building shared leadership + encouraging innovation...january 22, 2016 lis regional network meeting...
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January 22, 2016 LIS Regional Network Meeting
Building Shared Leadership + Encouraging Innovation
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PRESENTERS
Tony Lamair Burks II, Senior Associate
Craig Kesselheim, Senior Associate
J. Duke Albanese, Sr. Policy Advisor
TODAY’SFrom the Great Schools Partnership
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I have reflected on, and set goals relevant to, the essential structures and processes for shared leadership.
Outcomes
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I can identify and prioritize resources that support my school teams’ growth.
Outcomes
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I am leaving with action steps in mind.
Outcomes
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Setting the Stage
Who’s in the room today? • Long-standing and highly functioning
• Long-standing & experiencing challenges
• New and initially promising
• New and experiencing challenges
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Setting the Stage
Status check • One solid strength now
• One apparent problem I / we need to face and solve
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• Multiple perspectives —> better decisions • Engagement • Shared understanding / commitment • Continuity and coherence • Decisions that stick; implementation with fidelity
Rationale
Why shared leadership?
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Self-Assessment Tool for Secondary Learning
An Internationally Benchmarked
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GLOBAL BEST PRACTICES42
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Which part(s) of a “5, or Performing” has been challenging and/or elusive for your school’s Leadership Team?
Is there a dilemma facing your Leadership Team that needs to be named and resolved?
Reflect, Write + Talk
5 minutes
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Core Elements
1. Team Purpose + Representation
2. Norms
3. Decision-Making
4. Agendas + Record-Keeping
5. Road Map
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1. Team Purpose + Representation
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Student voice isn't a new idea, but it's experiencing a resurgence in policy discussions as students continue to express interest in organizing and being involved in the decisions that affect their education. And school leaders and policymakers see it as a valuable tool as they increasingly recognize the connections between interpersonal skills, student engagement, and academic achievement.
1. Team Purpose + Representation
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“The purpose of the RSU 25 Leadership Team is to provide participatory leadership for the continuous improvement of teaching and learning within the school and within classrooms.”
2012
1. Team Purpose + Representation
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Roles/Responsibilities (known by all in the school)
Planning Considerations
• Action Planning • Professional Development • Early adopters • Informal advocates / ambassadors
1. Team Purpose + Representation
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• Decision-making authority
• Configuration / membership
• Communication
1. Team Purpose + Representation
Planning Considerations
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What would you want every staff member (and student) to say about your Leadership Team if asked,
“what do they do in there?”
1. Team Purpose + Representation
Whose voices are missing, and why?
Moment of Reflection
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2. Norms
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2. Norms
• School culture -True North when “lost”
-Reinforce culture when things seem fine
• Individual styles (corralling our various personas)
• Individual vs group needs
Why Establish Norms?
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Getting past “nice” and passive resistance; the work should be hard at times if it’s the right stuff.
2. Norms
Why Establish Norms?
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For Example: 2014 GSP Norms
2. Norms
• Maintain a sense of humor • Remember that each of us is more than our work • Let off steam, but don’t crank open the valve
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2. Norms
Seek BalanceOur work is fast-paced and requires each of us to manage multiple projects simultaneously. We support each other by recognizing that each of us is more than our work, by offering assistance and respecting each other’s time when asking for help. We encourage balance through intentional connections when we gather, and maintaining humor, empathy, and respect for each other.
For Example: 2015 GSP Norms
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2. Norms
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2. Norms
• Name a norm your Leadership Team needs, and what dynamic would it affect?
Reflect + Talk
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3. Decision-Making
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3. Decision-Making
A = administrative decision
B = administrator, with input
C = consensus of designated group
D = broad consensus
Decision-Making Levels
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3. Decision-Making
• Communicating the decision
• Out of meeting conversations
• Implementation planning
Making decisions that stick
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Managing decisions once they are made
3. Decision-Making
• Recurring agenda (monitoring implementation and evidence)
• Professional Development implications
• Implementation reflection, adjustment
• Planning for sustainability
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What are your Leadership Team’s current decision making assets and areas of improvement?
3. Decision-Making
Reflect + Talk
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4. Agendas + Note-Taking
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4. Agendas + Note-Taking
• End of meeting, looking ahead • Refined by facilitator • Distributed in advance
Agenda process considerations:
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4. Agendas + Note-Taking
• Common template • Notes: on template (e.g., Google doc) • Hot links • Distribution to
Note-taking process considerations:
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5. Road Maps
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5. Road Maps
• Link action plan components and progress checks to agendas
• Learning agenda for the year
• Recurring, periodic topics:
- Status check on PLCs; - Data review (NWEAs, SATs, NECAPs)
How to chart our journey
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5. Road Maps
• Unplanned, necessary topics
- Debrief staff workshop
- Major school or student issue
- Staff generated topic of concern
- Learning agenda
How to chart our journey
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5. Road Maps
What other recurring topics do we want to include on our Road Map?
Reflect + Talk
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1. What can I and my colleagues do differently to address a current LT dilemma?
2. Reframe or tweak your initial dilemma statement, utilizing ideas in today’s presentation.
Take-aways:
Closing Reflections
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THANK YOU
482 Congress Street, Suite 500Portland, ME 04101207.773.0505greatschoolspartnership.org
…and lead on!Tony Lamair Burks II
Senior [email protected]
Craig KesselheimSenior Associate