1. DO NOW: Which case do you want to work on tonight
DO NOW: Which case do you want to work on tonight? Please sign up on the board.

2. School Instructional leadership
April 6, 2016
Class 22:
Communication & Entry Plan Process

3. Learning Targets
I can explain the benefits of an effective entry plan and relate this to my work next year.
I can communicate clearly in response to the needs of my school community.

4. Agenda Communication and Entry Plan Process Communication cases
Preview next week’s readings and Final Project
Plus/Delta

5. Communication Silence speaks loudly Be proactive Repeat Repeat Repeat
Seek to understand dissenting voices
Be transparent about assumptions, reveal your agenda
Reinforce the values / behaviors you want to see

6. Entry Plan Process Design an Entry Plan Generate data systematically
Discuss, draft, test, revise, publish, confirm
Generate data systematically
Make sense of data
Form action plan

7. Entry Plan Process Journal: Small Group:
How can you apply this to your work?
Small Group:
What are the potential benefits of this process? … pitfalls?
How does identity (i.e. race, age, gender, experience, etc.) play into your entry plan and communication?
How might you use this process going forward?

8. It’s October and…

9. The Practices of Adaptive Leadership. Heifetz, Grashow, Linsky 2009

10. The Practices of Adaptive Leadership. Heifetz, Grashow, Linsky 2009

11. SLP 2016 Norms We collaborate and build a community of respect.
We value vulnerability and truths over comfort.
We trust each other and assume positive intentions.
We expect and seek feedback.

12. Case Groups, F = longest first name
4th CS th CS FOR ROLE PLAY: Black in 214, Blue in 513, Red in 203

13. Prepare for Role Play
Who is involved? What are the concerns/interests of all the different parties involved?  (consider the stakeholder map)
What is your action plan going forward? (next week, next month, 3 months from now)
To whom will you communicate and how? Fill out a SOCO worksheet for your communication.  Upload to Google Folder.

14. Role Play

15. Final Project Plan due April 13th
Goals of the Final Project:
Consolidate learning
Apply what you’ve learned to your next context
Get/give peer feedback to strengthen your project
Examples of projects:
Entry plan
Toolkit
Design PD plan
Plan a presentation/workshop

16. Preview Next Week Case for next week (CONFIDENTIAL)
PAL 3 Due April 15th
All PAL docs combined into one document.
Rubric with self-assessment
Statement of submission to the state
Courageous Conversation reflection due April 19th
We urge you to discuss with a peer:
In what ways have you had CC this year? Give one specific example. What led to it and what made it a CC?
What will help you have more conversations going forward?

17. Plus Delta

18. Courageous Conversations reflection
Practice initiating & leading CCs about race with adults
May include:
sharing article at team meeting & leading discussion
naming race in a team/committee mtg, following up with discussion
planning & leading OLS about race
naming & discussing race during PAL 3 work
Reflection (same as in the fall: individual reflection submitted to fall partner, partner responds)
Ungraded assignment – what/how do you want to learn?

19. Courageous Conversations
In what ways have you had CC this year? Give one specific example. What led to it and what made it a CC?
What will help you have more conversations going forward?

20. Small groups + facilitators
Alley Brandon Nick Thaddeus Andy G Rachel H Madeline Tremain George Justin R Aleesha Chris Rachel B Michael C Katie Liz Karla Justin M Mike R Maria Andrew S Matt Maritza Sam Rachel A Jeanie Jim Kristie Lorena Jen Michael S Marques Ryon Mary

21. Retention
“…being able to have input into the key decisions in the building that affect a teacher's job” … is “very highly correlated with the decision whether to stay or leave.”
R. Ingersoll, NPR interview,