s important to note we define a leader as anyone who leads someone.

Students are leaders, teachers are leaders, and certainly, our building administrators are leaders.

To that end, we spent the last few months working with the Holdsworth Center as one of only two districts in the state chosen to participate in their pre-pilot leadership program.

Through this work, and with enormous feedback and thoughts from our community of learners, we developed our Profile of a Leader.

A Klein ISD Leader is Student Focused, Relationship Driven, a Promise2Purpose Investor, and a Forever Learner.

Each of these strands is further clarified, so I wanted you to hear from two of our current campus leaders to help us understand what it looks like to bring this guiding document to life.

Join me in welcoming the proud principal of Klein Forest High School, Lance Alexander, and one of his assistant principals, Jason Bond.

Greetings, guys!

(Both) Thank you.

(Bret) Alright, let's jump right in.

So Lance, our Profile of a Leader states that we need to be student focused by relentlessly pursuing the success of every student. What does that look like at Klein Forest High School?

(Lance) That looks like getting to know each kid on an individual basis.

Where they come from, their parents, their neighborhoods, their interests.

If we do that, it's easier to love them. Because we know where they're coming from.

(Bret) Sure. So it's that notion we talk about that's in the district vision document.

That knowing every student by name, strength and need.

So then you build a plan around that. Is that kind of what you're talking about?

(Lance) It's all about personal relationships.

Positive personal relationships.

(Bret) Positive personal relationships. Which actually goes right into another piece of our profile of a leader.

That I'll be interested to hear about as well.

Which is the idea of being relationship driven.

And this idea of being unwaveringly committed to serving others.

So Jason, what comes to mind when you hear that?

(Jason) Relentlessly pursuing students. Knowledge of students.

Their families, the community.

Inviting them into the school. I know on the elementary level we have nurturing hearts.

And on the middle school level, capturing kids' hearts.

And we try to go ahead and continue forward with that.

By greeting kids as they come to school.

And getting to know them.

(Bret) Alright. So there's this natural tie, then, between the idea of academic success and relationship building.

You would certainly say those go hand in hand?

(Lance) Yes sir. Kids have got to know you love them. They've got to expect you to reward them for the positives they do.

(Bret) Yeah. We're a service business.

(Lance) Service business. That's education. A life of service whether you're a teacher or an administrator.

We're here to serve kids.

(Bret) That's right. A life of service. I love that!

I love that. And so, those are two of the strands we covered today. In the profile of a leader.

There are a couple more and I invite everybody to take a look at the document.

So you can see what it looks like. What defining our culture of leadership here in Klein ISD.

Ultimately, it guides our work to ensure every student enters with a promise and exits with a purpose.

And a quick update for those who watched 90 Seconds last week and met the terrific student, Ian Tonroy.

Ian won Best Actor at the Tommy Tune Awards Tuesday night.

Congratulations, Ian! He's a shining example of Promise2Purpose.

Positively shaping the lives of our students.

Thanks, guys for being here. Appreciate you being here.

Thank you guys for modeling profile of a leader every day.

And with that, see everybody next week!