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Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach Co-Founder & CEO Powerful Learning Practice, LLCplpnetwork.com
Consultant21st Century Collaborative, [email protected]
AuthorThe Connected Educator: Learning and Leading in a Digital Age
ChairConnected Educator Month
Board MemberISTE Executive Board
Follow me on Twitter @snbeach
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Back Channel ChatOn Twitter using the #RRRCyFair tag
Cluster Together
Introduce yourselves if you do not know each other…
Then talk about what you know and believe to be important about effective leadership.
Does that change when we put future ready in front of it? How so? Why not?
What keeps me up at night…
It all began with President Obama’s announcement of his ConnectED initiative.
Then he invited 100 superintendents to the Whitehouse to sign the Future Ready Pledge.
Let’s read the pledge and then discuss the various elements…
What are the implications for your district/school?
Collaborative LeadershipWhat are the practices that support collaborative leadership?• Passionate Purpose and Vision• Accept You’re Not in Control• Lead Horizontally (Distributive Leadership)• Develop Leaders at all Levels• Build a Foundation of Trust• Encourage Risk Taking• Lead with Questions• Share Transparently • Communicate Broadly• Encourage Critical Friends
Professional Learning Opportunities
Professional development needs to change.
We know this.-----
Do it Yourself PD
A revolution in technology has transformed the way we can find each other, interact, and collaborate to create knowledge as connected
learners.
Real Question is this:Are we willing to change- to risk change- to meet the needs of the precious folks we serve?
Can you accept that Change (with a “big” C) is sometimes a messy process and that learning new things together is going to require some tolerance for ambiguity.