HEAD TEACHER

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE PROGRAM

PROFESSIONALCONVERSATION

“seeking new potentials and possibilities”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lXh2n0aPyw

Welcome and Introductions

Why a Head Teacher?

Appreciative Inquiry

Appreciative inquiry is a strategy for purposeful change that identifies the best of "what is" to

pursue dreams and possibilities of "what could be." It is a co-operative search for the strengths,

passions and life-giving forces that are found within every system—those factors that hold the

potential for inspired, positive change http://www.iisd.org/ai/ (27/08/08)

The Cycle”

Inquire/Discover

Appreciating the best of ‘What is”

Inquire/Discover

Appreciating the best of ‘What is”

Imagine/Dream

“What might be?”

Imagine/Dream

“What might be?”

Innovate/Design

“What should be?”

Innovate/Design

“What should be?”

Implement/Deliver

Navigate the changeImplement innovation

Implement/Deliver

Navigate the changeImplement innovation

Head Teachers

as educational leaders

http://www.iisd.org/ai

Encompass model of AI

Inquire / Discover

Inquire/Discover

Appreciating the best of ‘What is”

Inquire/Discover

Appreciating the best of ‘What is”

Head Teachers

asEducational Leaders

Inquire/Discover

Appreciating the best of ‘What is”

Inquire/Discover

Appreciating the best of ‘What is”

Head Teachers

asEducational Leaders

Together we inquired / discovered what we value most about our work as Head Teachers.

Problem Focused

AI’s invitation asks……

“What is the smallest change that can make the

biggest difference?”

Appreciative Inquiry Principles

We move in directions of what we ask questions about;

So by deliberately asking positive questions we create

constructive dialogue and inspired action

Saul Steinberg 1961

Asking the right question?

Communication vs Conversation

Drawing by Saul SteinbergImage: Digestivo Cultural

Meat in the Sandwich

Or a strengths based approach….

DISCOVER

One goal is to seek the root cause of success

http://appreciativeinquiry.case.edu/uploads/AI

Dream

Participants use positive stories in the same way an artist uses paints to create a portrait of the community's potential. They think great thoughts and create great possibilities for their community,

then turn those thoughts into provocative propositions for themselves.

http://www.iisd.org/ai

Imagine/ Dream

Imagine/Dream

“What might be?”

Imagine/Dream

“What might be?”

Head Teachers as Educational

Leaders

If you can dream it, you can do itWalt Disney

Think Different to Be Different.

SWSI HEAD TEACHER NETWORK

First meeting 12 March 2008

Aim • To discuss strategies to support Head Teachers • Identify and discuss possible support mechanisms

and training needs for Head Teachers• Submission for a 2008 Reframe the Future Project

was successful

Our Aim

Reframing the Future

The HT Network focused on

Increasing the productivity of the VET workforce and contribute to the productivity of the Australian

workforce. In context of the AQTF and chose Appreciative Inquiry as a methodology as an

organisational change management tool.

Imagine/ Dream

Imagine/Dream

“What might be?”

Imagine/Dream

“What might be?”

Head Teachers as Educational

Leaders

Imagine /Dreaming The HT network is about creating the

possibilities of managing our work loads, (system) understanding our roles and responsibilities and having a strong dynamic role (strategy) in the SWSI as

a cohesive and inclusive level of the management team (structure).

Supporting and inviting (skills) others (staff) to work collaborative to offer the best teaching and learning experience

possible to individuals and organisations. The core group becomes a support to other HT's (shared values)-

gains new learning and the cycle continues. We create a provocative

proposition.

Innovate/ Design

Innovate/Design

“What should be?”

Innovate/Design

“What should be?”

Head Teachers

as Educational Leaders

•HT Network

•HT Kit

•HT Mentoring program

•HT Forum

•AI methodology

Deliver

Moving into action Ideas become actions

• Mentoring with TAFE NSW Managers Association• HT Kit is being tailored to the SWSI context• HT Network invites you to join the Network

Head Teacher NetworkHead Teacher Network

Come and join with us for an afternoon of networking.Come and join with us for an afternoon of networking.

Find out about the Head Teacher Kit, the mentoring Find out about the Head Teacher Kit, the mentoring program and discuss your professional development program and discuss your professional development

opportunities for 2009.opportunities for 2009.

Where: Liverpool ETCWhere: Liverpool ETCWhen: 3rd December, 2008When: 3rd December, 2008Time: 12.30 for lunch, 1-4pmTime: 12.30 for lunch, 1-4pm

Implement / Deliver

Implement/Deliver

Navigate the changeImplement innovation

Implement/Deliver

Navigate the changeImplement innovation

Head Teachers

as Educational Leaders

Mentoring

HT Forum

-Using AI to invite others

-Launch HT network

HT Kit

-implementation

Evaluation

Inquire / Discover

Inquire/Discover

Appreciating the best of ‘What is”

Inquire/Discover

Appreciating the best of ‘What is”

Head Teachers

asEducation

al Leaders

Inquire/Discover

Appreciating the best of ‘What is”

Inquire/Discover

Appreciating the best of ‘What is”

Imagine/Dream

“What might be?”

Imagine/Dream

“What might be?”

Innovate/Design

“What should be?”

Innovate/Design

“What should be?”

Implement/Deliver

Navigate the changeImplement innovation

Implement/Deliver

Navigate the changeImplement innovation

Head Teachers

as education

al leaders

Senior Staff Forum

If you think you are too small to make a difference try sleeping with a mozzie.

African Proverb