Department Leaders August 10 2010 What is leadership

Department Leaders August 10, 2010 What is leadership? n What is the role of an instructional leader? n

supplies n n n n Chart paper and markers/N-S-E-W activity Index cards for greatest hope/worst fear Copies of District and school M-V-LP Copies of Rationale for using protocols and Why use protocols Copies of Tuning protocol with feedback Copies of assessment Rhonda will use Copies of Meeting Dates for the year Copies of last page of our unit plan—road map

Parkway North High School Mission Statement The mission of PNH is to develop self-directed, creative, critical thinkers who are socially responsible people prepared for an ever-changing world.

What’s on your mind? With regard to your work as a leader at North, write down your greatest hope and your worst fear for the school year? n “Whip Around” n 1 minute sharing from everyone l Questions, comments, patterns observed l Notes taken/Note cards collected l

Who’s in the room? Why does it matter? n Compass Points: N-S-E-W l l l Read the signs and stand near the sign that best describes your personal style As a group, answer the questions about your direction on the paper (10 minutes) Processing the activity (10 minutes) n n How do you interpret the distribution among the ‘directions’? What is the best combination for a group to have? Does it matter? How can you avoid being driven crazy by another ‘direction’? How might you use this with others?

M-V-LP How well are we preparing our students to accomplish Mission? n Diapers. com n Stairwell video n Ken Robinson video? ? http: //www. ted. com/talks/sir_ken _robinson_bring_on_the_revolut ion. html n Copies of District and North M-V -LP

If…then… n n n If we want to foster curiosity, then what will we see students doing in classrooms and then, what are the conditions the adults must provide for that to happen? If we want to foster self-directed learners, then what will we see students doing in classrooms? If we want to foster creative, critical thinkers, then… If we want to foster socially responsible people, then what do we see in the classrooms and in the halls, on the court/field/etc? If we want students to be prepared for an ever changing world, then what will we see in the classrooms? If we want to accomplish mission, how do we measure these things so we know if we are on the right track?

Looking at Assessments Do we measure what is important or that which is easy to grade? Do we know what a course grade represents? Is it important for us to know what grades represent? What is the gap between what we say we value (our mission) and what we are measuring (our current assessments)?

Review Rhonda’s Assessment How does this assessment measure our mission and vision? n Think-write-pair-share n 5 minutes on your own l 5 minutes with a partner l 10 minutes share as a group l

Unit Plan for Building Leadership Team Protocol for tuning adult work (department unit plans) n Rationale for using protocols. Why protocols? n Website for protocols: http: //www. nsrfharmony. org/protoc ol/support_materials. html n

Review of the House—all systems are interconnected… n n n Teacher Development and Evaluation Plan Lb. D-professional development (staff development webpage) Project Parkway Task Forces (To Be Fixed; More Data To Be Gathered) Superintendent Search Decisions about renovation and use of bond funds

Important things to review with others in your department… n n n n Room Sharing Norms Master Schedule Updates A+ Tutoring Budget/PO’s, furniture requests Course Proposal Process—OCG, Singletons Honors Option Criteria EOC and ACT data; better but not great Emergency Procedures folder in every room AED’s ESOL expansion MO Supreme Court Decision-unaccredited schools Project Parkway Next Steps—Task Forces Teacher Agreement Language Changes

Future Meetings Location? ? n Dates n Honor Time--8: 15 -9: 15 n Theory into Practice n Roadmap for the Year n

Leadership Quotes to Remember…Max De. Pree The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between the two, the leader must become a servant and a debtor. n We do not grow by knowing all of the answers, but rather by living with the questions. n