This report introduces the Jobs for the Future/The Council of Chief State School Officers (JFF/CCSSO) Leadership Competencies for Learner-Centered, Personalized Education and a crosswalk between these Leadership Competencies and the Massachusetts Professional Standards for Administrative Leadership.

This tool is intended to be a resource for district and campus leaders in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The objective is to support leaders in several areas: 1) inform discussions and practices leading to student personalized learning; 2) foster a common understanding of leadership knowledge focused on improving teaching, learning and student achievement; 3) offer tools that can be helpful in the preparation for future administrative roles, and 4) exceed commonwealth professional standards and indicators.

This tool is also a crosswalk between the Massachusetts Professional Standards for Administrative Leadership, amended by the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in 2017, and the Leadership Competencies for Learner-Centered, Personalized Education (“JFF/CCSSO Leadership Competencies”) created by Jobs for the Future (JFF) and the Council for Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) in 2017.

The Massachusetts Professional Standards for Administrative Leadership sets expectations and provides a rubric to assess leadership based on those expectations. The JFF/CCSSO Leadership Competencies describe the specific knowledge, skills, and behaviors of leaders and teams who want to specifically support a school culture that puts students at the center of their own learning. Within the Crosswalk, leaders and teams will find the specific competencies that will assist in accomplishing the Massachusetts Professional Standards for Administrative Leadership.