Defining Leadership

• Discuss what it means to be a “leader”• Clarify Teacher Leader roles as leaders

in the context of NCOSP• Explore individual leadership attributes• Discuss strategies for using the

combined leadership attributes within your building and district to support your science education program

Purpose of Leadership in Education

• To foster a commitment to student accomplishment, organizational health, professional learning, and long-range and deep improvements

• To support the transformation of schooling and build a learning community that includes all teachers and students.

• To work with colleagues and the community to make bold visions a reality

Characteristics of Effective Leaders

• Look at the postcards on the tables• Select 1-2 postcards that represent a

characteristic of effective leaders• Select 1 person to share the group’s

selection at the document camera• In 5 words or less share the

characteristic the postcard represents

Effective Leadership

“Leadership is about creating a sense of purpose and direction... and inspiring people to achieve”

Michael Fullan

Effective Leadership

“Leaders are leaders only as long as they have the respect and loyalty of their followers”

Hans Selye(from Leading Every Day)

Effective Leadership

“Leadership is about learning together, and constructing meaning and knowledge collectively and collaboratively”

Linda Lambert

A miracle worker who can do more with less, pacify rival groups, endure chronic second guessing, tolerate low levels of support, process large volumes of paper, and work double shifts. He or she will have carte blanche to innovate, but cannot spend much money, replace any personnel, or upset any constituency.

Michael Fullan

Wanted:

Pathway to Leadership

• Teacher Leader as Learner

• Teacher Leader as Leader

Teacher Leader as Learner

Actively engaged in

• deepening their understanding of science content knowledge,

• appreciating how students come to understand particular ideas in science, and

• developing a repertoire of instructional strategies to engage students prior ideas and build a more accurate understanding of science

• cultivating their leadership skills to improve their own classroom practice, and that of their peers, to increase student learning

Teacher Leader as Learner

Visible Outcomes

Teachers Leaders participate regularly in content-focused professional learning in science as an active member of the NCOSP community, their school, and their district.

Teacher Leaders consciously and strategically apply the insights from professional development in their own classroom, school and district.

Teacher Leader as Leader

• Teaching Peers• Principals• District

Administrators• NCOSP

NCOSP Support

• Resources – financial, human,

and material• Learning Community

Forums• District Visits• Summer Academy

• Reflect on our own leadership attributes and how they can help us in our work as leaders

• Begin to consider steps to take in our buildings to fulfill our roles a leaders.

How do we get there?

But first...

BREAK TIME!

Research on effective leaders

• Kouzes and Posner, 20 year research study

• 200,000 leaders

How do everyday leaders lead teams, lead projects, manage departments, and promote community?

5 Leadership Practices

• Challenging the Process

• Enabling Others to Act

• Encouraging the Heart

• Inspiring a Shared Vision

• Modeling the Way

Challenging the Process

• Effective leaders search for opportunities to change the status quo because they believe that the status quo breeds mediocrity.

• Effective leaders take risks and see mistakes as opportunities for learning and growth.

Inspiring a Shared Vision

• This practice is about envisioning the future and enlisting others in a common vision.

• Leaders create enthusiasm and commitment among followers to embrace the common vision by appealing to their personal visions, values, interests, hopes, and dreams.

Enabling Others to Act

• This practice is about fostering collaboration and strengthening people.

• Leaders know that they cannot do it alone. They build teams and a culture of collaboration.

Modeling the Way

• Leaders set goals that enable followers to experience small wins as they work toward larger goals.

• They are conscious of possible roadblocks and take steps to remove them.

Encouraging the Heart

• This practice is about recognizing contributions and celebrating accomplishments.

Leadership Practices

• Complete the Inventory• Use Response Sheet to tally

your scores• Record your scores on the chart• Make note of the practice that is

your strength and list one example of specific behaviors or actions you use

Small Group Discussion

• Share your strength and example• Probe others with strengths different

than your own to deepen your understanding of that practice and ways to enact it

• Make note of the combined strengths or noticeable “gaps” within your building or district and consider their implications for providing building leadership

Individual Reflection

• What did you learn about your own leadership style and practices?

• What did you learn about the leadership attributes within your building or district?

Moving to action

How can you take steps toward fulfilling your role

as Leaders?