Elementary Principals Statewide Mentoring Meeting Tuesday, January 27, 2015.

Elementary Principals Statewide

Mentoring MeetingTuesday, January 27, 2015

Outcomes: Grow your professional network;

Collaborated to help each other address individual leadership challenges;

Discussed the evaluation process and coaching both superstars and resistors;

Been provided guidance on challenging legal issues;

Explored critical conditions for implementation of successful teacher leadership; and

Identified strategies to manage time and be more mindful as a way to achieve a better leadership-life fit.

Links Resources:

http://www.sai-iowa.org/jan-elementary-statewide-meeting.cfm

Evaluation:

http://bit.ly/ElemJan2015

Mentoring Matters:http://www.sai-iowa.org/2014-15-resources.cfm

Learning Community: Leadership Dilemma

Consultancy

Protocol Leader who has traveled the farthest will be

the first presenter

Timekeeper/facilitator will be the person to the left of the presenter

Presenter shares an overview of the dilemma and poses his/her focus question.

3 MINUTES

Protocol Consultancy Group asks clarifying questions –

those with brief, factual answers.

Consultancy Group asks probing questions: Worded to help presenter clarify and expand

his/her thinking about the dilemma presented to the group.

Help presenter analyze the dilemma.

3 MINUTES

Protocol Consultancy Group talks with each other about the

dilemma presented while the presenter listens and takes notes: What did we hear?

What didn’t we hear that might be relevant?

What assumptions seem to be operating?

What questions does the dilemma raise for us?

What do we think about the dilemma?

What might we do or try if faced with a similar dilemma? What have we done in similar situations?

5 MINUTES

Protocol Presenter reflects on what he/she heard and on

what he/she is now thinking, sharing with the group anything that particularly resonated during the consultancy.

5 MINUTES

Rotate to second presenter.

Round Table RotationsMaking the Most of Evaluation

Welcome to the Activators of our Learning!

Rich Schulte, Pella

Judy Brueggemann, Harris-Lake Park

Teri Bowlin, Lynnville-Sully

Leading through a Legal Lens

Matt Carver, SAI

Creating Conditions for Effective Teacher Leadership

Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don’t interfere.

~Ronald Reagan

Tackling Traditions and Norms

• Egalitarianism

• Seniority

• Autonomy

Preparing for Change How will teacher leaders contribute to the school’s

vision for school improvement?

How will teacher leaders “drum up” business?

What will you delegate and what will you share?

What do your teacher leaders know about adult learners?

How has your schedule been adjusted to support teacher leaders in working with staff both one-on-one and in groups? To support teacher leaders in collaborating with each other? To support teacher leaders in professional learning? To support teacher leaders in meeting with the principal?

Magnet Summary Identify key word/s (magnet word) from your article

and jot in center of note card.

Locate details ‘attracted’ to the magnet word and write in corner of note card. Include page # where possible.

Shared Leadership

developmental, 1

Delegate

perfectionistic, 4

credibility, 4gradual release, 3

What does research say?

Read designated article:

1. Creating a Culture of Teacher Leadership (yellow)

2. Making the Leap to Shared Leadership (green)

3. Critical Conditions: What Teacher Leaders Need to Be Effective in School (blue)

Complete a Magnet Summary for each of the key ideas in your article.

Team Talk Connect with those who have read your same

article.

Share your Magnet Summaries.

Adjust your Magnet Summaries as you see fit.

Return to home base group and share summaries.

Use the Article Summaries Tool to capture the key concepts of the articles.

Application Review the chart “Supporting Core Teacher

Leadership Skills: Principal Moves” (pink).

Complete the Self-Assessment (white page after pink page).

Complete the Dare to Delegate Check list (p. 20-green article).

Two to Target

Leadership-life Fit: Overcoming Overworked and Overwhelmed

“There are simple, relatively easy steps you can take to pull your life from the brink.  I’m confident that working harder isn’t one of them.”

Scott Eblin

Mindfulness is the alternative to overworked and overwhelmed.

Mindfulness is doing simple things that make us more aware of what’s going on around us and inside us and then being intentional about what we’re going to do – or not do – next.

When you're walking, just walk. When you're eating, just eat. Not in front of the TV, not with the newspaper. It turns out, that's huge.

Killer Apps Get you out of fight or flight by activating

your rest and digest response.

Use them anywhere at any time of the day to stress less and thrive more.

Killer Apps Move:

Stand, stretch, walk. Short stints of movement and exercise increase your capacity to think clearly. The rhythmic, repetitive motion of going for a walk or stretching for a few minutes activates your rest and digest response and pushes the reset button on your brain.

Breathe:

Take Three Deep Breaths, Mindfully. Develop a routine that include deep breathing.

Connect:

Nurture relationships.

Reflect:

In moments where you feel most stressed/overwhelmed, ask yourself, “What is going right?”

Mindfulness and Time Management

Review list

Which time management tips work best for you?

How are you practicing mindfulness?

What routine might you add to improve your leadership-life fit?

Additional Reading

Looking Ahead and Wrapping Up

Feb. 2 – Effective Hiring in a System of Teacher Leadership

Feb. 6 – Investigating Bullying

Feb. 10 – Law Conference

Feb. 13 – EQ: The Other Smart

Evaluation:

http://bit.ly/ElemJan2015