Leadership Journey Shawn Larkin

My background Teaching CareerTeaching Career 6 years at Heritage Elementary6 years at Heritage Elementary 6 years coaching football, lacrosse and track6 years coaching football, lacrosse and track Servant Leadership Servant Leadership "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." --John Quincy Adams"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." --John Quincy Adams

Organizational Diagnosis Summer 2012 Culture SnapshotCulture Snapshot Leadership SnapshotLeadership Snapshot Market SnapshotMarket Snapshot Data SnapshotData Snapshot

Cultural Snapshot Heritage MissionHeritage Mission OUR MISSION IS TO INSPIRE, ENCOURAGE, AND EMPOWER ALL CHILDREN TO ACHIEVE THEIR HIGHEST POTENTIALOUR MISSION IS TO INSPIRE, ENCOURAGE, AND EMPOWER ALL CHILDREN TO ACHIEVE THEIR HIGHEST POTENTIAL The Teachers History/Rituals

Culture

Leadership Snapshot Getting all the fact of issue Talking with my administration/ot hers to work through tissue. Explain my reasoning and thoughts. Ask questions to clarify Summarize so I have a clear understanding of the situation. This should equal less snap judgment

Leadership goals Areas of Focus for Leadership growth and development. Goal: Able to suspend judgment and think before acting. Objective : Being mindful of the Ladder of Inference.

Data Snapshot Understanding strengths at Heritage ElementaryUnderstanding strengths at Heritage Elementary Data that will drive instruction.Data that will drive instruction. Student populationStudent population Understanding weaknessesUnderstanding weaknesses

Market Snapshot Who is the market?Who is the market? How do we market Heritage ElementaryHow do we market Heritage Elementary Knowing the competitionKnowing the competition ChoiceChoice

Developing People Fall 2012 Evaluation ProcessEvaluation Process Observation of a teacherObservation of a teacher “The best leader is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.” Theodore Roosevelt

Student Support Services Winter 2012 Standards Based EducationStandards Based Education Backwards PlanningBackwards Planning Coaching TeachersCoaching Teachers DifferentiationDifferentiation InterventionIntervention Progress MonitoringProgress Monitoring

School Management Spring 2013 Mission Our staff will create a student learning environment through movement and brain breaks. Our students will use this extraordinary relationship between physical movement and academics to be a successful learner.

School management My Vision Believing that all our students can learn, we provide standards based instruction through movement and brain breaks within the classroom to empower our students to be, responsible, healthy, lifelong learners and productive citizens. We promote through our school a supportive educational climate, which respect, honesty and collaboration are keys to success. We will maintain high academic expectations and are committed to a system that will ensure the success of our students.

School management School Mission, Norms and ValuesSchool Mission, Norms and Values School SystemsSchool Systems Organizational Accountability and DiagnosisOrganizational Accountability and Diagnosis Resource PlanningResource Planning Community InvolvementCommunity Involvement Safe School EnvironmentSafe School Environment

Internship Heritage Staff CouncilHeritage Staff Council Heritage Hiring CommitteeHeritage Hiring Committee Parent Teacher OrganizationParent Teacher Organization Assembly CoordinatorAssembly Coordinator Caught in the ActCaught in the Act Healthy Schools CoordinatorHealthy Schools Coordinator

Surviving question Can I be an effective and successful leader even though my background is not in classroom education?

Ideals Six to Success Health and WellnessHealth and Wellness CollaborationCollaboration Building leaders within school (Staff and Students)Building leaders within school (Staff and Students) Positive culturePositive culture Safe environmentSafe environment Striving for excellence (in all aspects)Striving for excellence (in all aspects)

Final Thought “We are what we repeatedly do; Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.” -Aristotle