Assistant/Associate Principals and Deans Statewide Mentoring Meeting Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Outcomes:  Grow your professional network;  Collaborate to address challenges and celebrate successes;  Explore different aspects of observation and/or evaluation from the walk-through to coaching teachers to preparing the summative evaluation;  Identify time management strategies to support a better leadership-life fit;  Solicit feedback and insight regarding a leadership dilemma; and  Increase awareness of the most current legal issues.

Links  Resources : meeting.cfm  Evaluation :  Mentoring Matters: iowa.org/ resources.cfmhttp:// iowa.org/ resources.cfm

Celebrations & Challenges  What has been your greatest celebration?  Your greatest challenge?

Round Table Rotations Making the Most of Evaluation

Welcome to the Activators of our Learning!  Dana Deines, Cedar Falls  Jen Lindaman, Ankeny  Joy Kelly, Bettendorf

Leadership-life Fit: Managing Your Time for a Better Fit D.T. Magee, BoEE

ORGANIZATION FOR ADMINISTRATORS Leadership-life Fit: Managing Your Time for a Better Fit D.T. Magee Executive Director Iowa Board of

Jim Collins – Good to Great

Protect Your Time Eliminate piles (your brain focuses on them) Hold meetings outside your office Hold standing meetings Have a format for meetings Write everything down (more on this later) Know when you are most cognitively productive and protect that time! 8 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.? Use an electronic calendar with automated reminders

Eliminate Distractions Schedule time for planning, preparation, project work, and activities you enjoy Turn off social media and alerts Don’t take breaks (they are a myth) Use the delayed send function (don’t allow s to become a chat session) You may close your door

Go Vertical Tickler Folders Standing Table and Desk

Set Goals, Have a Plan of Action, and Create Organization Systems What are your big rocks (most important goals)? A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step (Identify important smaller steps as you create your plan of action) Read about how highly productive people manage their time Borrow ideas and systems

Signature Tool

Signature Tool Automation Google Docs Evernote OneNote (Microsoft)

Declutter Use tickler folders Daily Monthly Alphabetize frequently used or important folders Have a signature tool Automate your signature tool

Read Frank Buck’s Book Get Organized!: Time Management for School Leaders

Shallow work is what stops you from getting fired. Deep work gets you promoted. Cal Newport

What are your tips?

Learning Community: Leadership Dilemma Consultancy

Protocol  Leader who has traveled the farthest will be the first presenter  Timekeeper/facilitator will be the person to the left of the presenter  Presenter shares an overview of the dilemma and poses his/her focus question. 3 MINUTES

Protocol  Consultancy Group asks clarifying questions – those with brief, factual answers. 1 MINUTE  Consultancy Group asks probing questions:  Worded to help presenter clarify and expand his/her thinking about the dilemma presented to the group.  Help presenter analyze the dilemma. 2 MINUTES

Protocol  Consultancy Group talks with each other about the dilemma presented while the presenter listens and takes notes:  What did we hear?  What didn’t we hear that might be relevant?  What assumptions seem to be operating?  What questions does the dilemma raise for us?  What do we think about the dilemma?  What might we do or try if faced with a similar dilemma? What have we done in similar situations? 5 MINUTES

Protocol  Presenter reflects on what he/she heard and on what he/she is now thinking, sharing with the group anything that particularly resonated during the consultancy. 5 MINUTES  Rotate to second presenter. Rotate

Looking Ahead and Wrapping Up  Feb. 2 – Effective Hiring in a System of Teacher Leadership  Feb. 6 – Investigating Bullying  Feb. 10 – Law Conference  Feb. 13 – EQ: The Other Smart  Evaluation :