dr. timothy mitchell rapid city area schools systems change 2014
TRANSCRIPT
Schools Can Innovate: It is Just Really Hard Sometimes!
Dr. Timothy MitchellRapid City Area SchoolsSystems Change 2014
www.rcas.org
Administration-Superintendent-Presentations
Contact Information
Schools Can Innovate
“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim to high and falling short; but in
setting our aim too low and achieving our mark.”
Michelangelo
Rapid City Journal-Front Page
“Mitchell Says: Status Quo is
not Working to Meet Goals”
Schools Can Innovate
Can we overcome our fear of change and have the difficult
yet needed conversations about doing differently in the future because the status quo is NOT working to meet our
current needs?
What should be part of the Discussion?
New Staff Compensation PlanFinding the “Middle Ground”--Professional
Growth Model
Spending Reduction Plans2014-2015 Budget ($2 Mill-goal)2015-2016 Budget ($4 mill-goal)
Revenue Enhancement Plan
Credible??
I have led successful change initiatives
The jury is still out on some change initiatives I am leading
I have failed miserably at leading change initiatives
The Six Secrets of Change
Michael Fullan
Love Your EmployeesConnect Peers with PurposeLearning is the WorkTransparency RulesSystems Learn
Motion Leadership in Action
Michael Fullan
The “Skinny” means give me the essence of something
“Motion Leadership” means leadership that causes positive motion
“Simplexity” means a small number of key things you need to know and be good at
The Challenge of Change
Fullan- Cuttress - KilcherEngaging People’s Moral PurposeBuilding CapacityUnderstanding the Change
ProcessDeveloping Cultures of LearningDeveloping Cultures of EvaluationFocusing on Leadership for
ChangeFoster Coherence MakingCultivating Tri-Level Development
Switch
Chip & Dan Heath
Direct the RiderFind the Bright SpotsScript the Critical MovesPoint to the Destination
Motivate the ElephantFind the ElephantShrink the ChangeGrow Your People
Shape the PathTweak the EnvironmentBuild HabitsRally the Hera
Change Anything
Patterson- Grenny – Maxfield – McMillian Switzer
Personal MotivationPersonal AbilitySocial MotivationSocial AbilityStructural MotivationStructural Ability
To Sell is Human
Dan PinkAttunementBuoyancy
ClarityPitch
ImproviseServe
“The only thing you got in this world is what you can sell.”
Change or Die
Alan Deutschman
Relate-form a relationshipRepeat-learn, practice, master new habitsReframe-learn new ways of thinking
The odds are 9 to 1 against you
Taking People With You
David Novak
Get Your Mind-Set RightHave a Plan: Strategy, Structure,
CultureFollow Through to Get Results
Schools Can Change
Lick- Clauset –MurphyRight Leadership, Vision,
Culture, and Relationships
Change Creation Process
New Teaching and Learning Approaches
Schools Can Innovate
It is all about:LeadershipVisionRelationshipsCulture
Leadership
“You have to be the change you want to
see in others.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Leadership
Know YourselfKnow who you areWhere you have been
Grow YourselfWhat am I today?How can I be even more effective tomorrow?
Leadership
Be YourselfHave convictionKnow your environmentBuild self-awarenessUse positive self-talk and positive thoughtsGet out of your comfort zone
Leadership
Help OthersBelieve in all peopleProvide capacity building
opportunitiesCreate a safe havenOpenly seek knowledge and
perspectives from other
Leadership
Extraordinary Authenticity
Having the ability to be yourself even in the toughest situations!!
Know your stuffAdmit when you don’tBe confident yet vulnerable
Vision
“Leadership is about going somewhere. If you and your people don’t know
where you are going, your leadership doesn’t matter.”
Ken Blanchard
Vision
What’s the single biggest thing you can imagine that will grow your school?
Who do you need to affect, influence, or take with you to be successful?
What perceptions, habits, or beliefs of this target audience do you need to build, change, or reinforce to reach your destination
Vision
Two Questions Video:
http://vimeo.com/8480171
Vision
My Sentence:I provide the leadership to create a purposeful learning community that establishes high quality learning experiences for all community members
Each Night:Was I better today than yesterday?
Vision
Have you developed and delivered a compelling picture of the school’s future that produces
energy, passion, and action in yourself and others?
Relationships
The hardest part of leadership is winning the support for the bold and necessary decisions that define where you want to lead your organization.
Relationships
The work of demonstrating personal accountability to the shared vision and to all
who may be affected by your thoughts, words, actions and inactions.
Relationships
Citizen’s Finance Committee (Business)
Chamber of Commerce (Ex Officio)
Parent Key CommunicatorsStudent Key CommunicatorsLunch/Conversations with
TeachersClassroom/School VisitationsTeacher Key CommunicatorsSuperintendent CabinetMORE??
Relationships
Share (or don’t share) your thoughts
Be “interruptible”Establish personal intimacyBuild communities of practice
Confront Brutal FactsCommunicateCollaborate
Relationships
How we act and what we do are most often based on our guiding principles:
Students are firstEveryone participatesLeadership is sharedResponsibility is equalImprovement requires learningThe work is public
Culture
“We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence, then is not an act but a habit”.
Aristotle
Culture
School culture reflects the interrelationship of shared assumptions,
beliefs, and behaviors that are acquired
overtime by members of a school.
Culture
Meaningful school change will come about only
when the school’s culture is changed adequately
and appropriately.
Culture
Cultural alignment is essential and
commitment to a framework where
everyone has responsibility ,
accountability and some autonomy.
Culture
Care must be taken to recapture and redefine
the best of what the organization has been in the past as a platform for creating a better future.
Schools Can Innovate
It is all about:LeadershipVisionRelationshipsCulture
Schools Can Innovate
“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim to high and falling short; but in
setting our aim too low and achieving our mark.”
Michelangelo