Leadership Final

The Leadership Ladder So You want to Lead APPA Senior Management Conference September 12th 2009

Workshop Outline
Leadership - What is it?
Leadership - What do effective leaders do?
Leadership - Tools to further develop leadership effectiveness
Leadership - Examples of leadership in action Macro and micro
Leadership - Structures and systems that support change
Leadership - Making it happen? Could, should and why would one climb?

“ If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea” Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Leadership - No Recipe I often find inspiration about leadership and how to lead in quotes

Leadership - Your story
Why are you a leader?
How did you become a leader?
What are your beliefs about leadership?
What do you enjoy most about leading?
Where do you want to take your leadership?

Leadership - No recipe
Think of a leader you admire, what do you admire about their leadership?
OR
Think about what gets up your nose about leaders you have been led by?
Jot down your thoughts and ideas

Leadership - What is it?
You have 25 words only to define leadership
Leadership is …

Let’s Share Everyone has a narrative that shapes their practice

Most important, leaders can conceive and articulate goals that lift people out of their petty preoccupations and unite them in pursuit of objectives worthy of their best efforts. John Gardner

Leadership Definition
Leadership has been described as the “process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task.
Alan Keith said "Leadership is ultimately about creating a way for people to contribute to making something extraordinary happen.”
A simple definition of leadership is that leadership is the art of motivating a group of people to act towards achieving a common goal.

Power of Student Voice

Leadership can be thought of as a capacity to define oneself to others in a way that clarifies and expands a vision of the future. Edwin Friedman

So what do effective leaders Do? We have an understanding about what leadership is … Chat with the person next to you

Role Model Being a learner Walk the talk Do what you say you are going to do Listen Sincerely and intently to all stakeholders Motivate Give feedback Build Relationship take time to get to know people Think In all sorts of ways

My Colleagues Thoughts

Let’s Imagine a leaders world like this … What do these voices suggest one cling onto?

Leadership Parts I WE IT Developing self as a leader Building relationships/ relating to and with the people Developing strategies, knowledge and understandings to lead effectively Transformational leadership in action SO WHAT

I
Developing Self ‘I’
Building self awareness What are my preferences, strengths, weaknesses, What do I need to work harder at?
Finding your value add What makes me tick?, Spins my wheels? What do I lose time doing?
Open to feedback and learning What do people think of me?, How do you actively receive feedback?, Why would I want to be led by you?

“ Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy

I
Developing Self ‘I’
Being a Role Model Managing your own wellbeing, work/life balance
Using tools to help you understand self Myers Briggs, Hermann Whole brain thinking, 4 P’s

“ A great leader's courage to fulfill their vision comes from passion, not position.” John Maxwell

Developing ‘We’
Actively builds Community Getting to know people you don’t know Taking time to build relationship with all stake holders
Values differences
Developing Emotional intelligence Being congruent in how you act, and what you say and do. Checking on Morale (vote 5)
Nurtures Leadership Actively builds leadership capacity in others
I WE

Developing ‘We’
Developing Culture Talk about the hard to talk about stuff Surface ‘How things are done around here’ discover the unspoken rules Developing Norms “Go to the source”
It’s about the people Love your people “It’s a terrible thing as a leader to look over your shoulder and no one is following” How to communicate effectively to connect with different people (Learning from Hermann)
I WE

Developing ‘It’
Big Picture Thinking Conceptualising the big picture, synthesizing ideas
Being Strategic Knowing where and how to start Embed and Abandon
Future Trends Being open to future predictions Change agent
Grow Leadership Knowledge/Capability Networking, Reading, PD Fullen calls it leading knowledgeably
Decision Maker
I WE IT

Big thinkers are specialists in creating positive, forward-looking, optimistic pictures in their own minds and in the minds of others. David J. Schwartz

Developing ‘It’ Cont.
Being Disciplined (1 of Howard Gardner’s 5 Minds) Sticking to your Core Business - Lead Learning Viewing with fresh eyes Being present
Be creative Creating room for change to happen from the floor Creating an environment and culture of risk taking
Open to Learning Conversations Building capability around having the hard to have conversations

If you do not look at things on a large scale, it will be difficult to master strategy. Miyamoto Mursashi

Walking the talk
Applying all elements (I, We, It) of leadership to transform, make a difference
Embedded in a culture and attitude of continuous improvement
So What …

The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority. Kenneth Blanchard

Leadership in Action Big Picture A big picture examples of leadership in action…

Getting people on board
Putting all the leadership elements together (I, We, It) - How does one influence and motivate people within the organisation to reach a transformational outcome?

In 2005 it was time to revision The stage was set. Creating Urgency - Having a valid need to drive change

Creating a Shared Purpose
Generating a collective direction/shared purpose/vision
Thinking about the process, being strategic. What are the questions to be answered?
Ensuring all voices are heard
Creating ownership by thinking through together - ‘done with not done to’

Tips and Techniques What we have learnt
10/4 Voting strategy - John Edwards
If it’s important - Give it time (recent sports days to release teachers)
Include everyone - support staff, students, parents etc (Do your support staff understand the vision in your school?)

Being Strategic Big Picture - Where to start?

Unpacked LLL Embed/Abandon Vision What does the teaching practice look like? 05 05 Strategic direction Student profile clarity Using images/metaphors Collective AFL Context PL lead teachers Student Empowerment 07 Power of student voice Numeracy PD 06 08 Unpacked Community Split screen thinking Creating a shared language 09 PL school wide focus Audience Specific Cross Curricular Going deep Change influences Change fundamentals Our steps Ahas

Change Enablers Keeping it Simple Vision - Collective direction and purpose Student Profile- What will the student leave the school being able to do as a result of the vision principles Teaching Practice – What pedagogical practices are required to ensure that each student will leave after 6 years as the profile outlines

A ligning Practice with Belief

Intentionally Building Culture

Why focus on Culture?

Defining Norms?
‘ Believe it - Achieve it’
‘ Go to the Source’
‘ Room to grow’
Creating a shared language for how things are done around here
Meeting protocol’s
Side talking is not ok Being late is not ok

You must unite your constituents around a common cause and connect with them as human beings. James Kouzes and Barry Posner

Leadership in Action Systems Level What systems and structures are required to enable risk taking, creativity and innovation from the floor?

Leadership Structures

PD Overview

Performance Management Central Belief s – We are all learners, Performance management is maximising both informal and formal opportunities to improve teacher effectiveness and ultimately raise student outcomes. An Effective Performance appraisal process is owned by the individual, evidence is collected to show growth overtime.

Tools/Strategies to support effective Leadership Some possibilities…

Developing Leadership - Leading Learning

Power of Progressions
Tools to support reflection
Assists in setting rigorous goals
Provides a scaffold to give constructive feedback
Helps Answer How am I going? Where am I going? Where to next?

Feedback
Feedback loops - Leaders too!
Time for dialogue - ‘Open to learning conversations’
Leadership buddies

Use of 360 surveys

I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. Ralph Nader

Leadership in Action Some more micro change examples Implementing student led conferences

Student Led Conferences

Change Process
Outside Expert - Completing her PHD
Asked for teachers interested in trialing
Met to dialogue, question, discuss how we might go about it
Communicated to parents
Captured student, parent and teacher voices before, during and after the process
Gathered evidence - survey monkey
Pilot teachers shared back to the rest of the staff

What did the students think? Flynn - It’s better than the three way conferences. I prefer it more because I can just talk to my Mum and dad and then they get to talk. Sophie – I think I’d rather be with Student Led Conferences because the three way conferences the teacher was usually the one talking. Kayla - It’s really fun to have 45 minutes to tell your parents about your learning. I feel really happy – it’s really fun. I liked showing my Mum the walls, especially the Topic wall. I most enjoyed getting time to talk to my Mum about my learning. Emily – Flicking through the pages in the Star Learning Book and showing where I am up to in my Maths strategies Comments from room 4 students

Developing Learning Progressions
A 2009 Strategic Plan Goal is for students to be able to answer the questions
How am I going? Where am I going? Where to next?
The outcome is to provide Stretch for Learners
Photos

Life Long Learning Life Long Learner July 05 –What are the qualities of successful self managing learners? Asked Teachers What LLL looked like? Collected Video Data of 100 student responses

Growing Teacher Effectiveness - Creating Clarity

Differentiating Professional Learning
Mentor - Beginning Teacher Programme
Mentor - New Experienced Teachers
Coaching - Experienced RBS Teachers

Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things. Jesse Jackson

Making it Happen
Being Brave
Setting Goals - Backward map plans
Being open and present to opportunities that arise
Continually developing I, We, It of leadership
It’s up to you - the choice is yours …

Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Harold R. McAlindon

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. John Quincy Adams

“ Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do. The visible signs of artful leadership are expressed, ultimately, in its practice.” Max Depree

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