Two roads diverged in a yellow wood…

WSU Superintendent’s Cohort

October 22, 2010

It’s All About Relationships

Board Admin Team Staff Community

Getting to Know YouSome Things To Do in Your First 90 Days

Administrators Service Clubs Community Leaders Union Leadership Student Leaders

Be Clear About Your Expectations

Know Your Message Repeat it Often

Guiding Principles Instructional Focus

Be Clear about Instructional Goals

Moral Obligation Adult Actions Together, we will:

Identify Priority Standards Ensure effective teaching in every classroom Use teacher collaboration to improve student

achievement

Challenges

Budget Shortfalls Look for’s

Position Control Budget Monitoring Ending Fund Balance

Under-performing staff Media scrutiny Lack of sense of urgency

Challenges, cont.

Dynamics of Cabinet and Admin Team Need to pass two levies Negotiating all contracts Insurance pooling overpayment Monticello Middle School

My Mistakes

Carefully choose your confidantes

Don’t rely on a prior District or state experience to guide you

My Support

The WASA Team WASA Management Review Key Cabinet members ESD 112 Staff My husband The school district’s attorney!

Our Successes

Passage of two levies Using budget crisis to build a

stronger team Visiting classrooms Riding bus routes; working with

support staff Successful Merit School Grant Board/Superintendent Retreat Community Relationships

Looking Ahead

New, revitalized Cabinet Meaningful District In-services Focus on Instruction

McNulty Ainsworth Reeves

Healthy ending fund balance

Lessons Learned

Relationships are essential for success.

Get the right team on the bus. Trust your instincts (and then

double check) Never be afraid to ask for help! Be clear about expectations, hopes,

and dreams. State them often!

Five Tenets for Leading in Touch Times

Model the Way Understand Change Inspire a Shared Vision Relationship Building Encourage the Heart

Kouzes and Possner: The Leadership ChallengeFullan: Leading in a Culture of Change

Relationship, Relationships, Relationships

Moral purpose, relationships, and organizational successes are interrelated

Look at businesses as if they had souls. Look at schools as if they had minds. Emotional intelligence is key!

Trust

Vision

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Skills

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Resources

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Payoff

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ActionPlan

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Trust

Trust

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Change

Sabotage

Confusion

Anxiety

Anger

Sporadic

ChangeFalseStarts

THE CHANGE PUZZLE

Vision

Payoff

Resources

Skills

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Why I Love this Work

Longview Students Longview Staff Longview Community

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood…