TEA 2016 Pedagogy, Practice, and Leadership: A Transdisciplinary Seminar on Modeling Best Practices

TEA Teacher Leadership Seminars Seminar Description: The fellows will develop an understanding of the teacher leadership role in school and classroom planning, practices, and change. Topics will include leadership theory and practice, the roles of teacher leaders, and strategies for bringing about personal and professional change to effect continuous classroom and school improvement.

Seminar Notes

The Leadership Self Assessment 1.Self-awareness: Strengths, values, philosophy and behaviors 2.Leading Change: Use of strategies to facilitate change 3.Communication: Listening, oral communication, presentation skills, and written communication 4.Diversity: Respect for and responds to differences in perspectives 5.Instructional Proficiency and Leadership: Possess and use of professional knowledge and skills 6.Continuous Improvement: Commitment to reach standards and readiness to take action to improve 7.Self-Organization: Establishes course of action and implements plan to accomplish results

Feb. 8

Commitment (Internal & external) More good things happen; Fewer bad things happen Moral Purpose Under- standing Change Coherence Making Knowledge Creation & Sharing Relationship Building Leaders Members Results Source: Michael Fullan, 2001 Energy Enthusiasm Whatever one’s style, every leader, to be effective, must have and work on improving his or her moral purpose- authentic leadership

Leadership & Moral Purpose Every leader, to be effective, must have a moral purpose. Moral purpose should be involved in both the process and the end product. Moral purpose cannot just be stated. It must have strategies to make it happen. Moral purpose is difficult because you have to contend with the different ideas and cultures that people in an organization bring to the community. Culture and core values are often the glue that holds an organization together

Commitment (Internal & external) More good things happen; Fewer bad things happen Moral Purpose Under- standing Change Coherence Making Knowledge Creation & Sharing Relationship Building Leaders Members Results Source: Michael Fullan, 2001 Energy Enthusiasm What is your moral purpose in your work as a teacher leader?

Feb. 10

Commitment (Internal & external) More good things happen; Fewer bad things happen Moral Purpose Under- standing Change Coherence Making Knowledge Creation & Sharing Relationship Building Leaders Members Results Source: Michael Fullan, 2001 Energy Enthusiasm Although change is unpredictable, you can set up conditions that help to guide the process

Change is a Prerequisite for Improvement

Commitment (Internal & external) More good things happen; Fewer bad things happen Moral Purpose Under- standing Change Coherence Making Knowledge Creation & Sharing Relationship Building Leaders Members Results Source: Michael Fullan, 2001 Energy Enthusiasm Share three (3) things you learned from chapter 3 and what you want to remember about understanding change.

Understanding the Change Process The Goal is not to Innovate the Most It is not Enough to Have the Best Ideas Appreciate the Implementation Dip Redefine Resistance Re-culturing is the Name of the Game Never a Checklist, Always Complexity

Leadership Style and Change (Commanding) (Visionary) How do these styles get results?

Beverly Woody