Building Leadership Capacity
Across 5000 Schools
Principal and Vice-Principal
Performance Appraisal
Maintaining Momentum
&
Courageous Conversations
Hosted by:
Frances Jacques
Tim Kearns
Mary Anne O’Leary
February 16, 2011
Maintaining Momentum & Courageous Conversations
Agenda:
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Overview
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Role of the Appraiser – principal, superintendent
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Courageous Conversations/Ongoing Momentum
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Additional Questions
Developing ...capabilities for talking together
professionally is no panacea, but it may represent
one of the single most significant investments
that schools can make for student learning.
The Adaptive School: A Sourcebook for Developing Collaborative Groups, 2009
by Robert Garmston and Bruce Wellman
Maintaining Momentum & Courageous Conversations
The Role of the Appraiser
What is a Courageous Conversation ?
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Challenging current practices
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Fostering improvement and growth through conversations
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Listening to/acting on feedback
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Providing feedback that will lead to improvement in student
achievement and well being
Focus on improving student achievement
and positive school climate
Guiding Values
“Open-to-Learning” Conversations
Increase the validity of information
• Increase respect
• Increase commitment
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Be open- rather than defensive
Why is it important to have Courageous Conversations?
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Supports professional growth focused on the five Core
Leadership Capacities which are reflected in the Ontario
Leadership Frameworks
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Promotes reflection, learning and planning that are closely
aligned with the needs and goals of the individual educator
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Provides a model and framework that foster inquiry,
improvement and growth
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Focuses on professional dialogue in the context of mentoring,
performance appraisal and other professional learning
processes
Ontario Leadership Framework
Domains
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Setting Directions
Building Relationships & Developing People
Developing the Organization
Leading the Instructional Program
Securing Accountability
Setting Directions
Practice:
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Ensures the vision is clearly articulated, shared, understood
and acted upon by all
- Allow adequate time to develop Performance Plan
- Ensure SMART goals are clear
- Agree on appropriate timelines
- Ensure both roles are clearly defined
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Leading the Instructional Program
Practice:
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Ensures a consistent & continuous school-wide focus on student
achievement & well being, using system and school data to monitor
progress
- Align performance goals with school, board and ministry priorities
- Gather and use appropriate data
- Build in timely processes to monitor progress and provide evidence
of success
Strategies for Successful Conversations
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Active Listening – “Seek first to understand, then
to be understood” ( Covey)
Stay aware of non-verbal communication
Provide accurate feedback
Be assertive and positive
Manage emotions – yours and theirs
Have a plan – follow your plan
Offer support
Listen for Meaning
Allow for Emotion
Remain focused on
improving student
achievement
Be open to two-way
learning
Offer support
After
Clarify Issues
Gather and Confirm
Data
Consider Timing
Examine any
Mitigating Factors
Anticipate responses
Consider Possible
Supports
During
Before
A Plan for Courageous Conversations
Summarize new Plan
Renew commitment to
success
Follow-up as
appropriate
Maintain relationships
PPA Conversation…a demonstration
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Successful Conversations
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Establish a positive relationship
Build trust
Establish a climate of reciprocal learning
Ensure feedback is accurate, based on facts
(Ladder of Inference, Ideas into Action)
Courageous Conversations help to
Maintain Momentum
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Process is collaborative
Relational trust is evident
Feedback is authentic
Support is ongoing
Accomplishments are acknowledged & celebrated
Courageous Conversations
Successful PPA
Increased Leadership Capacity
Improved Student Achievement
Your Questions
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to send any questions you may have.
Our work, our relationships, and our lives
succeed or fail one conversation at a time.
(Susan Scott, Fierce Conversations, 2004)
If you have further questions or would like more
information on PPA, please contact:
Pamela McGugan
Education Officer
Leadership Development Branch
Ministry of Education
416-325-7198
pam.mcgugan@ontario.ca
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