Dr. Timothy Mitchell Rapid City Area Schools Systems Change 2014

Administration-Superintendent- Presentations

“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim to high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark.” Michelangelo

“Mitchell Says: Status Quo is not Working to Meet Goals”

Can we overcome our fear of change and have the difficult yet needed conversations about doing differently in the future because the status quo is NOT working to meet our current needs?

New Staff Compensation Plan Finding the “Middle Ground”--Professional Growth Model Spending Reduction Plans Budget ($2 Mill-goal) Budget ($4 mill-goal) Revenue Enhancement Plan

I have led successful change initiatives The jury is still out on some change initiatives I am leading I have failed miserably at leading change initiatives

Michael Fullan Love Your Employees Connect Peers with Purpose Learning is the Work Transparency Rules Systems Learn

Michael Fullan The “Skinny” means give me the essence of something “Motion Leadership” means leadership that causes positive motion “Simplexity” means a small number of key things you need to know and be good at

Fullan- Cuttress - Kilcher Engaging People’s Moral Purpose Building Capacity Understanding the Change Process Developing Cultures of Learning Developing Cultures of Evaluation Focusing on Leadership for Change Foster Coherence Making Cultivating Tri-Level Development

Chip & Dan Heath Direct the Rider Find the Bright Spots Script the Critical Moves Point to the Destination Motivate the Elephant Find the Elephant Shrink the Change Grow Your People Shape the Path Tweak the Environment Build Habits Rally the Hera

Patterson- Grenny – Maxfield – McMillian Switzer Personal Motivation Personal Ability Social Motivation Social Ability Structural Motivation Structural Ability

Dan Pink Attunement Buoyancy Clarity Pitch Improvise Serve “The only thing you got in this world is what you can sell.”

Alan Deutschman Relate-form a relationship Repeat-learn, practice, master new habits Reframe-learn new ways of thinking The odds are 9 to 1 against you

David Novak Get Your Mind-Set Right Have a Plan: Strategy, Structure, Culture Follow Through to Get Results

Lick- Clauset –Murphy Right Leadership, Vision, Culture, and Relationships Change Creation Process New Teaching and Learning Approaches

It is all about: Leadership Vision Relationships Culture

“You have to be the change you want to see in others.” Mahatma Gandhi

Know Yourself Know who you are Where you have been Grow Yourself What am I today? How can I be even more effective tomorrow?

Be Yourself Have conviction Know your environment Build self-awareness Use positive self-talk and positive thoughts Get out of your comfort zone

Help Others Believe in all people Provide capacity building opportunities Create a safe haven Openly seek knowledge and perspectives from other

Extraordinary Authenticity Having the ability to be yourself even in the toughest situations!! Know your stuff Admit when you don’t Be confident yet vulnerable

“Leadership is about going somewhere. If you and your people don’t know where you are going, your leadership doesn’t matter.” Ken Blanchard

What’s the single biggest thing you can imagine that will grow your school? Who do you need to affect, influence, or take with you to be successful? What perceptions, habits, or beliefs of this target audience do you need to build, change, or reinforce to reach your destination

Two Questions Video:

My Sentence: I provide the leadership to create a purposeful learning community that establishes high quality learning experiences for all community members Each Night: Was I better today than yesterday?

Have you developed and delivered a compelling picture of the school’s future that produces energy, passion, and action in yourself and others?

The hardest part of leadership is winning the support for the bold and necessary decisions that define where you want to lead your organization.

The work of demonstrating personal accountability to the shared vision and to all who may be affected by your thoughts, words, actions and inactions.

Citizen’s Finance Committee (Business) Chamber of Commerce (Ex Officio) Parent Key Communicators Student Key Communicators Lunch/Conversations with Teachers Classroom/School Visitations Teacher Key Communicators Superintendent Cabinet MORE??

Share (or don’t share) your thoughts Be “interruptible” Establish personal intimacy Build communities of practice Confront Brutal Facts Communicate Collaborate

How we act and what we do are most often based on our guiding principles: Students are first Everyone participates Leadership is shared Responsibility is equal Improvement requires learning The work is public

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then is not an act but a habit”. Aristotle

School culture reflects the interrelationship of shared assumptions, beliefs, and behaviors that are acquired overtime by members of a school.

Meaningful school change will come about only when the school’s culture is changed adequately and appropriately.

Cultural alignment is essential and commitment to a framework where everyone has responsibility, accountability and some autonomy.

Care must be taken to recapture and redefine the best of what the organization has been in the past as a platform for creating a better future.

It is all about: Leadership Vision Relationships Culture

“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim to high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark.” Michelangelo