Written Assignment 3 by Ewing Coleman Green EDD 9100L CRN Leadership Nova Southeastern University March 20, 2013

Leadyourship

Leadership Leadership can be thought of as captaining a ship Lead…your…ship (pronounced “lead-yer-ship”) The process of influencing others to achieve organizational objectives (Northouse, 2012)

Therefore… Extraordinary leadership involves people achieving extraordinary results

Leadership as an influence process requires… Vision Mental model of ideal future state (Northouse, 2012) View of what we can become (Clawson, 2012) Desirable destination, a beckoning summit (Kouzes & Posner, 2007)

Knowing both Where we are, our current situation, or our port Where want to be, or our destination

Leadership is… Personal Involving matters of style and traits AutocraticDemocratic

Being ethical YesNo

Providing direction

Providing support

Avoiding and managing obstacles

Dealing with challenges

How does a leader juggle all this?

Shanghai American School (SAS) Political Environment Turnover at the top Stability at the second and third levels Strong focus on mission Middle School structured around LT and PLCs Highly distributed leadership model Collaboration is the norm Policies developed by Admin, some Faculty Council influence

SAS (cont’d) Communication -based LT-PLC coordination Wednesday after school staff meetings Decision making Participative between LT, PLCs, and staff Data and research-based Technology 1:1 school, Wi-Fi based Blogs, wikis, Moodle, iWebs Student ePortfolio under development

Management vs Leadership Bureaucracy vs Infocracy (Clawson, 2012) Management involves structuring and allocation of resources Leadership includes mission and vision development, and management responsibilities LeaderManager School mission teamPLC coordinator Assessment task force21 st century learning LT memberSBR transition Differentiation teamProfessional Development ePortfolio teamSelf

Consider Continua vs. Absolutes Democratic Autocratic Participative Directive Introvert Extrovert Task Relationship Flow Conflict Collaborative Out-group behavior Group forming Group performing (Smith, 2005)

Balance Process and People

Teamwork Model and structure collaboration

VABEs Values, Assumptions, Beliefs, and Expectations The leader’s and others’ Clawson, 2012, p. 32

Flow Kouzes & Posner, 2007, p. 211 Clawson, 2012, p. 171

Leadership is about… “managing energy, first in yourself and then in those around you” Clawson, 2012, p. 3

Celebrate! …and then on to the next opportunity!!

References Clawson, J. G. (2012). Level three leadership: Getting below the surface (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. Kouzes, J., & Posner, B. (2007). The leadership challenge (4th ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Northouse, P. G. (2012). Introduction to leadership (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE. Smith, M. K. (2005). Bruce W. Tuckman - forming, storming, norming and performing in groups. The Encyclopaedia of Informal Education. Retrieved from

Image URLs Slide 2. Sailing ship. Retrieved from Slide 3. Captain (Love Boat). Retrieved from net/th?id=H &pid=15.1 Slide 4. Captain and crew 1. Retrieved from Slide 4. Captain and crew 2. Retrieved from Slide 4. Utopia. Retrieved from

Image URLs (cont’d) Slide 4. Bullseye. Retrieved from Slide 5. Telescope 1. Retrieved from Slide 5. Binoculars. Retrieved from Slide 6. Port. Retrieved from Slide 6. Destination. Retrieved from

Image URLs (cont’d) Slide 7. Autocratic. Retrieved from Slide 7. Democratic. Retrieved from Slide 8. Balance. Retrieved from Slide 8. Arrested. Retrieved from Slide 9. Arrow. Retrieved from

Image URLs (cont’d) Slide 9. Compass. Retrieved from Slide 10. Support. Retrieved from 9. Lookout. Retrieved from Slide 11. Lookout. Retrieved from Slide 11. Shipwreck. Retrieved from Slide 12. Road sign. Retrieved from

Image URLs (cont’d) Slide 12. Questions. Retrieved from Slide 13. Juggler. Retrieved from Slide 14. SAS logo. Retrieved from saschina.org Slide 14. Collaboration. Retrieved from Slide 15. MacBook. Retrieved from

Image URLs (cont’d) Slide 18. Balance. Retrieved from Slide 19. Skydivers. Retrieved from Slide 19. Hands. Retrieved from Slide 22. Lightbulbs. Retrieved from Slide 23. Team celebration. Retrieved from

Image URLs (cont’d) Slide 23. Happy captain. Retrieved from