The Artsminded Principal. How arts-based leadership enriches school culture improving teaching and learning Presented By Curtis Tye (Chair-HWDSB), Carol.

The Artsminded Principal

How arts-based leadershipenriches school culture

improving teaching and learning

Presented By

Curtis Tye (Chair-HWDSB), Carol Mackenzie (HWDSB), Jennifer Tye (DSBN), Suzanne Stiegelbauer (U of T/OISE), David Booth (OISE & Nipissing University)

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Reflection-Principal Practice

Overarching question: What is an artsminded principal?Why does this matter to me in my role as principal?What and who does it serve? And it what ways?How does arts-based leadership enhance staff

proficiency and student engagement?

Please feel free to comment, using the CHAT FEATURE on the following questions while you are waiting for the conference to begin

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While you are waiting for the conference to begin, please use the CHAT FUNCTION to:

Introduce yourself and your team

Identify your role and the roles of your team members

Describe why you registered for this web conference

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Session GoalsThe purpose of this webinar is to assist school leaders in developing an artsminded approach to teaching and learning.

Topic will include:

Inherent capacities of arts in school leadership;

Awareness and range of implementation strategies toward an arts-based foci on student engagement;

How an art-based leadership can enhance a collaborative school culture;

Leadership experiences and practices of an artsminded staff;

Attitudes and approaches of an arts-rich activities in the daily life of a school leader;

Mobilize knowledge on arts-based leadership to innovative teaching practices and student achievement.

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The Artsminded Principal

The intentional, purposeful, and meaningful act of a principal to foster creative and innovative practices by educators resulting in student involvement and improvement.

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Lens on Arts-Based Leadership Benefits of Arts-Based Leadership Approach

1. Creating Conditions2. Professional Learning3. Arts Community & Instructional Practice4. Shared Leadership…Constructing Co-learning5. Student Voice

Highlights from Research

Process vs. Product

Changing the Learning Environment and Culture of School

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Questions

How do we highlight arts-based leadership in school improvement planning and throughout curriculum areas?

Which supports/resources are available to assist principals with this work?

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Creating Conditions Planting the seeds of interest

Discussing approaches and looking for successful ones

within the school

Capitalizing on teachers’strengths

– find teachers to champion the cause – possibly a committee

Importance on Teacher buy-in

Creating a “Tipping Point” within your school

Designate time and budget to support the focus

Maintain pressure and support – requires principal vision

and diligence and narrow focus

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Professional LearningDefining the arts community

Envisioning and restructuring relationships

Planning, teaching and learning with artists and teachers

Informed instructional practice

A new learning: Integrating the Arts in the curriculum

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Arts CommunityEnvisioning and restructuring relationships

Planning, teaching and learning with artists and teachers

Informed instructional practice

A new learning

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Shared LeadershipTeaming approach to school-wide initiatives

Distributed leadership & Cross curricular arts practice

Co-teaching and the role of the principal

Plan with a focus-A mindset of ‘Artful Thinking’

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Student VoiceLetting student ideas and feelings be represented

and heard

Altering mind sets of students, teachers and parents

Increasing student achievement by deepening participation through forms of meaning making

Staff development - teachers transforming  student learning through artistic modalities that engage and challenge young learners

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Organizational Matters...Back to Artsminded Leadership...

How does this get achieved?:

A change of vision

Reframing the culture of learning

What other factors to consider:

Shifting paradigms of managementTimetablingStaffingPlant considerations

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Next StepsReflective Questions

What is one action you intend to pursue as a result of this session?

Survey

Resource List – Developed and archived with this webinar

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Thank you for participating in this professional learning session!

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