A. Leadership Action Needed Leadership action involving one or more community stakeholder groups is to create a team to create an action plan for a student whose attendance has decreased and, due to the number of days missed, also the academic performance has decreased.A1. Why Action Is Needed This action is needed because the student involved is not showing academic growth and is experiencing anxiety about attending school. Attendance has decreased because the student does not want to attend school due to problems with the class teacher and other students in the class. Due to the drop in attendance, this student's grades also showed a drop in all subject areas. The parents ask that the student be placed in another classroom, but because it is so late in the year, it may not be the best option and may not be in the student's best interest. You need to create a team so you can develop an action plan to improve attendance rates and academic performance.A2. Why Stakeholder Involvement is Necessary Stakeholder involvement is necessary so that an action plan can be created collaboratively involving a team working closely with the student. Using a team of stakeholders will help develop a plan with the student's best interest in mind and will assist in brainstorming a variety of strategies to include in this plan. According to Green, “…to be effective in today's schools, the leader must be democratic, banish fear from the workplace, and foster a community of students who collaborate on all major issues. This style is a positive factor in shaping the school culture so as to improve the teaching and learning process” (2009, page 27)....... half of the document ...... the process could have eliminated the need to meet again and change the plan. Decisions were made based on what worked and didn't work when the student was younger, which wasn't necessarily what motivated the student recently. Even if we had involved the student in deciding about the benefits of the plan, we could have eliminated this additional step of revisiting this part of the plan. Works Cited Green, Reginald Leon. Practicing the art of leadership: A problem-based approach to implementing the ISLLC standards. Third edition. Allyn and Bacon. 2009. Chapter 2. Page 23-61 Ubben, G. C., & Hughes, L. W. & Norris, C. J. (2012). The Principal: Creative Leadership for Excellence in Schools, 7/e, VitalSource for Western Governors University (1st ed). Pearson Learning Solutions. Retrieved from http://online.vitalsource.com/books/9781256819875/id/ch03