1. Building Leadership Team December 2, 2010 Here’s to You!

2. Courageous Conversations Raise your hand if you’ve had a courageous conversation with a colleague or group of colleagues since the start of the school year. Raise your hand if you’ve had a courageous conversation with a colleague or group of colleagues since the start of the school year. Raise your hand if you have one planned. Raise your hand if you have one planned. Raise your hand if your gut is telling you there is a conversation you need to have but you are not sure how to have it. Raise your hand if your gut is telling you there is a conversation you need to have but you are not sure how to have it.

3. Building community amongst various constituents, colleagues, stakeholders, collaborators, and even competitors, to create a strategy to solve an issue. Building community amongst various constituents, colleagues, stakeholders, collaborators, and even competitors, to create a strategy to solve an issue. The Mulvaney Group The Mulvaney Group

4. This attitude of seeking to understand each other and to work together to bring a solution is the key to the success of courageous conversations. This attitude of seeking to understand each other and to work together to bring a solution is the key to the success of courageous conversations. David Wood David Wood

5. One of the reasons that leadership will never be a popularity contest is the need to conduct courageous conversations. These dialogues are those less than pleasant conversations that are necessary to move the organization forward. One of the reasons that leadership will never be a popularity contest is the need to conduct courageous conversations. These dialogues are those less than pleasant conversations that are necessary to move the organization forward. Tim Schneider Tim Schneider

6. District and School Development Time (copies) District and School Development Time (copies) Read, pair-share: Read, pair-share: One aspect you like One aspect you like One question you have One question you have One suggestion One suggestion

7. Strongly Agree 34Agree39 Disagree2 Strongly Disagree 2 Strongly Agree 30Agree40 Disagree5 Strongly Disagree 2

8. Based on what you’ve read and on the feedback from our staff, do you see this as an idea to pursue? Based on what you’ve read and on the feedback from our staff, do you see this as an idea to pursue?

9. Project Parkway Task Force Reports Project Parkway Task Force Reports Task Force Reports Task Force Reports Task Force Reports Task Force Reports Connections Task Force Connections Task Force Connections Task Force Connections Task Force

10. 5 Year Projections 5 Year Projections Staffing Staffing Room utilization Room utilization What is the best way to allocate staffing to accomplish our Mission? What is the best way to allocate staffing to accomplish our Mission?

11. Course Placement Process Course Placement Process Teacher recommendations for core classes Teacher recommendations for core classes Department dialogues/criteria Department dialogues/criteria Pass/Fail/Audit Pass/Fail/Audit