Starting Today

Aspiring Principals InstituteWRESA

September 2014

What if:• today you made a new professional connection that

led to your next promotion?

• today you refined a skill or disposition that improved your professional capacity?

• today you gained confidence in your own transformative leadership potential?

• today proved to be a crucial step in your leadership journey?

“Starting Today”

Teacher Assistant Elementary

TeacherHigh School

Assistant Principal

Bus Driver (CDL) Volleyball Coach School Secretary

High School Teacher

Instructional Coach

Middle School Assistant Principal

Substitute Teacher

Student Government

Sponsor

Middle School Teacher

Gifted Specialist (AIG)K-12

Odyssey of the Mind Coach

Elementary Principal

My Leadership Journey

Teacher Assistant Elementary

TeacherHigh School

Assistant Principal

Bus Driver (CDL) Volleyball Coach School Secretary

High School Teacher

Instructional Coach

Middle School Assistant Principal

Substitute Teacher

Student Government

Sponsor

Middle School Teacher

Gifted Specialist (AIG)K-12

Odyssey of the Mind Coach

Elementary Principal

My Leadership Journey

A Look at Leadership

A Look at Leadership

A Look at Leadership

Where did I get all of

those words from?

A Look at Leadership

A Closer Look

“The moral purpose of school leadership is to create schools in which all students learn, the gap between high and low performance is greatly diminished and what students learn will prepare them for success in their futures, not ours.”

A Closer Look

“The work of leadership is about working with, for and through people. It is a social act. Whether we are discussing instructional leadership, change leadership or leadership as learning, people are always the medium for the leader.”

A Closer Look

“The concept of leadership is extremely complex…Isolating the parts of leadership completely misses the power of the whole. It is not just knowing what to do, but why to do it, how to do it and when to do it.”

A Closer Look

“Leaders bring their ‘person’ to the practice of leadership.”

Who Are YourCritical Friends?

The “manipulator” story…

It all began with an MSA lesson on situational leadership…

What if:• everyday you made a new professional connection

that led to your next promotion?

• everyday you refined a skill or disposition that improved your professional capacity?

• everyday you gained confidence in your own transformative leadership potential?

• everyday proved to be a crucial step in your leadership journey?

“Starting Today Everyday”

My Mentors…

Your Mentors?

Who We Are As Leaders

We are in positions of influence and trust.

We are expected to have a moral compass.

We are modeling the expectation. (What are you modeling?)

We determine the ‘weather’ in our roles.

Jan KingNorth Carolina Department of Public Instruction

jan.king@dpi.nc.gov(828) 606-0177

Twitter @jan4tarheels

Embrace the Journey

What was it like to be NC POY?

What was it like to be NC POY?

What was it like to be NC POY?

What was it like to be NC POY?

What was it like to be NC POY?

What was it like to be NC POY?

What was it like to be NC POY?

What was it like to be NC POY?

What was it like to be NC POY?

Leadership Journey

Jan KingNorth Carolina Department of Public Instruction

jan.king@dpi.nc.gov(828) 606-0177

Twitter @jan4tarheels

Embrace the Journey