learning-focused leadership
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LEARNING-FOCUSED LEADERSHIPAngela Peery, Ed. D.
MaterialsHandouts provided in hard copy and electronically
Powerpoint can be sent electronically after our session
Long-term coaching available
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LEARNING FROM EXPERTSMichael FullanDouglas ReevesLiz Wiseman
THE POWER OF METAPHORWhen you’re leading – and you’re at your best – what are you most like?
DOUGLAS REEVES
LEADERSHIP FOCUS ImpactLeverage Implementation
Impact
WHICH ACTIONS HAVE THE HIGHEST IMPACT? Using tracking or ability grouping
Using mastery learning Using effective feedback Assigning homework Using cooperative learning Using effective questioning Using peer tutoring Explicitly teaching vocabulary
Using team teaching
Using 1:1 ratio for devices (for ex., every student has an iPad)
Accelerating gifted students Teaching character/values Retaining a student in a grade
Using thematic or interdisciplinary instruction
Teaching for metacognition Maintaining small class sizes
Leverage
Implementation
Initiative FatigueResearchers caution against adopting too many initiatives that detract from the improvement focus on the building and result in “initiative fatigue.”
Elmore, 2006; Fullan, 2010; Reeves, 2006
EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP PRACTICES
Focus
MonitoringEfficacy
Leadership DimensionsStudent-Centered Leadership (V. Robinson, 2011)
Dimension Rank OrderEstablishing goals and expectationsResourcing strategically
Ensuring quality teaching
Leading teacher learning and development
Ensuring an orderly and safe environment
RESEARCH
Safe environment
Teacher learning
Quality teaching
Resources
Goals and expectations
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9
Student-Centered Leadership (V. Robinson, 2011)
Effect Size
MICHAEL FULLAN
FROM MICHAEL FULLAN
“The goal is not to innovate the most. Innovating selectively with coherence is better.”
“Never a checklist, always complexity.”
Professional Capital
Professional Capital
Decisional
SocialHuman
ACTIVITY: (STANDING) COMMUNITY CIRCLE
Community Circle
LIZ WISEMAN
MULTIPLIERS
They attract and optimize talent They require people’s best thinking They extend challenges They debate decisions They instill accountability
Do you think you’ve had a multiplier for a supervisor before? Describe that person.
HOW HAVE YOU HELPED OTHERS
GROW? HAVE YOU BEEN A
MULTIPLIER?
ACTIVITY: TOP THREEWhat three points or focus areas do you want to keep in mind as you begin crafting your 100-day action plan?
Let’s create an action
plan…