1. Elementary Principals Statewide Mentoring Meeting Tuesday, January 27, 2015

2. Outcomes:  Grow your professional network;  Collaborated to help each other address individual leadership challenges;  Discussed the evaluation process and coaching both superstars and resistors;  Been provided guidance on challenging legal issues;  Explored critical conditions for implementation of successful teacher leadership; and  Identified strategies to manage time and be more mindful as a way to achieve a better leadership-life fit.

3. Links  Resources : http://www.sai-iowa.org/jan-elementary- statewide-meeting.cfm  Evaluation : http://bit.ly/ElemJan2015  Mentoring Matters:http://www.sai- iowa.org/2014-15-resources.cfmhttp://www.sai- iowa.org/2014-15-resources.cfm

4. Learning Community: Leadership Dilemma Consultancy

5. Protocol  Leader who has traveled the farthest will be the first presenter  Timekeeper/facilitator will be the person to the left of the presenter  Presenter shares an overview of the dilemma and poses his/her focus question. 3 MINUTES

6. Protocol  Consultancy Group asks clarifying questions – those with brief, factual answers.  Consultancy Group asks probing questions:  Worded to help presenter clarify and expand his/her thinking about the dilemma presented to the group.  Help presenter analyze the dilemma. 3 MINUTES

7. Protocol  Consultancy Group talks with each other about the dilemma presented while the presenter listens and takes notes:  What did we hear?  What didn’t we hear that might be relevant?  What assumptions seem to be operating?  What questions does the dilemma raise for us?  What do we think about the dilemma?  What might we do or try if faced with a similar dilemma? What have we done in similar situations? 5 MINUTES

8. Protocol  Presenter reflects on what he/she heard and on what he/she is now thinking, sharing with the group anything that particularly resonated during the consultancy. 5 MINUTES  Rotate to second presenter. Rotate

9. Round Table Rotations Making the Most of Evaluation

10. Welcome to the Activators of our Learning! Rich Schulte, Pella Judy Brueggemann, Harris-Lake Park Teri Bowlin, Lynnville-Sully

11. Leading through a Legal Lens Matt Carver, SAI

12. Creating Conditions for Effective Teacher Leadership

13. Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don’t interfere. ~Ronald Reagan

14. Tackling Traditions and Norms Egalitarianism Seniority Autonomy

15. Preparing for Change  How will teacher leaders contribute to the school’s vision for school improvement?  How will teacher leaders “drum up” business?  What will you delegate and what will you share?  What do your teacher leaders know about adult learners?  How has your schedule been adjusted to support teacher leaders in working with staff both one-on-one and in groups? To support teacher leaders in collaborating with each other? To support teacher leaders in professional learning? To support teacher leaders in meeting with the principal?

16. Magnet Summary  Identify key word/s (magnet word) from your article and jot in center of note card.  Locate details ‘attracted’ to the magnet word and write in corner of note card. Include page # where possible. Shared Leadership developmental, 1 Delegate perfectionistic, 4 credibility, 4 gradual release, 3

17. What does research say?  Read designated article: 1. Creating a Culture of Teacher Leadership (yellow) 2. Making the Leap to Shared Leadership (green) 3. Critical Conditions: What Teacher Leaders Need to Be Effective in School (blue)  Complete a Magnet Summary for each of the key ideas in your article.

18. Team Talk  Connect with those who have read your same article.  Share your Magnet Summaries.  Adjust your Magnet Summaries as you see fit.  Return to home base group and share summaries.  Use the Article Summaries Tool to capture the key concepts of the articles.

19. Application  Review the chart “Supporting Core Teacher Leadership Skills: Principal Moves” (pink).  Complete the Self-Assessment (white page after pink page).  Complete the Dare to Delegate Check list (p. 20-green article).Dare

20. Two to Target

21. Leadership-life Fit: Overcoming Overworked and Overwhelmed

22. “There are simple, relatively easy steps you can take to pull your life from the brink. I’m confident that working harder isn’t one of them.” Scott Eblin

24.  Mindfulness is the alternative to overworked and overwhelmed.  Mindfulness is doing simple things that make us more aware of what’s going on around us and inside us and then being intentional about what we’re going to do – or not do – next.

25. When you're walking, just walk. When you're eating, just eat. Not in front of the TV, not with the newspaper. It turns out, that's huge.

26. Killer Apps  Get you out of fight or flight by activating your rest and digest response.  Use them anywhere at any time of the day to stress less and thrive more.

27. Killer Apps  Move : Stand, stretch, walk. Short stints of movement and exercise increase your capacity to think clearly. The rhythmic, repetitive motion of going for a walk or stretching for a few minutes activates your rest and digest response and pushes the reset button on your brain.  Breathe : Take Three Deep Breaths, Mindfully. Develop a routine that include deep breathing.  Connect: Nurture relationships.  Reflect: In moments where you feel most stressed/overwhelmed, ask yourself, “What is going right?”

28. Mindfulness and Time Management  Review list  Which time management tips work best for you?  How are you practicing mindfulness?  What routine might you add to improve your leadership-life fit?

30. Additional Reading

31. Looking Ahead and Wrapping Up  Feb. 2 – Effective Hiring in a System of Teacher Leadership  Feb. 6 – Investigating Bullying  Feb. 10 – Law Conference  Feb. 13 – EQ: The Other Smart  Evaluation : http://bit.ly/ElemJan2015