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School Instructional leadership April 6, 2016 Class 22: Communication & Entry Plan Process

Learning Targets I can explain the benefits of an effective entry plan and relate this to my work next year. I can communicate clearly in response to the needs of my school community.

Agenda Communication and Entry Plan Process Communication cases Preview next week’s readings and Final Project Plus/Delta

Communication Silence speaks loudly Be proactive Repeat Repeat Repeat Seek to understand dissenting voices Be transparent about assumptions, reveal your agenda Reinforce the values / behaviors you want to see

Entry Plan Process Design an Entry Plan Generate data systematically Discuss, draft, test, revise, publish, confirm Generate data systematically Make sense of data Form action plan

Entry Plan Process Journal: Small Group: How can you apply this to your work? Small Group: What are the potential benefits of this process? … pitfalls? How does identity (i.e. race, age, gender, experience, etc.) play into your entry plan and communication? How might you use this process going forward?

It’s October and…

The Practices of Adaptive Leadership. Heifetz, Grashow, Linsky 2009

The Practices of Adaptive Leadership. Heifetz, Grashow, Linsky 2009

SLP 2016 Norms We collaborate and build a community of respect. We value vulnerability and truths over comfort. We trust each other and assume positive intentions. We expect and seek feedback.

Case Groups, F = longest first name 4th CS 402 214 5th CS 513 203 615 709 FOR ROLE PLAY: Black in 214, Blue in 513, Red in 203

Prepare for Role Play Who is involved? What are the concerns/interests of all the different parties involved?  (consider the stakeholder map) What is your action plan going forward? (next week, next month, 3 months from now) To whom will you communicate and how? Fill out a SOCO worksheet for your communication.  Upload to Google Folder.

Role Play

Final Project Plan due April 13th Goals of the Final Project: Consolidate learning Apply what you’ve learned to your next context Get/give peer feedback to strengthen your project Examples of projects: Entry plan Toolkit Design PD plan Plan a presentation/workshop

Preview Next Week Case for next week (CONFIDENTIAL) PAL 3 Due April 15th All PAL docs combined into one document. Rubric with self-assessment Statement of submission to the state Courageous Conversation reflection due April 19th We urge you to discuss with a peer: In what ways have you had CC this year? Give one specific example. What led to it and what made it a CC? What will help you have more conversations going forward?

Plus Delta

Courageous Conversations reflection Practice initiating & leading CCs about race with adults May include: sharing article at team meeting & leading discussion naming race in a team/committee mtg, following up with discussion planning & leading OLS about race naming & discussing race during PAL 3 work Reflection (same as in the fall: individual reflection submitted to fall partner, partner responds) Ungraded assignment – what/how do you want to learn?

Courageous Conversations In what ways have you had CC this year? Give one specific example. What led to it and what made it a CC? What will help you have more conversations going forward?

Small groups + facilitators http://www.aschool.us/random/random-pair.php Alley Brandon Nick Thaddeus Andy G Rachel H Madeline Tremain George Justin R Aleesha Chris Rachel B Michael C Katie Liz Karla Justin M Mike R Maria Andrew S Matt Maritza Sam Rachel A Jeanie Jim Kristie Lorena Jen Michael S Marques Ryon Mary

Retention “…being able to have input into the key decisions in the building that affect a teacher's job” … is “very highly correlated with the decision whether to stay or leave.” R. Ingersoll, NPR interview, 3-30-15