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Superintendents Statewide Mentoring Meeting. Thursday, September 19, 2013. Outcomes:. Grow your professional network; Reflect on September board agenda; Identify strategies and ideas for working with the board; Considered the superintendent’s role as instructional leader; - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Superintendents Statewide Mentoring MeetingThursday, September 19, 2013

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Outcomes: Grow your professional network; Reflect on September board agenda; Identify strategies and ideas for working

with the board; Considered the superintendent’s role as

instructional leader; Increase awareness regarding legal

issues; Collaborate around relevant issues; and Identify strategies for improving individual

leadership-life fit.

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Grounding our work today…How did your September board agenda flow? What went well? What will you do differently in planning your next agenda and board meeting?

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Working Effectively with the BoardModified Discussion Panel

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Welcome, Panelists! Chad Garber, Wapsie Valley Mike Haluska, Decorah Kerri Nelson, South Tama Dave Wilkerson, Waukee

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How do you involve your board in supporting a shared vision for learning?

How do you balance the need to introduce new ideas and provide processing time for the board prior to decision-making with the need to keep moving forward in a timely way?

How do you keep the board focused on the big priorities as opposed to the day-to-day administrative decisions?

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How do you engage your board in your own evaluation?

What are the key outcomes for your board orientation for new board members?

What, if any, decision-making or problem-solving protocols do you use? If you don’t utilize specific protocols or procedures, how do you support the board in planning, making decisions, and solving problems?

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How do you engage your board in being part of the learning organization?

Describe the communication patterns between you and the board. With what frequency and how do you collect informal feedback from your board regarding your performance? How do you ensure you continue to share common expectations with the board for the focus of your work?

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Break!Grow your professional network—choose a new

table!

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The Do’s and Don’ts of Instructional LeadershipSteve Westerberg, Oelwein

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3-minute Quick WriteDescribe the superintendent’s responsibilities as an instructional leader?

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Ink-pair-share Mentor-mentee share

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What I wish I had known at the beginning…

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Setting Priorities Review the list of Do’s and Don’ts Highlight/circle the top 3 ‘Do’ priorities

that you would like to address Share your priorities in your mentoring

partnership—each explain rationale for choices

Identify the one priority that you will work to move forward in your district in the next month—how will you approach this work?

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Following up Revisit in your monthly mentoring

meetings over the next months Plan to share progress at our January 22

Statewide Mentoring Meeting

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LUNCH!

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Reminders from the Legal VortexMatt Carver, SAI

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Open ForumWhat upcoming issues/concerns need our attention?

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Engaging in Critical ConversationsDana Schon, SAI

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By the end of this session, you will have…

Considered conversation skills and behaviors that contribute to the building of successful relationships and extraordinary leadership

Participated in a structured conversation Engaged in collaborative problem-

solving

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Susan Scott, Fierce ConversationsOur lives are a series of relationships, the success or failure of which happen one conversation at a time. Extraordinary leadership is the result of having fierce conversations with ourselves first and then with others. Only then can any of us hope to provide the caliber of leadership that our organizations need and desire.

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Using a structure to facilitate the conversation1. Be clear about what you want from the

conversation and what you do NOT want from the conversation:

What do I want for myself?What do I want for others?What do I want from the relationship?How would I behave if I really wanted

those results?

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Using a structure to facilitate the conversation2. Establish a mutual purpose and find

common ground:

Find a shared goal—it reduces stressClarify the common outcome

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Using a structure to facilitate the conversation3. STATE your course:

Share your facts (start with least controversial and most persuasive)

Tell your story (explain what you are beginning to conclude)

Ask for other’s facts and stories Talk about what is fact and what is

assumption Encourage differing views

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Using a structure to facilitate the conversation4. Actively listen to understand

Express interest Respectfully acknowledge emotions Restate what you have heard to reflect

understanding State your agreement, where fitting When there are significant differences,

compare the two views as opposed to pointing out right and wrong

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Using a structure to facilitate the conversation5. Finish clearly

Determine any action to be taken and by whom

Establish any timelines for completion of actions

Schedule a follow-up time

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Experience the conversation Choose a scenario that reflects an area

where you would like practice Take a few minutes to think about what

you want from the conversation Role play or process the conversation

you might have Process the role play

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Windshield work Role play/process the other scenarios

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Break! Grow your professional network--choose a new

table!

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Leadership-life FitDana Schon, SAI

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By the end of this segment, participants will have… Revisited the concept of balance as

compared to fit Identified strategies for reducing stress

and creating an ebb and flow that works for you

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Challenging the Notion of Work-life Balance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3mohM05yxs

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The Notion of Balance… Is discussed most frequently discussed in the negative Keeps us focused on the problem rather than the

solution Assumes we are all the same Infers there is a “right” answer Leads us to judge Results in unproductive guilt Suggests the goal is a 50-50 split between work and

life Leaves no room for periods where there is more work

and less life and vice versa; and Ignores the constantly changing reality of work and life

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You are one person, so there is no need to try to separate your personal life from your work life.

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Why a work-life fit? Honors our unique situations throughout

various points in our lives Leads us to inspire Recognizes multiple options based upon

each person’s current circumstance Acknowledges the ebb and flow of life’s

events Values flexibility

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Strategies for a Better Fit Schedule Your Life – both work and free time Create Lists – Know what needs to be done

and put it on your schedule Set priorities – Complete the most important

things first Create Systems for anything you do more

than twice Know when to say No – Delegate and stop

trying to do it all.

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Keep working to find your leadership-life fit!!

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Final Thoughts & Evaluation

http://bit.ly/StatewideSupt


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