caseyreason.com ground rules be honest, authentic, and present participate with one another be...
TRANSCRIPT
CASEYREASON.COM
Ground Rules• Be honest, authentic, and
present
• Participate with one another
• Be willing to reach
CASEYREASON.COM
PLC Next-Level Learning Objectives
1. Lead the creation of a dynamic and authentic school culture around leadership, learning, and change.
2. Develop a clear and impactful vision for change and continuous school improvement.
3. Reduce obstacles to change by reducing team learning hindrances.
4. Ignite meaningful change by stimulating individual and team learning capacities.
CASEYREASON.COM
SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT EMERGING LEADERSHIP TRENDS
1. Focus on management
2. Focus on hierarchy
3. Managers establish the ONE best way
1. Focus on learning
2. Continuous change and new relationships
3. Workers in teams establish best practices
CASEYREASON.COM
SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT EMERGING LEADERSHIP TRENDS
4. Focus on job descriptions and policy
5. Emphasis on conformity to standard
6. Highly structured use of time
4. Focus on general job targets and deliverables
5. Emphasis on creativity
6. Breaking down time and space variables
CASEYREASON.COM
SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT EMERGING LEADERSHIP TRENDS
7. Work is carefully scrutinized at all levels
8. Isolation of the workers
9. Management shared information
10. Companies value materials, structure, and management
7. Dramatic reduction in the need for management
8. Required collaboration
9. Information is shared from numerous sources
10. Companies value people and access to great ideas
CASEYREASON.COM
Leadership in Learning Organizations
• Leadership is a force, not a position.
• Great leaders inspire quality learning.
• Absent a leader(s) – one(s) will emerge.
CASEYREASON.COM
Learning…• Today learning happens in a variety of
settings with an ever-expanding number of learning tools.
• Learning is personalized, collaborative, and continuous.
• Learning is the lifeblood of any school, and absent a learning agenda; one will emerge.
CASEYREASON.COM
Change…• In schools, significant change occurs when those
who work with students learn something new and apply this new learning successfully with students.
• Those leading change MUST be willing to “be” the change.
• Leading change in an organization is continuous. Absent a change agenda; one will emerge.
CASEYREASON.COM
Question
What can you do to improve the levels of leadership, learning, and change in your school?
CASEYREASON.COM
Vision: The Construction of a Mental Image
CASEYREASON.COM
Emotions Sag
MutingRuminationResilience
VarietyShared
CASEYREASON.COM
Positive Emotions
• Calmness• Courage• Elation• Gratitude• Hope• Pride
Negative Emotions
• Anger• Boredom• Embarrassment• Fear• Grief• Loneliness
CASEYREASON.COM
Positive Emotions
• Calmness• Courage• Elation• Gratitude• Hope• Pride
Negative Emotions
• Anger• Boredom• Embarrassment• Fear• Grief• Loneliness
CASEYREASON.COM
The BEST emotional state for learning
Relaxed alertness
CASEYREASON.COM
Understanding Stress• Stops learning in its tracks
• Diminishes productivity
• Makes us sick
CASEYREASON.COM
Understanding Stress• In our head (and body)
• Intensifies when shared
• Is impacted by multitasking
CASEYREASON.COM
Understanding StressAt Times We Crave It
CASEYREASON.COM
GROUPS WHO FEEL STRESS
1. The Angry and At-Wit’s-End Group
2. The Exhausted Group
3. The Manic, Last-Minute Group
4. The Looking-at-the-Pavement-While-Driving Group
CASEYREASON.COM
Managing Stress• CHANT the positive• Plan ahead• Minimize multitasking• Empowerment• Choose to react
CASEYREASON.COM
Managing Stress
• Be real• Confront fear mongering• Work in teams
CASEYREASON.COM
Managing Stress
• Reflect• Sleep on it• Take action
CASEYREASON.COM
Managing Stress• Utilize healthy endorphin releases• Fresh air• Food • Drink• Social contacts• Sunshine• Movement
CASEYREASON.COM
Managing Stress• Engage other emotions• Apply positive denial• Promote safety, faith, and trust• Laughter
CASEYREASON.COM
Change, Analysis, and Reframing Strategy (CARS)
Change
CASEYREASON.COM
BETTER QUESTIONS
Empowerment
Ownership
Meaning
CASEYREASON.COM
EMPOWERMENT, OWNERSHIP, AND MEANING
1. Why aren’t parents more involved?
2. Why doesn’t the community value what we do?
3. What’s wrong with our supervisor?
1. How can we make parents feel welcome?
2. How can we show the community we add value?
3. What support does our supervisor need from us?
CASEYREASON.COM
EMPOWERMENT, OWNERSHIP, AND MEANING
4. Where’s the party?
5. What’s wrong with these students?
6. How can I get through this content in an hour?
4. What’s the next challenge?
5. How can we meet the needs of our students?
6. How can this material be presented in a way that facilitates learning?