Wednesday October 3, 2012
Candace F. Raskin, Ph.D.,
Professor
Melissa Krull, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor
TODAY
Welcome
Reconnecting and Welcoming New Members
Your Professional Learning Community
How have you led differently?
Our Beliefs and Behaviors...Revisited
The Moral Imperative - Personal Moral Imperatives Assessment
Your Data…The Essential-Questions Approach
The Power of Why…Simon Sinek
WELCOME!
“Great leaders know themselves well,
understand their own cultural
competencies, are clear about their
moral imperative and work
collaboratively in PLCs to problem
solve, study, learn and communicate
well.”
INTRODUCTIONS
AGAIN!
Welcome St. Paul and Tara
Fitzgerald (Mpls)
Introducations
BUILDING
RELATIONSHIPS
As a Norm:
When we speak in our institute we
will routinely use our first name and
district…
AS A LARGE GROUP…
Team Building – Solving a Problem
WHAT HAPPENED
What did you notice?
What are the implications of working together here?
What are the implications of working together with your staff ?
How did you feel during this activity?
What did this activity tell you about leadership?
What did this activity tell you about problem solving?
What would you have needed?
Final thoughts...
YOUR PROFESSIONAL
LEARNING COMMUNITY
ANTHONY MUHAMMED
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeMvndZ2U_A
HOW HAVE YOU LED
DIFFERENTLY?
• Introduce yourself
• What are you currently doing?
• Why are you a principal/admin.
Intern?
• Take a moment? Write down your
reflections about your work for the
past 2 months…
• What is it about your leadership that
has changed, improved, stayed the
same?
BREAK
PRINCIPAL
INSTITUTE’S
MISSION
Every participating leader
ensures, access, fairness,
equity and opportunity—
every child, every day.
PRINCIPAL
INSTITUTE VISION
In an era of unprecedented
educational challenge and need,
further prepare early career principals
to lead with fearlessness, skill, self
knowledge and racial competence so
that under their leadership, EVERY
child fully achieves.
THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS…
Mission
Vision
Beliefs
Results
15
Behaviors
OUR BELIEFS AND
BEHAVIORS...REVISITED
Consensus
Concerns
Changes
WE BELIEVE THAT POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS
AMONG LEADERS ARE ESSENTIAL TO STUDENT
SUCCESS
We collaborate
We honor all perspectives
We seek clarification in a respectful way
We reflect on our practice
We honor confidentiality
WE BELIEVE IN EQUITY AND
ACCESS FOR EVERYONE
EVERY DAY
We operate with a growth mindset focusing on
strengths
We engage in courageous conversations in order to
create a culturally relevant and inclusive
environment.
We hold high expectations for all.
We use data purposefully to promote equity and
access
WE BELIEVE IN EQUITY AND
ACCESS FOR EVERYONE
EVERY DAY
We operate with a growth mindset focusing on
strengths
We engage in courageous conversations in order to
create a culturally relevant and inclusive
environment.
We hold high expectations for all.
We use data purposefully to promote equity and
access
WE BELIEVE OUR LEARNING IN THE INSTITUTE
WILL ACHIEVE RESULTS THAT DIRECTLY IMPACT
ADULTS AND STUDENTS
We stay engaged
We self reflect
We use data routinely
We apply our learning
We build relationships
We practice cultural relevancy
WE BELIEVE WE ARE
FEARLESS AGENTS OF
CHANGE
We experience discomfort and take risks within this
group in order to practice and prepare for taking risks
in our building
We seek to engage the input of our stakeholders to
guide change.
We remain focused on our mission and directly
confront stakeholders who obstruct it.
We demonstrate an unwavering commitment to do what
is best for students even in the face of adversity.
We use data driven decision making along with our
own moral imperative to support change.
WE BELIEVE WE ARE
COURAGEOUS AGENTS
OF CHANGE
We experience discomfort and take risks in our
practice.
We engage our stakeholders to guide change.
We demonstrate an unwavering commitment to our
mission and confront obstructions.
We use data along with our own moral imperative
to support change.
WE BELIEVE IN
HAVING FUN…
We welcome and embrace opportunities
for laughter
We get to know each other on a personal
basis
We are authentic
We celebrate
THE MORAL IMPERATIVE
PERSONAL MORAL IMPERATIVES
ASSESSMENT
This exercise asks you first to search your soul for those values and beliefs of
your leadership life that are most important to you.
• Next, you are asked to outline positive actions and tasks that you already
do and could do to will support you in carrying out those beliefs.
• Second, you are asked to come to grips with any negative actions that
detract from your capacity to lead in alignment with your beliefs.
• So how do you lead through the detractions?
(Special note: we cannot always completely come to grips with this one, but it
has caused each of us to grapple with many of our own actions and attitudes!)
Beliefs
Positive Actions
Detractors
THE MORAL IMPERATIVE
PERSONAL MORAL IMPERATIVES
ASSESSMENT
There will always be detractors...
But we must lead. In your PLC take one person’s example and work through
the following question –
So how do you lead through the detractions?
Beliefs
Positive Actions
Detractors
LUNCH
WHICH SCHOOL IS YOURS?
Tale of Two Schools
YOUR DATA…
THE ESSENTIAL-QUESTIONS
APPROACH
Organizing data use around essential questions about student performance is a
powerful strategy for building data literacy. Consider the following questions:
• What is your data telling you?
• What is happening to black students in your school?
• What is happening to LEP students in your school?
• Look at all of your groups... What is happening?
• What is going well with your data?
• Do you know why certain populations in your school is doing well?
• What is not going well with your data and do you know why?
YOUR DATA…
THE ESSENTIAL-QUESTIONS
APPROACH
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Share you data with your PLC team members...
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Pass your data to each member of your PLC and ensure everyone in your
PLC has seen everyone’s data.
Now each of you answer the questions about
your data to your PLC members ...
What is going well with your data?
Do you know why certain populations in your school is doing well?
What is not going well with your data and do you know why?
MORAL IMPERATIVE AND YOUR
ACHIEVEMENT RESULTS
As school leaders ...
How do your moral imperative and school results align?
What are your next steps?
Think about this independently?
What action will you take that will move you toward
your moral imperative?
THE POWER OF WHY…
Simon Sinek - The Power of Why
NOVEMBER 7
Connie Hytjan – Forest Hills Elementary Principal