Educational leadership course October 2018
Great leadeship ideas:
1. World cafe: activity where you ask people to sit around a table (5 people per table) if they agree with the question that is written down in a piece of paper. Then, the groups will talk about the questions that are written down on a flip chart paper. Each person will write their own ideas about the question. After 5 minutes, the group will choose a host who will stay behind in the table and explain what the group has talked about to the next group. The new group can write and draw in the paper if they agree, disagree, if they have other ideas... After 5 minutes, the group will choose another host who will explain the next team what the group has been talking about. The same thing happens until all the groups had had a go in ever table. Finally, the groups will sit in their first table and write a tweet with the ideas that summarized the poster.
See pictures below.
2. Tableaux: in groups think about what leadership is and represent it with a still image made with all the members of the group. 5 minutes to describe it and build the still image. When all the groups are ready, one a time will represent their image and describe it with one word. Be overdramatic and over enthusiastic!
3. Speed dating: get the teachers to sit down in two rows. All the chairs must be facing each other so that everyone who sits down has a person to talk to. 3 minutes to talk about a list of questions. Then, rotate (only one row will move, the other row will stay still until the third time, where they start moving around). You will find your true love!
4. Invite other teachers to do things rather than asking them to do them (inviting rather than mandatory). What are you passionate about? Ask teachers to start here.
5. Create space and time for dissents in staff meetings so people don’t have to talk behind their backs. Get watchers to speak about their worries: challenges and strengths. Say: I need a different opinion!
6. Self assessment document for leaders with standards and questions to help us evaluate ourselves: http://bcpvpa.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/BCPVPALeadershipStandards0616.pdf.
7. Think about your leadership style and get teachers to think about what kind of boat they are: speedboat, tug boat, cruise or sailboat. Four corners game: get in the corner that describes you the better and write challenges and strengths.
8. Write learning intentions on the board every single day in the morning so students know what to expect from the lessons. Use I can statements to help young children.
9. Always start meeting with “thank you” “I am thankful or grateful for....”
10. At a staff meeting, rather than ask all the questions and give all the instruction, listen to others and promote interaction by asking questions. We must evoke thinking, seek clarification, bring new perspectives, push people to say more, put the interviewee at ease.
11. 3 people interview: A asks questions, B answers and C takes notes, then swap roles so everyone can do each role for 5 minutes. When finished, write one idea that summarizes the common thread that we have talked about.
12. Get teachers to speak about 3 things that are going well and 1 thing that we can change. Provide an example for others to follow.
13. Pebble activity: get into groups with a big chart paper with a big circle. Every person has 10 pebbles and the goal of the game is to put the pebbles inside the circle without touching each other. Talking is not allowed. If you don’t want to put a pebble, you can pass and leave yours outside the circle. Aims: communication without words, body language! Cooperation! Following patterns! Not leaving anyone behind!
14. Staff meetings: give information on a sheet of paper and give it out at the beginning of the meeting, then ask teachers to read it out and ask questions if they need to, so we can move into the goal of the meeting: discussion time and professional dialogue.
15. To change things, not everyone has to be on board, we have to respect and support others and when the right time comes, they will be on board.
16. How can we start thinking about change? Write 5 ideas that you want to do and then divide them into: high impact and easy, high impact and hard, low impact and easy, low impact and hard.
17. Focus on doing less better!!!! Focus on the change that is worth doing. START SMALL, ACT FAST! Start something for a month, allow it to get messy and see how it went.
Must remember:
Building community!!
Look for the possibility for change!
Be likeable for other teachers to follow You!
Can you finish that thought?
Caring and open body language
It doesn’t sit well with me
Something that is unsettling with me
My EduCrush
Great book: start with why Simon sinek
1. World cafe: activity where you ask people to sit around a table (5 people per table) if they agree with the question that is written down in a piece of paper. Then, the groups will talk about the questions that are written down on a flip chart paper. Each person will write their own ideas about the question. After 5 minutes, the group will choose a host who will stay behind in the table and explain what the group has talked about to the next group. The new group can write and draw in the paper if they agree, disagree, if they have other ideas... After 5 minutes, the group will choose another host who will explain the next team what the group has been talking about. The same thing happens until all the groups had had a go in ever table. Finally, the groups will sit in their first table and write a tweet with the ideas that summarized the poster.
See pictures below.
2. Tableaux: in groups think about what leadership is and represent it with a still image made with all the members of the group. 5 minutes to describe it and build the still image. When all the groups are ready, one a time will represent their image and describe it with one word. Be overdramatic and over enthusiastic!
3. Speed dating: get the teachers to sit down in two rows. All the chairs must be facing each other so that everyone who sits down has a person to talk to. 3 minutes to talk about a list of questions. Then, rotate (only one row will move, the other row will stay still until the third time, where they start moving around). You will find your true love!
4. Invite other teachers to do things rather than asking them to do them (inviting rather than mandatory). What are you passionate about? Ask teachers to start here.
5. Create space and time for dissents in staff meetings so people don’t have to talk behind their backs. Get watchers to speak about their worries: challenges and strengths. Say: I need a different opinion!
6. Self assessment document for leaders with standards and questions to help us evaluate ourselves: http://bcpvpa.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/BCPVPALeadershipStandards0616.pdf.
7. Think about your leadership style and get teachers to think about what kind of boat they are: speedboat, tug boat, cruise or sailboat. Four corners game: get in the corner that describes you the better and write challenges and strengths.
8. Write learning intentions on the board every single day in the morning so students know what to expect from the lessons. Use I can statements to help young children.
9. Always start meeting with “thank you” “I am thankful or grateful for....”
10. At a staff meeting, rather than ask all the questions and give all the instruction, listen to others and promote interaction by asking questions. We must evoke thinking, seek clarification, bring new perspectives, push people to say more, put the interviewee at ease.
11. 3 people interview: A asks questions, B answers and C takes notes, then swap roles so everyone can do each role for 5 minutes. When finished, write one idea that summarizes the common thread that we have talked about.
12. Get teachers to speak about 3 things that are going well and 1 thing that we can change. Provide an example for others to follow.
13. Pebble activity: get into groups with a big chart paper with a big circle. Every person has 10 pebbles and the goal of the game is to put the pebbles inside the circle without touching each other. Talking is not allowed. If you don’t want to put a pebble, you can pass and leave yours outside the circle. Aims: communication without words, body language! Cooperation! Following patterns! Not leaving anyone behind!
14. Staff meetings: give information on a sheet of paper and give it out at the beginning of the meeting, then ask teachers to read it out and ask questions if they need to, so we can move into the goal of the meeting: discussion time and professional dialogue.
15. To change things, not everyone has to be on board, we have to respect and support others and when the right time comes, they will be on board.
16. How can we start thinking about change? Write 5 ideas that you want to do and then divide them into: high impact and easy, high impact and hard, low impact and easy, low impact and hard.
17. Focus on doing less better!!!! Focus on the change that is worth doing. START SMALL, ACT FAST! Start something for a month, allow it to get messy and see how it went.
Must remember:
Building community!!
Look for the possibility for change!
Be likeable for other teachers to follow You!
Can you finish that thought?
Caring and open body language
It doesn’t sit well with me
Something that is unsettling with me
My EduCrush
Great book: start with why Simon sinek
Interesting websites to leanr about Canada's educational system.
transferwise.com/gb/blog/canadian-education-overview
www.bbc.com/news/business-40708421
hyprmagazine.com/category/editorial/
https://hyprmagazine.com/what-the-u-s-could-learn-from-canadas-education-system/
https://georgecouros.ca/blog/
https://blogsomemoore.com/
https://www.educa2.madrid.org/web/revista-digital/inicio/-/visor/tu-experiencia-tambien-cuenta3?p_p_col_pos=6
http://simonbreakspear.com/
https://www.educa2.madrid.org/web/revista-digital/experiencias
transferwise.com/gb/blog/canadian-education-overview
www.bbc.com/news/business-40708421
hyprmagazine.com/category/editorial/
https://hyprmagazine.com/what-the-u-s-could-learn-from-canadas-education-system/
https://georgecouros.ca/blog/
https://blogsomemoore.com/
https://www.educa2.madrid.org/web/revista-digital/inicio/-/visor/tu-experiencia-tambien-cuenta3?p_p_col_pos=6
http://simonbreakspear.com/
https://www.educa2.madrid.org/web/revista-digital/experiencias