Wednesday October 3, 2012

Candace F. Raskin, Ph.D., Professor

Melissa Krull, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

WelcomeReconnecting and Welcoming New Members

Your Professional Learning CommunityHow have you led differently?

Our Beliefs and Behaviors...RevisitedThe Moral Imperative - Personal Moral Imperatives

AssessmentYour Data…The Essential-Questions Approach

The Power of Why…Simon Sinek

TODAY

“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.”

WELCOME!

Welcome St. Paul and Tara Fitzgerald (Mpls)Introducations

INTRODUCTIONS AGAIN!

As a Norm:When we speak in our

institute we will routinely use our first name and

district…

BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS

Team Building – Solving a Problem

AS A LARGE GROUP…

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...

WHAT HAPPENED

YOUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeMvndZ2U_A

ANTHONY MUHAMMED

• 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?

HOW HAVE YOU LED DIFFERENTLY?

BREAK

Every participating leader ensures, access,

fairness, equity and opportunity—every

child, every day.

PRINCIPAL INSTITUTE’S

MISSION

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.

PRINCIPAL INSTITUTE VISION

THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS…

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Mission Vision Beliefs Behaviors

Results

ConsensusConcernsChanges

OUR BELIEFS AND BEHAVIORS...REVISITED

We collaborateWe honor all perspectivesWe seek clarification in a

respectful wayWe reflect on our practiceWe honor confidentiality

WE BELIEVE THAT POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG LEADERS ARE

ESSENTIAL TO STUDENT SUCCESS

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 IN EQUITY AND ACCESS FOR

EVERYONE EVERY DAY

We stay engagedWe self reflect

We use data routinelyWe apply our learningWe build relationships

We practice cultural relevancy

WE BELIEVE OUR LEARNING IN THE INSTITUTE WILL ACHIEVE RESULTS THAT

DIRECTLY IMPACT ADULTS AND STUDENTS

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 FEARLESS 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 WE ARE COURAGEOUS

AGENTS OF CHANGE

We welcome and embrace opportunities for laughter

We get to know each other on a personal basis

We are authenticWe celebrate

WE BELIEVE IN HAVING FUN…

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!)

THE MORAL IMPERATIVEPERSONAL MORAL IMPERATIVES ASSESSMENT

Beliefs Positive Actions

Detractors

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?

THE MORAL IMPERATIVEPERSONAL MORAL IMPERATIVES ASSESSMENT

Beliefs Positive Actions

Detractors

LUNCH

Tale of Two Schools

WHICH SCHOOL IS YOURS?

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

Share you data with your PLC team members...

• 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 aboutyour 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?

YOUR DATA…THE ESSENTIAL-QUESTIONS APPROACH

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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?

MORAL IMPERATIVE AND YOUR ACHIEVEMENT

RESULTS

Simon Sinek - The Power of Why

THE POWER OF WHY…

Connie Hytjan – Forest Hills Elementary Principal

NOVEMBER 7