building a positive adult culture: adult culture and leadership
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Building a Positive Adult Culture:
Adult Culture and Leadership
Do Now How much time do you spend on
building adult culture? Why? Be Brave. How would you describe your
current adult culture?
What is Culture? The behaviors and beliefs characteristic
of a particular social, ethnic, or age group
The quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
Culture To have culture or not to have culture, that is the
question? Whether we are aware or not aware, there is a school
culture that we actively create and/or nurture Student Orientation/Student Culture
Morning Procedures? Entering a Classroom? Bathroom Procedures? Hand Signals? Lunch Procedures?
What does this look like for adults? Why are we explicit about students, but not about
adults?
Culture What’s in your culture?
Breaking Down Culture: Let’s talk about leaders!
Adult Culture: Types of Leadership Leadership Whatever You Like... You already have “the goods.”
Adult Culture: Leadership Setting Standards
Set before you have a staff We work smart We push one another We give feedback
Being explicit about culture What are your non-negotiables?
Do you lead with these? What is the best way to talk about them?
Adult Culture: Hiring Hiring
What do you want culture to look like? Non-Negotialbes Teachers in right places Questions to ask candidates
Be firm in your loyalty to your mission College Vs. Tech School/Trade.
This helps to get the right people on your team.
What do I do?
Teacher Orientation Day 1: The Best Part of Waking Up…
This is NOT about making people have a full belly.
This is NOT about showing your superiority to other schools.
What does this gesture show people?
Adult Culture Where are people sitting? What conversations are people having? Returning Teachers vs. New Teachers
Adult Culture: Starting on Time Don’t talk about it, be about it. Waiting on the person who called/got
lost Setting a precedent of who we are.
Adult Culture: Modeling the Model Happy that people are on time and here People looking good This work will be hard, AND rewarding.
Adult Culture: Inspiration First session of Teacher Orientation How do we inspire people who are
coming?
“One of life’s first needs is for us to be realistic. Don’t misunderstand me now. We all here, like you, you know that. But you’ve got to be realistic about being a nigger. A lawyer, that’s no realistic goal for a nigger. You need to think about something you can be.”
EXCELLENCE
COMMUNITY
Daily Adult Culture Morning Walk-Through Morning Meetings Transparency Have Non-Negotiables Make Problem Solvers
Adult Culture: Information People must feel they have the tools to
complete the task Lessons learned
Not Equipping Teachers Not addressing issues. Not enough praise HAVING FUN
What’s in Your Culture? Changing your culture this year Changing culture for next year You Do
Adult CultureUrgencyUrgencyUrgencyUrgency
We have Urgency with our students.We must have Urgency with adults.
Be Uncompromisingly Positive
EXCELLENCE
RESPONSIBILITY
RESPECT
COMMUNITY
Questions?