7 Habits of Highly Effective Schools

7 Habits of Highly Effective Schools
Chris Moore

‘Timeless Principles’
‘Principles are guidelines for human conduct that are proven to have enduring,
permanent value’ (Stephen Covey)
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Honesty
Integrity
Fairness
Human
dignity
Humility
Courage
Patience
Service
Growth
Potential
Excellence

Leader or Manager – What’s the Difference?

In practice..

Effective vs Efficient
7 Habits of Highly Effective Schools
Not
7 Habits of Highly Efficient Schools

Why we do what we do: 3 Stimuli

 Determined Responses

Stop…think…
‘Most men would rather die than think. Many do.’
- Bertrand Russell

Habit 1 – Be proactive
Reactive organisations make decisions around the behaviour of others. ‘Outside
in.’
Proactive organisations take the initiative – they make commitments and stick
to them. They take responsibility for the situations they are in and the results
they get. ‘Inside Out’.

Andy Warhol says..

Finish the Sentences
A lesson plan begins with..
A course begins with..
A business plan begins with..
A marriage begins with..
A business partnership begins with..
Learning to play the piano begins with..

Habit 2: Begin with the end in mind
A vision creates and leads the school
A vision shows leadership
A plan shows commitment
1. Work on the medium to long term picture
2. Prioritise focus products
3. Align plans and activities
4. Like a lesson plan – ‘by the end of this year, we will have…’
By the end of this year/next year/5 years…, we will have launched…/ sold…. /
employed…. / developed…’

Align to your goals
Sales & Marketing, Comms
Recruitment, Staff, CPD
Courses, Methodology
Resources, Systems, IT
Partnerships
Leadership
&
Vision
Goals

Time is the enemy

Habit 3 – First things first
Get the right things done – not just lots of things.

Habit 3 – First things first at school
Urgent Not Urgent
Important
New enquiries, meeting deadlines
(marketing, recruitment, tax returns),
IT not working, unhappy
teachers/students/clients, test
administration, inductions, making
calls, paying the bills
Training, planning/strategising,
reading/research, innovation/product
development, improving systems (booking,
CRM, LMS), developing the building/learning
facilities, building relationships (with
suppliers, publishers, chambers of
commerce), exercising, spending time with
the kids, eating well
NotImportant
Email notifications (a lot of cc’s, a lot
of internal) every 5 minutes
Social media notifications
Checking your phone for messages
Many phone calls
Many of your meetings
Checking news headlines
Gossiping
Surfing Ebay, Amazon, Reddit, Tinder
Tweeting pics of your pets

Question
Are you spending your time doing what is most effective for your school?
And what about the rest of your life? What else needs nurturing for your
school to flourish?
So…
 Prioritise clearly. State weekly and daily goals. Align with long term vision.
 Identify key goals for the key parts of your life – don’t let work dominate.
Include ‘partner’, ‘parent’, ‘friend’, ‘contributor’.
 Delegate, outsource, delete.
 Say No if it doesn’t align with your vision.
 Ensure Q2 activities are reducing Q1 demands.
 Stick with the plan. Make commitments and keep to them.

How do you get the most out of people?

“A Philosophy of Human Interaction”
5 models of human interaction
1. Win/Lose
2. Lose/Win
3. Lose/Lose
4. Win
5. Win/Win

In a school…

Habit 4: Think win/win
With teachers, students, parents, companies, partners, unions..
 To build curricula and develop courses
 To measure potential, not against others
 To develop lasting client/student relationships
 To resolve discipline/behavioural issues
 To negotiate a large contract
 To implement an optimal professional development programme
 To run a successful marketing campaign
 To implement a new lesson reporting system
 To reward staff performance
A culture of high mutual trust and cooperation maximises success.

Do you listen like this?

Or this? (Performance-based Listening)

To quote..

To Listen

Habit 5: Seek first to understand..
“Diagnose before you prescribe.”
 Ask questions
 Check your understanding of what the other person is saying
- Content & Emotion
 Show consideration
 Develop cultural awareness – be interested (as opposed to ‘interesting’) 
leave our assumptions behind
 Create space for the other to speak
 Don’t let the inner voice get in the way, don’t jump in with your
autobiography
 Build trust

..and then to be understood
 ‘Present your ideas in the context of a deep understanding of other people’s
paradigms and concerns’, significantly increase the authority of your ideas.
 Show courage to express difficult ideas
 Create the space and trust to work through issues
As a leader, this creates loyalty and inspires and motivates your staff
In a school:
 Appraisals
 Meetings with clients, students, parents
 On-going dialogues with teachers and staff
 On-going dialogues with students, parents, business clients
 Networking, conferences, events

Question
1+1 = ?

Habit 6?

Synergise
Leadership can be lonely. Harness the talent you have in the school by
building high trust relationships.
 Teacher meetings
 Leadership council
 Interdepartmental committees
 Student forums
 Delegate: CPD, outsource
 External coaching, consultancy

Discuss
“Workaholics make the best school leaders.”

Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw
How do you keep fresh?
 CPD
 Coaching
 Conferences..
 Non-work roles (Q2): define important tasks and allocate time to do them
 Stay fit
 Read
 Eat well
 Sleep!
 Spend time with family and friends
For you and your staff

The 7 Habits
1. Be proactive
2. Begin with the end in mind
3. First things first
4. Think win/win
5. Seek first to understand and then to be understood
6. Synergise
7. Sharpen the saw
So creating…

An Upward Spiral

To continue the conversation
Chris Moore
Specialist Language Courses
chris@specialistlanguagecourses.com

7 Habits of Highly Effective Schools

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