1. International Center for Leadership in Education Richard D. Jones. Ph.D. Senior Consultant

2. International Center for Leadership in Education Model Schools Conference

3. Challenging Time for Leaders

4. Everyone Has a Solution  More Tests  Better Teachers  Longer School Year  Leaders Held Accountable  More Money  Less Regulation/ More Regulation

5. Real Solution  Expectation  Opportunity  Information

6. Lesson’s from Life

7. “Don’t panic, We are trained professionals, we are going around the leaf.”

8. “People desire change - they resist being changed”

9. Rules for Stifling Change 1.Be suspicious of the ideas of others, particularly if it’s not their job. 2.Insist that everyone go through channels. 3.Criticize freely and instill insecurity. 4.Keep everything secret and reorganize. 5.Count everything frequently 6.Never forget, “You know everything.”

10. Fullan and Steigelbauer "Educational change depends on what teachers do and think - it's as simple and as complex as that."

11. Leadership Leaders know which way to go when everyone seems to want to go a different direction.

12. Analogies Make the complex simple!

13. A metaphor for planning

14. Build a Plan Lay a Foundation Construct solutions Design a Solution Build Support Gap Analysis Make Plans Form A Committee Craft Solutions Forge Alliances Measure Success Words that reveal our Perspective

15. A new metaphor for planning

16. Support Model of Change Intervention Envision Development Building Creation Discovery Exploration Propagation Socialization Maturation Cultivation Aspiration

17. Facilitation of Change  Aspiration – Create a passion for the possible  Exploration- Inquire into organizational strengths.  Propagation - Design the new and better  Socialization – People form a popular consensus  Maturation – Guide the development of staff  Cultivation- Create conditions for continued growth

18. What do to and when Symptoms Apathetic and Uncommitted

19. What do to and when Facilitation Strategies Aspiration

20. What do to and when Symptoms Low Morale Unproductive

21. What do to and when Facilitation Strategies Exploration

22. What do to and when Symptoms Traditional, Committed to Status Quo Tunnel Vision

23. What do to and when Facilitation Strategies Propagation

24. What do to and when Symptoms Confused In Conflict Anxious Rampant Rumors

25. What do to and when Facilitation Strategies Socialization

26. What do to and when Symptoms Fearful Frustrated Lacking Confidence

27. What do to and when Facilitation Strategies Maturation

28. What do to and when Symptoms Tentative, Slow Implementation Discouraged Uneven Results

29. What do to and when Facilitation Strategies Cultivation

30. Leadership Laws of Nature 1.Environmental Influence 2.Basic Nutrition 3.Self-Regulation 4.Unintended Consequences 5.Adaptation 6.Diversity 7.Uniqueness 8.Socialization 9.Exploration 10.Procreation

31. Leadership Role and Objectives Increase student achievement through more focused instruction. Use a new framework for planning and instruction. Support the passionate innovators. Distribute leadership. Drive decision through use of data. Examine cultural practices related to student learning.

32. Staying on the Cutting Edge Recognize the need for change Recognize the need for change

34. Staying on the Cutting Edge Recognize the need for change Recognize the need for change Focus on the real goals Focus on the real goals

35. Look into the future through the eyes of a child?

36. Staying on the Cutting Edge Recognize the need for change Recognize the need for change Focus on the real goals Focus on the real goals Keep yourself learning Keep yourself learning

37. Sometimes, I feel like I know less today than I did yesterday.

38. Staying on the Cutting Edge Recognize the need for change Recognize the need for change Focus on the real goals Focus on the real goals Keep yourself learning Keep yourself learning Share with others Share with others

39. Are you still making all of the decisions?

40. Staying on the Cutting Edge Recognize the need for change Recognize the need for change Focus on the real goals Focus on the real goals Keep yourself learning Keep yourself learning Share with others Share with others Don’t follow others blindly Don’t follow others blindly

41. Lovers never send form letters.

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