1. Leadership: Session #3A

2. Teaching is one way of serving. It’s a way of passing along the lessons learned from experience. The best leaders are teachers. The best teachers are also the best learners. They know that by investing in developing others they are also developing themselves. Kouzes and Posner, A Leader's Legacy, 2006

3. Goals for Session Explore enabling structures, conditions and processes for aligning resources with priorities Further develop facilitation skills by engaging in courageous conversations focused on aligning resources with priorities using conversation starters

4. All ideas will be listened to carefully and responded to respectfully Everyone will have a voice All questions and comments will be presented with the intent to move the collective forward Clarifying questions are welcome Everyone will engage fully in the moment Group Norms

5. 7 Principles of Fierce Conversations Master the courage to interrogate reality. Come out from behind yourself into the conversation and make it real. Be here, prepared to be nowhere else. Tackle your toughest challenge today. Obey your instincts. Take responsibility for your emotional wake. Let silence do the heavy lifting. Conversation Starters, page 22

6. Aligning Resources with Priorities Minds On

7. Open Technology Individually: –Think of ways you currently align resources with priorities –Record one strategy / approach / consideration per sticky note

8. Open Technology Whole Group: –Organize the strategies / approaches / considerations under ‘common themes’ (e.g. budget, human resources, etc.)

9. Aligning Resources with Priorities Action: Discussion Groups

10. Open Technology Small Groups: –Using sticker dots, select two ‘themes’ you would like to discuss further. –A recorder and facilitator will be assigned to each group. –Facilitators are encouraged to use the conversation starters (BLM L.2B.3) and coaching question stems for the dialogue.

11. Open Technology Small Groups: –Two 20 minute rotations: Themed-Discussion Groups –Key Questions: In what ways do you currently align resources with priorities? In what ways could resources be aligned with priorities more effectively?

12. Aligning Resources with Priorities Consolidation

13. Open Technology Which conversation starters did you use? Why were these effective [or not] during your dialogue? Which conversation starters would you use during your SIP / BIP process? How does a focus on aligning resources with priorities support the other 4 core leadership capacities? What enabling structures, conditions and processes are required to effectively align resources with priorities?

14. Collective Self-Assessment

15. Evening Activity Reflective Journal How has my new learning shifted my thinking related to… –PRIME Leadership Framework –5 Core Leadership Capacities –School / Board Improvement Planning ? How will I bring this back to my school / board?