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Presented by Andrew Athavle

EBE Annual Conference 2018

“If you’re leading, and no one’s following – then you’re just out for a walk”. John Maxwell

▪7.4.2 Participate in professional and community networks and forums to broaden knowledge and improve practice.

▪6.3.2 Contribute to collegial discussions and apply constructive feedback from colleagues to improve professional knowledge and practice.

▪6.2.2 Participate in learning to update knowledge and practice, targeted to professional needs and school and/or system priorities.

Broaden your knowledge and improve your practice as a Head of Department through:

▪ collegial discussions

▪ participating in a professional network forum / conference.

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▪Manager of the work and performance of a team

▪Develops processes and structures

▪Ensures compliance

▪Gets results – “meets expectations”

▪Conduit between staff and senior management

▪Role model and leader

What is it about each of these that

made people want to follow them?

▪Vision – has a plan and brings people along for the ride

▪Role Model – sets high standards

▪Servant – is prepared to serve others and support them

▪Coach – looks to develop others’ skills and use them

▪Accountable – sets high expectations and holds people accountable

▪Encourager / Motivator – recognises and rewards

Kouzes, J.M, & Posner, B.Z (2008). The leadership challenge, 4th edition. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.


▪Set the example – personal credibility

▪Establish common guiding principles, practices and policies

▪Build consensus - around these 3 P’s

▪Spend time making sure people adhere to the agreed standards - consistency

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Scenario

▪Patricia is a highly experienced teacher of 20+ years. She is an extremely capable teacher and well regarded by students. However, she is quite set in her ways and resistant to change. When discussing faculty policies in meetings, she appears disinterested and dismissive. She likes to do things her way and often fails to follow the agreed faculty policies.

▪What steps should the HOD take to deal with this issue?


Discussion

▪How can you establish personal credibility with your colleagues?

▪How do you make sure people adhere to the agreed policies in your department?

▪What are the biggest obstacles?


The Examples

▪Faculty Guidelines – set the standard

▪Faculty Meetings – discuss, review and change policies

▪PD sessions – to develop best practice

▪Accountability - set expectations and follow up (anticipate and remind)


My To Do List

▪Write down 5 expectations you have for your staff. Rate yourself on your own expectations. (1-5)

▪Share these expectations with your staff!

▪Schedule a time to personally check in with your colleagues. Ask “What can I do to help you do your job better?


▪Show the Big Picture – how does your team “fit” in the organisation?

▪What’s in it for me? - get “buy in”

▪Appeal to the “higher purpose” of their work

▪Set achievable goals and plans


Discussion

▪How do you get “buy in” in your department?

▪What are the obstacles?


The Examples

▪Goal Alignment Exercise

▪Faculty Goals

▪Faculty Meetings – revisit goals regularly

▪Visuals – posters, noticeboards

▪ Inspiring stories?


My To Do List

▪ In your next faculty meeting, share an inspiring moment from your teaching career.

▪ In the coming weeks ask each member of your team to share one inspiring moment from their teaching career.


▪Challenge people to experiment and take risks even if they might fail

▪Learn from mistakes – evaluate constantly

▪Adapt best practice – from education and elsewhere

▪Adapt best practice from education and elsewhere


Discussion

▪ Share one example of “best practice” that you have implemented or seen implemented in a faculty?


The Examples

▪There are no BAD ideas (just bad execution) –Business Market Day

▪Use Data Analysis to inform – RAP analysis, NAPLAN data, student feedback surveys

▪Adopt Evidence Based Teaching Strategies –EFA, Visible Learning, Design for Learning

▪A Culture of continuous Improvement – to review teaching practice, programs and assessment


My To Do List

▪Meet with another Head Teacher in your school who is achieving positive results and ask what they are doing.

▪Debrief a recent event or issue and ask your team “ How can we do this better?”

▪Think, Pair, Share to generate ideas


▪Foster a team culture – working together

▪Build capacity – develop skills and abilities

▪Treat others well – listen, learn from and respect

▪Be flexible – Give people choice in deciding how to do their work

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Scenario

▪Frank is a young teacher in his second year of teaching. He is well liked and involved in lots of extracurricular activities within the school. However, there have been a number of student and parent complaints about his teaching. Although he is diligent in preparing lessons, students find that his teaching style is erratic and confusing resulting in poor learning outcomes.

▪What steps should the HOD take to deal with this issue?

Discussion

▪What makes the Melbourne Storm such a successful team?


Discussion

▪How can you build capacity and foster a better team culture in your faculty?


The Examples

▪Recruitment policy – networks, team balance

▪Faculty Meetings - Great Teaching Ideas

▪Mentoring – use allocations, timetabling

▪PGP – to identify strengths/weaknesses and develop skills and leadership

▪Practice Teachers – to mentor and reflect on current practice


My To Do List

▪Make a list of the skills, interests and talents that your team members have.

▪Look for tasks/projects that you could give them based on their interests, skills or abilities eg. Build a google site or organise an event/competition/project


▪Provide lots of support

▪Praise and acknowledge good work

▪Reward - both effort and excellence

▪Recognise publicly

▪Celebrate regularly

Source: Seek.com Australian Employee Satisfaction & Motivation Study 2010


Discussion

How can we support, encourage and reward our teams?


The Examples

▪ Issues – “I’ve got your back”

▪Praise – verbal, email, handwritten notes

▪Rewards - more responsibility, work environment, gift vouchers,

▪Recognise publicly – classrooms, executive, school newsletter,

▪Celebrate – birthdays, socials, donuts, morning teas, lunches.


My To Do List

▪Send at least one email or note to your staff recognising their work

▪Look at the staff room – how can you make it a better work environment

▪Set up a reward system – Teacher of the Week?

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