Leadership Discussion Selection Process Questions and Answers

Think - pair - share exercise

“What is your definition of Leadership?”

“First and foremost about people, that values matter, that effectiveness is a higher standard than brilliance, that learning from each other and for a lifetime matters, and that we are all in this together.” (Ira Jackson)

“Is not rank, privileges, titles, or money. It is responsibility.” (Peter Drucker)

“The understanding, identification and deployment of networks for positive results.” (Doug Reeves)

“About improving teaching and learning by actively engaging in the components of ‘Distributed Leadership” (Rosborg, McGee, Burgett)

• Highly visible. They set examples. (Peter Drucker)

• Though leaders cannot escape their responsibility to track budgets, motivate people, respond to political pressures, and attend to culture, they serve a deeper, more powerful, and more enduring role if they are models and catalysts for such values as excellence, caring, justice, and hope. (Bolman & Deal)

“Highly complex human beings; people who have distinctive qualities that cannot be sufficiently described by lists of traits of characteristics. Leaders are defined by their unique life stories and the way they frame their stories to discover their passions and the purpose of their leadership” (Bill George)

Classrooms Departments Schools District

Union Associations Meetings Community

Vice Principals report to the Principal of their schools and perform various duties. This includes providing instructional leadership as well as assistance in the supervision of the schools’ programs, services, students and staff. They support the learning of students and are knowledgeable about curriculum, assessment, and instructional strategies. In addition they develop professional development opportunities for staff, aid in the selection and placement of staff and assist in the budgetary process

The successful candidate will have effective interpersonal, supervisory , communication and organization skills with a proven ability to work and manage effectively in a unionized setting. In addition they will have a demonstrated commitment to professional development and continual growth as an educational leader.

An inspiring and inclusive vision; secure public engagement

Public engagement; community

development

Shared and ambitious

targets

High quality teaching

Mindful teaching and learning

Strong schools help weaker

peers

Sustainable leadership

Prudent accountability

by sample

Lively learning communities

Develop responsible corporate

partnerships

Increase student voice

Attract & retain high-quality

teachers; create lively learning communities

Forge effective networks

and promote successful, sustainable leadership

Moral Stewardship

Instructional Leadership

Organizational

Capacity

Administration and

Management

Relationships

Vision, Values and Mission

Leadership for Learning

Supervision for Learning

Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment

Learning Culture and Community

Community Building

Management

Intrapersonal Capacity

Interpersonal Capacity

Open-Mindedness

Stopping

Professional Expertise

Authentic Alignment

Integration

Collective Responsibility

Caring

Posting Shortlisting 1st interview 2nd interview Placement into 2 year “pool” Placement into position

1. Trying to select great teachers: • who have a track record of leadership • who have a mission, a dream and a passion for our

profession and our district • who have a required skill set which includes

collaborative approaches and effective communication• who believe in learning and teaching • who are ethical

2. We can only truly guess or gauge a person’s future performance by an examination of past behaviours.

INTERSECTION OF COMMON PURPOSE AND SKILL

High Highly skilled butunfocused

Problems that get resolvedCompetentResilientPositive AnxietySuccessful

Skill & Know How (Individual and Organization)

Low

ChaoticProblemsSporadicScattered

Clear on what we want to accomplishStressUnresolved Issues and ProblemsMorale IssuesAnxiety

Unclear Clear

WORK OF OUR DISTRICT•Focus on the Future•Projects•Directions•4th Way

2 minutes think time

What are you thinking about? What do you need to know? What interests you?