A Point of View on Managing More (Strategically)

A POINT OF VIEW ON
MANAGING MORE (STRATEGICALLY)

Karen Bonanno
Director, KB Enterprises (Aust) Pty Ltd

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MY JOURNEY
� 1979 began teaching
� 1991 to 1995 – SLAQ
President

� 1994 to present –
independent consultancy
� 1996 to 1998 – ASLA
President
� 2001 – ASLA Citation
29 Nov 2010
� 2002 – contracted as
Karen with Peter Garrett MP & Executive Officer, ASLA
Sue Hutley, ALIA
� 2010 – School Library
Inquiry 3

BACKGROUND TO MANAGING MORE (STRATEGICALLY)
Nationalisation of education
� National professional
standards for teachers

(2011)
http://www.teacherstandards.aitsl.edu.au/

� Australian curriculum
� General capabilities
http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/Home

� School libraries and
teacher librarians in 21st
House of Representatives Standing
Committee on Education and
century Australia (2011)
Employment, March 2011, http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/ee/school
Commonwealth of Australia libraries/report.htm 4

CONNECTING THE DOTS
Select recommendations Curriculum & Standards
� 21st century learning � Melbourne Declaration

� Online database on Educational Goals for
resources Young Australians
� Reading + library, � Resourcing the

literacy & student curriculum
achievement � English, Science, History

� Elearning & Maths + general
� Professional learning
capabilities
� Career stages
� Productive partnerships
� Inform & measure PL 5

CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS – GENERAL CAPABILITIES
Literacy Students develop ICT competence when they
These skills include listening, reading, viewing, writing,
learn to:
speaking and creating print, visual and digital materials � Investigate with ICT: using ICT to plan and
accurately and purposefully within and across all learning refine information searches; to locate and
areas. e.g. interpret, analyse, evaluate, respond to and access different types of data and

construct increasingly complex texts (Comprehension and information and to verify the integrity of data
composition) when investigating questions, topics or
Critical and creative thinking problems
� pose insightful and purposeful questions � Create with ICT: using ICT to generate ideas,
plans, processes and products to create
� apply logic and strategies to uncover meaning and make solutions to challenges or learning area tasks
reasoned judgments
� Communicate with ICT: using ICT to
think beyond the immediate situation to consider the ‘big
�
picture’ before focussing on the detail
communicate ideas and information with
others adhering to social protocols
� suspend judgment about a situation to consider alternative appropriate to the communicative context
pathways (purpose, audience and technology)
� reflect on thinking, actions and processes � Operate ICT: applying technical knowledge
� generate and develop ideas and possibilities and skills to use ICT efficiently and to
manage data and information when and as
� analyse information logically and make reasoned needed
judgments
� Apply appropriate social and ethical
� evaluate ideas and create solutions and draw conclusions protocols and practices to operate and
� assess the feasibility, possible risks and benefits in the manage ICT.
implementation of their ideas
� transfer their knowledge to new situations http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/GeneralCapabilities 6

TEACHING STANDARDS CONNECTIONS -
HIGHLY ACCOMPLISHED OR LEAD
Domains of teaching Standards Focus areas & descriptors

Professional Knowledge 1. Know students & how they e.g. 1.2 Understand how students learn
learn “Expand understanding of how students learn
2. Know the content & how to using research & workplace knowledge.”

teach it

Professional Practice 3. Plan for & implement effective e.g. 3.4 Select & use resources
teaching and learning “Assist colleagues to create, select & use a wide
4. Create & maintain supportive range of resources, including ICT, to engage
& safe learning students in their learning”
environments
5. Assess, provide feedback &
report on student learning
Profession Engagement 6. Engage in professional e.g. 6.3Engage with colleagues & improve
learning practice
7. Engage professionally with “Initiate & engage in professional discussions
colleagues, parents/carers with colleagues in a range of forums to evaluate
& the community practice directed at improving professional
knowledge & practice , & the educational
outcomes of students.

http://www.teacherstandards.aitsl.edu.au/OrganisationStandards
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WHY - MANAGING MORE (STRATEGICALLY)
Being strategic means
“consistently making those core directional choices
that will best move you toward your hopedfor

future.”
Erika Andersen 2009, Being strategic: plan for success; out-think your competitors; stay ahead of
change p. 20.

The one question you should always ask yourself...
“What is the best use of my time right now?”

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TOP THREE THINGS IN ORDER TO STAY FOCUSED
� Make time to plan
(strategically)

Stephen R Covey The seven habits of highly
effective people

� Focus on an activity
until done
� Chunk it?
� Drop it? Delegate it?
Delay it? Do it?
Dr Darryl Cross – Time
management � Allow time for your
http://www.youtube.com/watch unconscious mind to
?v=VHM3U2Fg9HM
guide you
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WHAT’S THE BEST WAY TO GET STARTED?
WHO SHOULD BE INVOLVED?
� SW Phase (or make a
list of what you do in a
week) & “connect the

dots”
� Multisource feedback
get them to prioritise
your list (S & W only)
� Teachers
SWOT Analysis � Students
http://www.youtube.com/watc
� Administration
h?v=GNXYI10Po6A
� OT Phase
� Ideas > Goals
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WHAT CAN GO WRONG?
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS?
Time management matrix � You allow someone or
Stephen R Covey The seven habits of highly
effective people
something to hijack
your agenda

Urgent Not Urgent

Important I II � You do not document
Crises
Projects
Planning
Creative
what you do
Tasks Strategies
� You procrastinate

Not III IV
� You don’t plan ahead
Important Interruptions Busy work early enough
Some Email Junk mail
Some Time wasters � You lack the courage
meetings Pleasant
Popular activities (BTW – iPad application
activities Priority Matrix)
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LET’S RECAP
� Nationalisation of education
� Connect the dots

� One question you should ask yourself...often

� Three important things to keep yourself focused

� A proven process for identifying priorities

� Who should be involved?

� Common problems that will hijack your agenda

� What the experts say

........ Can this be an advocacy moment?
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CALL TO ACTION

Even if you don’t do any of

this.....
At least aim for 1%
improvement
Per week = 167% per year
How to get 1% improvement –
Per day = 3778% per year
Dr Marc Dussault
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYCvEoAnhBI
(~ 5 mins a day)

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IN CLOSING
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