Lindsey Pollock, Principal Houston Independent School District Garden Oaks Elementary Montessori Magnet with an emphasis on Environmental Sciences.

Lindsey Pollock, Principal

Houston Independent School District

Garden Oaks Elementary Montessori Magnet withan emphasis on Environmental Sciences

Private and Public school background Educational perspectives

LMSW –Licensed Master’s in Social Work M.Ed. – Educational Leadership M.Ed – Montessori Integrative Learning

Montessori found me (again) - GOE

Federal grant application - MSAP

Transition to an all-campus Montessori Magnet

Fidelity to Montessori in a public setting

Garden Oaks Elementary Traditional neighborhood school since 1932 Montessori program 1994 – parents/district 2008 arrival Began Montessori administrator credential

at Houston Montessori in summer 2009 Enrolled in Endicott program that fall –

completed program in Sept 2011 thesis Leadership for Public Montessori Schools – A

Cosmological Perspective Endicott address

Who are we? Public school 69% free and reduced lunch 65% Hispanic, 10% African-American, 22%

White and 3% Asian 98% average daily attendance 650 students 20 Montessori (9 Children’s House, 8 Lower

Elementary and 3 Upper Elementary) 7 Traditional classrooms (1st – 5th) Parents send their very best!

Garden Oaks Elementary

Video Clip

Video Clip

Garden Oaks Elementarywww.houstonisd.org

Knotted UpDivide into groups of 6-10 people. Each group

forms a tight circle, standing and facing each other.

Everyone extends their hands into the circle and by intermingling their arms, grasps hands with other members of the group. Be sure that the two hands you are holding does not belong to the same person.

The groups’ goal: untie the knot which results. Member of the group physically climb over/ under/ through each other’s arms to untie the knots.

What are the contexts in which leaders function?

What are terms you think of when you hear the word

leadership?

Who are leaders?Why do we need

leaders? Where are your leaders? How do you

measure leadership?

What is the difference between leadership and management?

Is there a difference in Montessori leaders? How are Montessori leaders different?

Schools as “Businesses”

Input and output

Teachers, curriculum and students

Measurable outcomes vs. moral imperatives

Data-driven accountability PK Assessment TPRI/Tejas Lee Kathy Richardson Stanford/Aprenda State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness Naglieri Non-verbal Abilities Test (NNAT) Grades EVAAS (value-added) ASPIRE (Accelerating Student Performance by

Increasing Results and Expectations)

Cosmic Education – perceptions and choices

Parent and community perceptions

Academic language

Skepticism and disdain for – Cosmic

Choose who you are maintain fidelity

Comological Connections

Brain-based – whole-child Interdisciplinary Connections Creativity – igniting a child’s sense of

discovery and imagination 21st Century Learning skills Cultural connections – values all people

Cosmology defined

1. Branch of astronomy studying the overall structure of the physical universe

2. The branch of philosophy that studies the origin, structure, and evolution of the universe, especially such characteristics as space, time, causality and freedom.

1. God with No Hands – Laws of Nature2. Coming of Life – Progression and

adaptation of life on Earth3. Coming of the Human Being – Power to

reason and think and the power of the will to choose the good of others and serve

4. Story of Communication in signs – Power of Language of communication

5. Story of Numbers – Language of Invention ----Miller, 2006

Cosmological leaders….

Embrace changing environment and demands through recognizing models in living systems: Interconnectedness - Everyone, everywhereAutopoeisis of leadership – self-making qualities in living systems. BalanceEvolution and adaptationSustain life on Earth

Cosmological leaders….

Not bound by the limits of time and space. Visionaries who realize the eternal potential of the contributions and interactions in which they are engaged

Cosmological leaders….

Personify the characteristics of leadership that are responsive to the needs of the global society and encourage all individuals in local environments to maximize personal potential as contributors to the greater cosmic forces of the universe.

Lead India - TreeCollective power of Leadership go

to this link

http://www.dekhona.com/tv-ads-videos/fjhajsnnpo/TOI-Lead-India-Time-Of-India-video

Follow the childFollow natureListen to the universe through you

advocate for equity and justice

Love to hear from you!Love to hear from you!

Lindsey PollockGarden Oaks Elementary – Houston ISD

901 Sue BarnettHouston, TX 77018

(713) 696-2930 office(713) 822-2274 cellular

[email protected]@yahoo.com