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1.Find and greet members at your Learning Club.
2.Organize your belongings.
3.Review the agenda.
4.Converse with your elbow partner about what it means to be a teacher leader. Be prepared to share.
Entry Procedures
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Administrator as Instructional Leader
SEE Conference 2010Adam D. Drummond
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My Family
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Professional ExperienceBachelor’s Degree in Elementary EducationMaster’s Degree in Higher EducationK-12 administrator’s licenseEd.S. candidate
Work Experience1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, middle school Language Arts, Professional Development Coordinator K-5, 6-8Adjunct instructor for Taylor University Fort WayneElementary Assistant PrincipalElementary Principal
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Philosophy of Teaching “Be the change
you wish to see in the world.”– Mahatma Gandhi
My mission is to empower citizens to take charge of their life by immersing themselves in daily learning opportunities where they can grow responsibly by being an advocate for the world in which they live, thus creating a stronger community and bond between one another.
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Goal Sessions:• Identify leadership strategies utilized by
building administrators• Brainstorm ways to utilize nine body-brain
elements as an administrator• Familiarize oneself with the Personal
Handbook as an instructional tool• Create a plan of implementation for
becoming a ‘brain-compatible’ leader
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“It is easy enough to vocalize for change, but one must have something to change to that is
reasonably well understood and ready and waiting for use”
(Hart, 2002, p. 8).
Leslie Hart
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Skills Incentives Resources AssessmentAction Plan Confusion
Vision Skills Incentives Resources Action Plan UnknownResults
Vision Skills Incentives Resources Assessment FalseStarts
Vision Skills Incentives AssessmentAction Plan Frustration
Vision Skills Resources AssessmentAction Plan GradualChange
Vision Incentives Resources AssessmentAction Plan Anxiety
Vision Skills Incentives Resources AssessmentAction Plan MeaningfulChange
Managing Complex Change; Adapted from Delores Ambrose, 1987
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Approaches to Successful
Teacher Leadership• Demonstrative Approach• Data Approach• Consultative Approach• Collaborative Approach
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Process of Staff Development
• Presentation/Explanation of theory behind the practice
• Demonstration• Opportunities for Initial Guided Practice• Prompt feedback about their efforts• Sustained coaching
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In-School Coaching Structures• Shadow Opportunities• Peer Coaching
– Specific Objectives (monthly)– Guest Teacher opportunities– Build into PL 221 plans
• Paid Coaching– HET Associates– In-House support
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District-Wide Coaching Structures
• Model Teaching Week– Intern– TS– TT
• Cohort Support System• Yearlong Professional Development
Program
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Guiding Principles of Model
1.Teachers cannot change a behavior or practice until they SEE what the new behavior or practice LOOKS like in a real world setting multiple times.
2.For professional development to truly be effective and sustained, it must be accompanied with on-going environment COACHING in a non-threatening.
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HET 9 Body-Brain Elements
Absence of Threat/Absence of Threat/Nurturing Reflecting ThinkingNurturing Reflecting Thinking
Meaningful ContentMeaningful Content
Adequate TimeAdequate Time
Enriched EnvironmentEnriched Environment
Immediate FeedbackImmediate Feedback
MovementMovement
ChoicesChoices
CollaborationCollaboration
Mastery/ApplicationMastery/Application
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Create a Body-Brain Staff Meeting
• Provide an agenda prior to meeting (Absence of Threat)
• Have entry procedures—give them an action (Meaningful Content)
• Begin with a teacher-led activity (collaboration, choice)
• Announcements via paper/email (immediate feedback)
• Provide Reflection throughout (Absence of Threat)• Leave with action (Choice, Immediate Feedback)
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Town Hall andMeeting Area
Collaborative Groups
Flow
Quiet Spaces “Australia”
“Prime Real Estate”For Direct Instruction
Plants Lighting
Music
2 - 3 Color Flow
Clutter Free
“Homey”Touches
Immersion Area Yearlong Theme
8 Smarts
Lifelong Guidelines
LIFESKILLS
Agenda
SocialAction
StudentLevel
Key Points Theme Connections
EnvironmentWith
Purpose and Pattern
WALLSAND
DISPLAYS
SPACESSpaces
FEELING“Tone”
MATERIALS
Water
ResourcesPrint & Real
Procedures
Technology
“Skill Supports”At Desks
Supply Baskets
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Take it Back!• Reflect on information from the
presentation.– 3 questions you have– 2 action steps to begin sustainability– 1 resource you need
• Share your ideas with your Learning Club.
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Eaker, J. (2003). http://www.techlearning.com/article/13820
Dufour, R., & Eaker, R. (1998) Professional Learning Communities at Work. NES. Bloomington, IN.
Schmoker, M. (2006). Results Now: How We Can Achieve Unprecedented Improvements in Teaching and Learning. ASCD. Alexandria, VA.
Lipton, L., & Wellman, B. (2009) How to Talk So Teachers Listen. Educational Leadership, 65 (01). Alexandria, VA.
Resources
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Skills Incentives Resources AssessmentAction Plan Confusion
Vision Skills Incentives Resources Action Plan UnknownResults
Vision Skills Incentives Resources Assessment FalseStarts
Vision Skills Incentives AssessmentAction Plan Frustration
Vision Skills Resources AssessmentAction Plan GradualChange
Vision Incentives Resources AssessmentAction Plan Anxiety
Vision Skills Incentives Resources AssessmentAction Plan MeaningfulChange
Managing Complex Change; Adapted from Delores Ambrose, 1987
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Adam DrummondPrincipal, Lincoln Elementary School
Huntington County Community School Corporation2037 E. Taylor StreetHuntington, IN 46750
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