Developing social and emotional skills in school leaders Janet Patti, Ed.d. Hunter College, CUNY

Leadership development To engender trust To foster and enable change To transform people and systems

Training, coaching and mentoring Not one size fits all Must be calibrated for people and teams that are in very different developmental stages and have different needs and skills levels

Anchored in the 4 Core competencies self-awareness, social awareness self-management, relationship management

RULER SKILLS of Emotional Intelligence Recognize Understand Label Express Regulate

Core Leadership Capacities fostering actionable self-reflection, building generative relationships, enabling meaningful conversations, and thinking systemically

Coaching Approach 4 to 5 month period of time Six 1.30 minute one-on-one coaching sessions 4 to 5 half days of supportive training Explores vision and values, uses assessment for feedback, sets goals, fosters reflection, moves from personal, professional development to development of others.

There is a growing understanding that we cannot change the behavior of schools until we change the behaviors of the people who work in them. We believe that intensive change in schools and in student learning will happen when school leaders develop their own social, emotional and cognitive skills and build professional capital through the transformation of the adults responsible for the teaching and learning of our children