Leadership: Session #4A

Goals for Session Explore enabling structures, conditions and processes for engaging in courageous conversations –Focus: Curriculum Leadership Further develop facilitation skills –coaching moves question stems –conversation starters: engaging in courageous conversations

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

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

PRIME Stages of Leadership Minds On: A Focus on Curriculum

PRIME Curriculum Leadership Review the PRIME Curriculum Leadership indicators and leadership actions for the three stages of leadership (BLM L.1.4).

Identify the top three actions across the three Curriculum Leadership Principles that you are currently engaged in as a leader. Place each red dot above a different action indicator. (We will create a bar graph.) PRIME Curriculum Leadership: Data Wall

Trends? Questions? Comments? We will revisit the data wall at the end of the day to consolidate our learning and consider next steps for leadership action.

Administrator Look-Fors for Effective Mathematics Instruction Action: Focused Breakout Area of Observation

Administrator Look-Fors for Effective Mathematics Instruction

Determining an Area of Focus With your Cabin Buddies, determine the area of focus for observation –select look-fors and questions to be used –populate observation template (BLM L.4A.2) –determine observation format –determine Content-Focused Breakout room(s) to visit

Observation

Observation Debrief Consolidation

Observation Debrief Triads: Sharing of evidence of lookfors during observation.

Observation Debrief Which area of focus and lookfors did you use? Which questions did you use? Why were these effective [or not] during your observation? What connections did you make to PRIME Curriculum Leadership / 5 Core Leadership Capacities / SIP/BIP / Coaching Continuums? What enabling structures, conditions and processes are required to effectively create a culture of coaching? Which administrator actions are you considering in your effort to support effective mathematics instruction?

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?