WDTI INSERVICE MONDAY APRIL 9, 2012 Dr. Timothy Mitchell Rapid City Area Schools

Feedback Today Show-Katie Couric Interview of Brian Bennett-had grown up in a troubled and abusive environment. He struggled in school and had been picked on regularly. Now-a well adjusted and successful adult. Defining Moment-”when a grade school teacher simply told me that she cared about me and believed in me and that small interaction turned my life around”

Research Many years ago, the field of education and psychology over looked an important study Dr. Elizabeth Hurlock-designed a study to explore what would happen when 4 th and 6 th graders in math class received different types of feedback

Research 1 st Group-identified by name-praised 2 nd Group-identified by name-criticized 3 rd Group-ignored-present to hear responses to other students 4 th Group-removed-received no comments on work Students in Groups 1 & 2 did better after the 1 st day-then performance dramatically changed

Research The overall performance of each Group: Group 1-Praised-71% Group 2-Criticized-19% Group 3-Ignored-5% Recent studies: Negative emotions can be harmful and might even shorten life span Positive emotions are an essential daily requirement for survival

Feedback The brain’s patterns and instructions are slowly perfected throughout life, mostly through trial and error. Therefore, feedback is essential to learning. Meaningful and appropriate feedback helps students understand how they are doing in the course of the real world.

Feedback The most valuable feedback: Immediate-given as soon as possible after the performance Specific-instead of general Precise-includes evidence that helps the person see cause and effect Growth-Oriented-gives direction for further improvement Preserves Dignity-judges performance, not the person

Feedback Let me tell you about: CHRIS

Chamberlain versus Rapid City Two Differences: No one cared what I said-now everything I say is on TV or in the paper I deal with more and do less What I have learned? Leadership is Leadership Relationships First

Three Secrets to Developing Leadership Around You Listen to what people tell you-Great leaders capture the hearts of their people by listening to them Use fierce conversations to confront difficult situations- when another is acting inappropriately and it isn’t told, you may be robbing the individual of an important opportunity to learn Create an environment that attracts potential leaders- by surrounding yourself with other leaders you bring greater value to your organization

What is essential!!  Community Support  Community Involvement  Community Trust

Developing Trust Function of two things: Integrity Competence

Developing Trust Integrity Honesty-telling the truth & leaving the right impression Congruence-no gaps between intent and behavior “walk your talk” Humility-recognize principles before yourself Courage-do the right thing-even when hard

Developing Trust Competence Your capabilities Your skills Your results Your track record They are both vital-one without the other will not work

Speed of Trust-Behavior #9 Clarify Expectations -to create shared vision and agreement about what is to be done up front

Speed of Trust-Behavior #10 Practice Accountability -Hold yourself accountable. Hold others accountable. Take responsibility for results. Be clear on how you’ll communicate how you’re doing and how others are doing. Don’t avoid or shirk responsibility. Don’t blame others or point fingers when things go wrong.

Where are we going? Leading a successful enterprise calls upon everyone to know the organization’s purpose. Organizations need to be clear as to their purpose if they are to grow and prosper.

Do you have a Direction? Vision without action is merely a dream Action without vision merely passes the time Vision with action affects the future Joel Barker

My Personal Vision To embrace learning rather than teaching as a school’s mission, to work collaboratively to help all students learn, to focus on results to foster continuous improvement and to assume individual responsibility to take steps to create such a school.

RCAS Mission Building a community of life long learners, one student at a time.

RCAS Vision All Rapid City Area School students will achieve to their full potential.

WDTI Mission Western Dakota Tech is a public institution of higher education where students acquire the knowledge, skills, and behaviors necessary for successful employment. “changing lives…building futures”

What is WDTI About? ***Quality Programs ***Program Retention ***Program Development That meet the needs of workforce!!

Control the Conversation What must we have to provide a high quality education for all students at WDTI?

The Three C’s of Community Building Confront the Brutal Facts Communication (Effective) Collaboration

Confront the Brutal Facts Create a culture where the truth is heard! Includes four basic practices: *Lead with questions, not answers *Engage in dialogue and debate, not coercion *Conduct autopsies, without blame *Build red flag mechanisms that turn information into information that cannot be ignored

Leaders as Communicators “The void created by the failure to communicate is soon filled with poison, drivel, and misinterpretation.” C. Northcote Parkinson

Leaders as Communicators “The ability to communicate clearly and persuasively to the staff, and to the public and policy makers, about what issues are and how they must be handled is essential” Paul Houston

Leaders as Communicators “All that goes right and all that goes wrong in a school district ultimately can be traced back to communication or a lack there of” Krista Parent 2007 National SOY

Leaders as Communicators “The difference between the best school districts and the good or the worst is not the number of problems they have. All school districts deal with problems. In the best school districts, key individuals and groups find a way to engage in healthy dialogue. They talk through important issues.

Collaboration “ Anyone who imagines they can work alone winds up surrounded by nothing but rivals, without companions. The fact is, no one ascends alone.”

Collaborative Culture “Successful schools are places where teams of teachers meet regularly to focus on student work through assessment and change their instructional strategies accordingly to get better results” Fullan

DRIVE DRIVE: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us BY Daniel Pink

When it comes to motivation, there’s a gap between what science knows and we do DRIVE

Science shows the way-The new approach has three essential elements DRIVE

Autonomy-the desire to direct our lives DRIVE

Autonomy Task-what we do Time-when we do it Team-who we do it with Technique-how we do it Drive

Mastery-the urge to get better and better at something that matters DRIVE

Mastery Capacity to see your abilities not as finite Demands effort, grit, deliberate practice Impossible to fully realize Frustrating and alluring DRIVE

Purpose-the yearning to do what we do in the service of something larger that ourselves DRIVE

Purpose Goals that use profit to reach purpose Words that emphasize more than self- interest Policies that allow people to pursue purpose DRIVE

Two Questions Video: Daniel Pink-DRIVE

My Sentence I provide the leadership to create a purposeful learning community that creates high quality learning experiences for all community members.

The secret to high performance and satisfaction—at work, at school, and at home—is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and our world. DRIVE

See Daniel Pink On TED Talks: Drive

Follow Daniel Pink at his Blog: Drive

Developing Trust “A man who doesn’t trust himself can never truly trust anyone else.” -Cardinal de Retz