1. I believe that I aim for the heart with my students. I help them feel better about themselves first, and then the learning can take place. Samuel Bennet

2. EDST 499S Building and Maintaining Relationships for Effective School Leadership 2010 Summer Institute July 12 – 16, 2010 1:00 – 4:00pm Instructor: John Parry

3. July 12 th 2010

4. Introductions Course Overview Climate Survey Activity

5. WikispacesRelationships with parents Homogeneity v. Heterogeneity

6. The generation gap Istudents Adolescents Myers Briggs (Computer Lab)

7. Relationships with staff Relationships with students Transformational Leaders Questionnaire

8. Class Presentations Summary Activity

9. Course Objectives: The student will be able to describe and recognize the factors pertaining to positive school relationships including: Identification of all stakeholder groups Knowledge of ‘best practices’ as practiced by school administrators Skills required to maintain excellent relationships

10. Course Objectives: Barriers to establishing relationships Recognize the influence that past experience brings to the task

11. Course Assignments: Course Resource Kit – Collection of examples of ‘best practice’ demonstrating connections to research and insightful understanding of school relationships. Wikispaces Class participation: attendance, insightful participation in discussions on ideas gleaned from readings, questions, reflections on own practice, peer and others Completion of readings as posted on Wikispaces

12. Course resource Kit Students will be introduced to Wikispaces to which they will contribute. At the end of the course all the contributions will constitute the resource kit

13. Specifically Students will: comment on two of the posted readings in the discussion sections. Add an example of best practice along the lines of the samples.

14. Evaluation and Grading: This is a pass/fail course based upon: 40% Participation (see also special assignment) 60% Course Reading - Resource Kit Students are expected to participate fully in all aspects of the course. Pass is equivalent of 76%

15. Special Assignment Students may wish to declare a special assignment that either specifically meets their needs or adds meaningful content to the course

16. Introductions Course Overview Lets talk about relationships Climate Survey Activity

17. What is a Relationship? A connection between two people in which some sort of exchange takes place. George Getschius (1967)

18. Children may forget what you say, but they’ll never forget how you make them feel. Parker J. Palmer

19. It could be: Family Arise out of need Imposed - Education

20. So what relationships should we be concerned with in schools?

22. The very best teachers…

26. Why don’t teachers display their credentials???

27. What about dress????

34. What about professional image???? So, What do you think???

36. You can pay people to teach but you cannot pay them to care. Marva Collins

37. Characteristics of an Educational Relationship Temporary as compared to parent/child Non emotional (or is it?) Not equal compared to ‘best friends’ Interdependent

38. Reading: www.infed.org/biblio/relationship.htm