1. Leadership Barbera Whitman Weber Education Association

2. Objectives  Identify leadership philosophy  Commit to leader traits  Identify how to find new leaders  Create a leadership plan

3. Disclosure  Although I tell my students I know everything, it is NOT true… (shocker I know)  These are experiences that have worked for me  This is designed to promote new thinking and give working time

4. My Experience  What was not right  No direction or group belief  Needed a focus  Just did not feel right  Haste with no direction  Solutions  Mentor  Board retreat  WEA leadership philosophy  Setting goals

5. Teaching and Learning Leadership Opportunities  New leader roles  Change the focus of leadership  Change leadership message  Change the role of the ABL

6. Stand by your Quote 1. Read the quotes on the wall 2. Stand next to the one you feel best describes your belief of leaders 3. Be prepared to speak to why you picked it

7. Prize Engagement  If you volunteer you have 3 seconds to pick a prize  The next person has 3 seconds to pick ANY prize after volunteering  You cannot volunteer again until everyone has participated  If retrieving a prize becomes disruptive they all come back to me  If no one volunteers they all come back to me

8. Who do you admire as a great leader?admire Why do you admire them? What is leadership?

9. Why do we struggle to find new leaders? “Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't you're right.” -Henry Ford

10. Where are you? Carol Dweck

11. Once we have a culture of growth mindset… We can start the work of norming our oragnization and engaging new leaders.

12. To maintain and recruit leaders we need…  A clear philosophy of our leadership expectations  Specific leadership traits we are looking for  A plan to execute

13. Have a philosophy around leadership  1 hat  ABLs  Board seats  Adhere to expectations  Engaged even though volunteering  Lead out

14. What’s your philosophy (or local’s)? What are you willing to stick to no matter what??? Brainstorm your philosophy.

15. What kind of leaders do we want/need?  Targeted leadership (right position)  Building feedback (ABL and Principal)  Respected by peers (teacher leaders)

16. Leadership Traits and skills Traits Adaptable to situations Alert to social environment Ambitious and achievement orientated Assertive Cooperative Decisive Dependable Dominant (desire to influence others) Energetic (high activity level) Persistent Self-confident Tolerant of stress Willing to assume responsibility Skills Clever (intelligent) Conceptually skilled Creative Diplomatic and tactful Fluent in speaking Knowledgeable about group task Organised (administrative ability) Persuasive Socially skilled Stogdill, 1974

17. Your task  With your group (or local) come up with a list of PRIORITY leadership traits.  How do we verify the traits of a leader?  Take about 10 min then we will check in and see our progress...

18. Why do we need new leaders? Why grow new leaders even if we don’t feel we need them?

19. Where do we find leaders? Growth mindset…now what?  Keep a running list (emails, complaints, etc.)  Principals  District trainings  Local trainings and workshops  Mentors  Parents  Any other ideas?

20. Local Leadership Plan  Where do we need new leaders?  What kind of leaders do we need?  Where can we find them?  Are the current leaders in the correct position?  What opportunities do we have for new leaders?

21. Teaching and Learning Leadership Supports  Improve instructional quality in our profession  Training avenues  Materials  Resources  SLOs  Assessment Literacy  Teaching Standards  Evaluation Toolkit

22. Remember…  Keep people engaged  Everyone is important  Change is good (especially for growth)  Sometimes it is just hard to be a person so be kind to one another

23. Who ended up with which prizes??

24. Questions/ comments?

25. Thank you!!! Barbera Whitman barb@ogdenweber.org