1. Updates & News Reflections on Assignment #4 Looking ahead to Final Papers Separating observation from analysis Assign #5 (due Nov 16) Final class: Paper workshop (Nov 19)

2. Some midterm examples to read... Critical Observations Rosario (Prayer/medicine circles; Dufour, Argyris & Schon) Charisse (Science team teaching; Smith & Berg, Sandoval & Lee) Winston (Teacher study groups; Dufour) Nneamaka (Elementary students helping; Webb et al, Kruglanski et al) Reuben (Religious leader team; Donnellon) Designing an Experience Taylor (Outdoor education; Smith & Berg, Achinstein) Ben (8 th grade Math project; Lotan, Gersick) Jenny J. (Teacher professional development; Cranton, Marsick, Horn) Zach (School-wide professional development; Cohen, Achinstein) Betsy (student engagement in English classrooms; Cranton, Cohen, Lotan)

3. Fundamental Tensions Knowing Trusting Belonging Leading create shared certainty and maintain doubt. demonstrate competencies and disclose vulnerabilities. create a collective identity and maintain individuality. influence through vertical and horizontal power.

4. Readings: Perkins, Murnighan & Conlon, Schmuck & Schmuck Discussion of Readings All articles address aspects of our big questions: What does it mean for a group to learn? What are some key dynamics that support/thwart it? What can leaders to do support it? You decide the most meaningful goal & process of your group over the next 45min. You just need to distill out something that can serve toward a useful summary for the class.... Think about all the strategies we’ve done and Perkins’ strategies. Pay attention to leadership!

5. 7 Bases of Interpersonal Influence (based on French & Raven, 1959) Expert : power through knowledge & skill Referent : power through personal closeness; identification Legitimate: power through right of position, role Reward: power through positive reinforcement Coercive: power through punishment Informational: power through insider knowledge, culture Connection: power through social networks, relationships

6. Where do we see leadership?

7. Fundamental Tensions Knowing Trusting Belonging Leading create shared certainty and maintain doubt. demonstrate competencies and disclose vulnerabilities. create a collective identity and maintain individuality. influence through vertical and horizontal power.

8. Tension of leading Leadership is a social interaction of influence, not a characteristic of an individual Social influence has multiple bases Positional: a legitimate right? Evaluative: ability to punish/reward? Expertise: special knowledge/skill? Kinship: closeness between individuals? Connectivity: ties in social network?

9. Tension of leading What can we do? Distribute positional & evaluative power Harness power of kinship & connectivity Enable the power of expertise

11. For next week... - Article summaries up by Tues - Upcoming: The Tension of Belonging - Readings for next time (Grossman et al, London, Polzer et al, Brown) -Looking ahead: -Assignment #5: posting draft of paper by Tues 11/16 -Peers read it, offer feedback during last class 11/19

12. Conversations.......