1. Lindsey Pollock, Principal Houston Independent School District Garden Oaks Elementary Montessori Magnet with an emphasis on Environmental Sciences

2.  Private and Public school background  Educational perspectives  LMSW –Licensed Master’s in Social Work  M.Ed. – Educational Leadership  M.Ed – Montessori Integrative Learning  Montessori found me (again) - GOE  Federal grant application - MSAP  Transition to an all-campus Montessori Magnet  Fidelity to Montessori in a public setting

3.  Traditional neighborhood school since 1932  Montessori program 1994 – parents/district  2008 arrival  Began Montessori administrator credential at Houston Montessori in summer 2009  Enrolled in Endicott program that fall – completed program in Sept 2011 thesis Leadership for Public Montessori Schools – A Cosmological Perspective  Endicott address

4.  Public school  69% free and reduced lunch  65% Hispanic, 10% African-American, 22% White and 3% Asian  98% average daily attendance  650 students  20 Montessori (9 Children’s House, 8 Lower Elementary and 3 Upper Elementary)  7 Traditional classrooms (1 st – 5 th )  Parents send their very best!

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6. Garden Oaks Elementary www.houstonisd.org

7. Divide into groups of 6-10 people. Each group forms a tight circle, standing and facing each other. Everyone extends their hands into the circle and by intermingling their arms, grasps hands with other members of the group. Be sure that the two hands you are holding does not belong to the same person. The groups’ goal: untie the knot which results. Member of the group physically climb over/ under/ through each other’s arms to untie the knots.

8. What are the contexts in which leaders function? What are terms you think of when you hear the word leadership?

9.  Where are your leaders? How do you measure leadership?  What is the difference between leadership and management?  Is there a difference in Montessori leaders? How are Montessori leaders different?

10.  Input and output  Teachers, curriculum and students  Measurable outcomes vs. moral imperatives

11.  Data-driven accountability  PK Assessment  TPRI/Tejas Lee  Kathy Richardson  Stanford/Aprenda  State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness  Naglieri Non-verbal Abilities Test (NNAT)  Grades  EVAAS (value-added)  ASPIRE (Accelerating Student Performance by Increasing Results and Expectations)

12.  Cosmic Education – perceptions and choices  Parent and community perceptions  Academic language  Skepticism and disdain for – Cosmic  Choose who you are maintain fidelity

13.  Brain-based – whole-child  Interdisciplinary  Connections  Creativity – igniting a child’s sense of discovery and imagination  21 st Century Learning skills  Cultural connections – values all people

14. 1. Branch of astronomy studying the overall structure of the physical universe 2. The branch of philosophy that studies the origin, structure, and evolution of the universe, especially such characteristics as space, time, causality and freedom.

15. 1. God with No Hands – Laws of Nature 2. Coming of Life – Progression and adaptation of life on Earth 3. Coming of the Human Being – Power to reason and think and the power of the will to choose the good of others and serve 4. Story of Communication in signs – Power of Language of communication 5. Story of Numbers – Language of Invention ----Miller, 2006

16. Embrace changing environment and demands through recognizing models in living systems: Interconnectedness - Everyone, everywhere Autopoeisis of leadership – self-making qualities in living systems. Balance Evolution and adaptation Sustain life on Earth

17. Not bound by the limits of time and space. Visionaries who realize the eternal potential of the contributions and interactions in which they are engaged

18. Personify the characteristics of leadership that are responsive to the needs of the global society and encourage all individuals in local environments to maximize personal potential as contributors to the greater cosmic forces of the universe.

19. Lead India - Tree Collective power of Leadership go to this link http://www.dekhona.com/tv-ads- videos/fjhajsnnpo/TOI-Lead-India-Time-Of-India- video

20. Follow the child Follow nature Listen to the universe through you advocate for equity and justice

21. Lindsey Pollock Garden Oaks Elementary – Houston ISD 901 Sue Barnett Houston, TX 77018 (713) 696-2930 office (713) 822-2274 cellular lpollock@houstonisd.org savedanywaybygrace@yahoo.com