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Excellence in Leadership
December 2014 Linking Leadership & Learning
ReportBettendorf’s Joy Kelly is Assistant Principal of the Year
Joy Kelly of Bettendorf has been named the 2014-15 Iowa Assistant Principal of the Year by a committee
of peers. Congratulations also to finalist Steve Zimmerman of Ottumwa for being recognized for your
contributions to the profession. They will be honored August 5 at the SAI Annual Conference.
Thank you to selection committee members Sandi Beisker of Dubuque, 2013 Assistant Principal of the
Year Ryan Davis of Vinton-Shellsburg, Jon Muller of Pella, Michael Peakin of Pleasant Valley, Chad Szabo
of Cedar Rapids, Larry Wolfe of Charles City and Mark Yeoman of Burlington.
A video interview will soon be available on the SAI website with SAI Executive Director Dan Smith and
Joy Kelly to learn more about her leadership practices and what’s happening at Bettendorf High School.
Call for SAI Vice President Nominations
Any active SAI member who is a secondary principal (generally definedas having primary supervisory responsibilities for any combination ofgrades 7-12) wishing to run for SAI vice president for 2015-16 shouldcontact the SAI office.The position of vice president is rotated annually among secondary,
elementary and general administrators. The vice president begins afour-year commitment on the SAI Executive Committee and movesthrough the chairs. Meetings are typically held monthly on aWednesday.Communicate your interest in running to Dan Smith by Dec. 15. Then,
complete the nomination information requested at www.sai-iowa.org/sai-vp-application.cfm and return by Dec. 31, 2014.
Tune in to TeacherLeadership
As you head into winter break,consider picking up the 2013
book by Hal Portner and WilliamCollins, Leader of Leaders: TheHandbook for Principals on theCultivation, Support, and Impact ofTeacher-Leaders. It’s a quick read thatprovides insight into the value ofteacher leadership to school improve-ment efforts, clarity around the rolesof both teacher leaders and principalsas they work together to reach stu-dent achievement goals, and specifici-ty about leadership behaviors thatresult in a culture conducive toteacher leadership. The discussionquestions following each chapter cre-ate opportunity for building and/ordistrict leadership teams to gaingreater clarity around their vision forschool improvement and the role ofboth administrators and teacher lead-ers in making that vision a reality.
Top Tips from a School Branding Tweetchat One key theme of NAESP's October 28 school branding tweetchat: It's up to prin-cipals to shape their schools' stories online.Or, as Houston principal Sanee Bell (@saneebell) put it: "If not you, then who?
If not now, then when?"Bell and dozens of principals from around the country gathered on Twitter for
the discussion, which was sponsored by NAESP and the Texas ElementaryPrincipals and Supervisors Association. The chat’s highlights are available at http://bit.ly/1CBG1xe to give you an opportunity to learn from your colleagueswho are active on social media and so you can gain a better understanding ofhow a tweetchat works.
President Deron Durflinger, superintendent / sec. principalVan Meter Community School [email protected]
President-elect Tim Kuehl, superintendentClear Creek Amana Community School [email protected]
Vice President Paul Wenger, elementary principalEdgewood-Colesburg Community School [email protected]
Past President Patty Morris, elementary principalDallas Center-Grimes Community School [email protected]
AASA Governing Board MembersTim Kuehl (SAI vice president, see above)
Mary Jo Hainstock, superintendentVinton-Shellsburg Community School [email protected]
Theron Schutte, superintendentBettendorf Community School [email protected]
NAESP State Rep. Chad Shook, principalLawton-Bronson [email protected]
NASSP State Coordinator Justin Gross, principalNevada High [email protected]
Business Manager Cyndi [email protected]
Communications Director Tracy [email protected]
Executive Director Dr. Dan [email protected]
Government Relations Director Dr. Tom [email protected]
Legal Services DirectorMatt Carver, [email protected]
Professional Learning DirectorDr. Dana [email protected]
Program AssistantAmy [email protected]
Program AssistantCheri [email protected]
Receptionist/SecretaryDebbie [email protected]
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A Tale of Two Iowas“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times …” ~Charles DIckens
An October 20, 2014, article in the New York Times titled “With Farms Fadingand Urban Might Rising, Power Shifts in Iowa” stated:
Iowa, the quintessence of heartland America, is undergoing an economic transformation that is challenging its rural character — and, inevitably, its political order.
The article was written prior to the November 4 elections and was focused onhow demographic and economic changes in Iowa have changed the politicallandscape. The article stated that an Iowa State University study showed thatpopulation trends between 2000 and 2013 found that Iowa’s metropolitan areashad grown by 13.3 percent but the population of communities outside thoseurban areas fell by 3.6 percent, a gap that far outstripped the rest of the Midwest.The article also fleetingly highlighted the impact these population and eco-
nomic changes have had on Iowa school districts. The article highlighted a ruraldistrict in northern Iowa that had lost 32 percent of its students over the lastdecade while a suburban district had seen its population double over that sametime frame. Of course, this data comes as no surprise to Iowa school administrators.
Administrators in shrinking districts are dealing with the wrenching decisionsof severely reduced resources that come with declining enrollment. Inevitabledecisions around cutting staff, reducing budgets, and closing or merging schoolscan divide communities. On the other hand, although administrators in growingdistricts would prefer the challenges caused by growth, there are nonethelesschallenges such as overcrowded classrooms, staffing and bond issues than canalso divide communities. However, I believe there is another tale of two Iowas. This tale runs counter to
a long held belief about schools in Iowa. The belief runs something like this: “Itdoesn’t matter where you attend school in Iowa because all of Iowa’s schools aregood.”That belief is deeply ingrained in Iowa. I believe it comes from our past when
Iowa was largely a state of small towns and small cities, with small income gapsand a strong emphasis on the importance of education.However, the opportunity I have had for the last nine years as executive direc-
tor of SAI has allowed me to go into schools in all parts of Iowa. While I see edu-cators everywhere I go working extremely hard and who are caring and dedicat-ed servants, I also see a wide divergence in the quality of education students arereceiving.Interestingly, the divergence does not relate directly with the size or geograph-
ic location of the school. It is also not strongly correlated with the growing ordeclining nature of the student population. It is not correlated with urban, subur-ban, or rural nature of the schools.I have found outstanding schools in Iowa’s largest cities and most rural com-
munities. I have also been disappointed in urban, suburban and rural schools,even those with growing populations.I believe that the one consistent factor that is predictive of outstanding Iowa
schools is the quality of the administrative leadership in the district and build-ings. I have seen outstanding administrators overcome tremendous challengesto foster exemplary schools for their students. I have also seen very averageschools in places that have all of the normal advantages.So there are two types of Iowa schools. Those with outstanding administrators
and those without. The impact of this on the quality for students is even moreimportant than the demographic and economic changes so apparent to thenaked eye.
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REPORT
The SAI Report is published for asso-ciation members and selected com-munity and business leaders bySchool Administrators of Iowa. Theviews expressed in the SAI Report donot necessarily reflect SAI opinionnor does acceptance of advertisingimply SAI endorsement.
Your comments and suggestions arewelcomed.
Tracy J. Harms, editor
At the November SAI ExecutiveCommittee meeting, members:l reviewed general selection criteriafor the Executive Director search;
l were updated on the Commissionon Teacher Leadership andCompensation and Council onEducator Development;
l reviewed the financial reports andmembership numbers;
l were apprised of the professionallearning activities;
l learned the SAI mobile app hasadded features;
l heard about the frequency of callsreceived regarding students sendinginappropriate photo messages, alsodiscussed message monitoring serv-ices;
l received an update on the IPERSBenefits Advisory Committee meet-ing (minutes available here), includ-ing news that beginning January 1,2016, members will be allowed topurchase service credit only at thetime of retirement and not before.There was no change made to thecontribution rate for educators;
l approved SAI’s 2015 legislative pri-orities;
l voted to recommend associationpolicy changes to the Rep Council;
l engaged in a learning componentusing chapters 1-4 of Leaders EatLast by Simon Sinek.
l approved the 2013-14 associationaudit.
Calendar of EventsCalendar of EventsDecember
9 - Bullying Investigation Training12 - Employee Discipline in an
Education Environment: ModuleIII, Executing Employee Discipline
January15 - Statewide Mentoring Meeting for
Superintendents20 - Statewide Mentoring Meeting for
Assistant Principals 22 & 23 - Executive Leaders - FFA
Enrichment Center, DMACC Campus, Ankeny
27 - Statewide Mentoring Meeting forElementary Principals
29 - Statewide Mentoring Meeting forSecondary Principals
Register online for events at www.sai-iowa.org/events.cfm
Iowa Dept. of Ed.Iowa Dept. of Ed.DeadlinesDeadlinesUse this link to access critical due dates:http://bit.ly/dedeadlines
LegislativeNotesfrom Government Relations Director,Tom Narak
Our legislative platform process isnearly complete. A draft of the pro-posed platform has been shared withthe SAI Executive Committee. Thenext step is to share it with theRepresentative Council. All of theeducation advocacy groups are uni-fied in the need for significant growthof funding for the next two schoolbudget years. Each year we fall fur-ther behind the national average andwe must reverse that trend.Thank you very much to all of the
members of SAI’s LegislativeCommittee for their great work indeveloping the platform. Many veryimportant issues were addressed,and we believe that our members willbe pleased with the work that hasbeen done. We will send it out to allmembers once the process is com-plete.An important part of our advocacy
work needs to be done at the locallevel. Be sure to spend time with yourlegislators, staff, and communitymembers to help them understandthe significance of the issues to thestudents in your schools. I would alsoencourage you to work collaborative-ly with your local/regional UnitedWay. Their legislative platform in thesupport of education is outstanding.Thanks for your great service to the
students and families in your schoolsand community.Have a wonderful holiday season
with your family.
Don’t Miss the February 10 School Law Conference
Join school law attorneys who will present at this annual event to beheld Tuesday, February 10 at a venue in the greater Des Moines area.Supplement your knowledge with sessions covering• the Family and Medical Leave Act;• Special Education Law; • Evolving Issues with Technology, such as Yik Yak, Snapchat, Instagram;• Open Records, Open Meetings Laws; and• more topics soon to be determined.Register using the Law Conference link at www.sai-iowa.org/events.cfm
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Well, another college football season down the tubes with no national championship for Notre Dame, and another yearwithout a World Series title for the Cubs. I am starting to wonder if either will occur before I retire. Any takers out
there on that one? I’m 42. Do you think 20 to 25 years is a reasonable expectation for either of these events to occur? Well,at least I can confidently share that most individuals would consider such trivial concerns as mere luxury stresses. It is notas if they relate to anything ultimately important in life.
Unfortunately, based upon numerous calls I have received from school administrators of all different levels so far this year,many of you are dealing with issues far more significant than a favorite team winning a championship. As we approach themidway point of another school year, I hope you don’t mind if I take time in this month’s column to reflect on the impor-tance of reaching out to others when you need assistance in your life and taking care of yourself.
While it has many rewards, school administration is a profession fraught with its own collection of stressors and chal-lenges. An angry parent blasts you on Facebook or in the media and your hands are often tied due to confidentiality con-cerns relating to other staff members or students in your district. A group of employees circulates a survey regarding yourperformance. Your supervisor (whether another administrator or the board of directors) gives you a poor review and youquestion your future in the district. These are just the school-related issues. Like other adults, you may be facing additionalchallenges in your personal life.
Each school year there are a number of times when I have spoken with administrators on the phone for over an hour todiscuss challenges in the administrator’s work or personal life. While I don’t wish such challenges on anyone, I hope youknow that I look forward to providing a listening ear. Dan Smith and Dana Schon, fellow administrators of yours whom Iam proud to call colleagues in the SAI office, are also available to do the same.
I hope you will bear with me as I share observations gleaned from my nearly nine years at SAI, as well as some others Ipicked up during life’s journey.
1) “It is always darkest before the dawn.” Many of you have likely heard or read this saying at some point. I couldn’t tell youhow often I have shared this quote with administrators as they have faced termination of their contract or a forced resig-nation. I follow it up with sharing how it has been extremely encouraging to me to hear from administrators after theyhave landed on their feet in another district. Although career transitions are stressful, try to bracket that stress with thehope of a fresh start. Getting from here to there may take a great deal of effort, but experience has taught me that thingsoften work out for the better. Take the high ground and move forward with a positive attitude, regardless of how hardthat may seem.
2) “Don’t administrate on a deserted island.” Let’s say you are on a lifeboat in the middle of the ocean, and two islands arewithin paddling distance, but your inflatable boat only has enough air to make it to one. The first island is deserted, whilefriends and family are on the other. Would you paddle toward the deserted island?! Of course not. Then why do schooladministrators do just that far too frequently when facing professional or personal challenges?! What’s that? Yourfriends and family have their own problems so you don’t want to trouble them?! Well, perhaps you should permit thoseadults to make that decision for themselves. Would you want them to contact you if they were having some issues?Exactly. So please don’t try to navigate your career as a lone ranger. Meet for coffee with an administrator from your dis-trict or another. Call up an old professor who you found to be wise during your administrator coursework. Get ahold ofme or someone else at SAI or another professional association. Bottom line, don’t attempt to conquer life’s struggles onyour own.
3) Don't turn to the bottle or illegal drugs to dull the pain. I imagine each of us has a family member, friend, or communitymember who comes to mind when you think of substance abuse problems. Perhaps you have some self-awareness thatyou may have a problem of your own. If a friend or loved one has asked you to stop drinking in the recent past, or yourely on alcohol to calm your nerves, then you likely do. If that is the case, get professional help and/or go to an AlcoholicsAnonymous (AA) meeting. I have relatives in my life who have greatly benefitted from taking such action. Failing toaddress this problem will not make it go away, and the abusive use of alcohol or other drugs ALWAYS ends up doingmore harm than good.
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4) Remember that suicide is never a good solution when things get tough. This may have caught youoff-guard, but it is something that we discuss regularly in the Army, and our society would be wellserved to discuss it more in school administration and other professions. During my 20-plus yearsin the military, I have lost two soldiers with whom I served to suicide. I certainly don’t want to loseany of you. There are many resources out there for those who are having suicidal thoughts. The fol-lowing is just one resource which may be of assistance: www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org or 800-273-8255. However horrible things may get, even if there are concerns about having committed acrime or having done something else which may cause you great shame, please remember that oth-ers care about you and suicide just creates additional stress for friends and family.
5) Take care of yourself mentally, physically, and spiritually. Wherever you may be in any one ofthese three areas, make realistic goals to improve in each. For some of you it may mean pushingaway from the desk each day at work to walk around the building for 15 minutes. For others, it mayentail finding a way to actually sit down for 15 minutes during your workday. For all of you, itshould include finding a way to force yourself to go on at least a five-day vacation at some point during the calendaryear. If the district shuts down because you are gone for five days, please let me know. For many of you, there likelynever seems to be a good time to go on vacation. Well, make time. It is that important.
6) Make an account of your many blessings in life. However bad things may seem at times, remember that there are manyothers out there who have even worse challenges or have faced even greater loss. This is not to minimize your situationor suggest that you should act as if your challenges don’t exist. As mentioned above, take on those challenges with thehelp of others. Rather, I hope that we can all reflect on the blessings we have in each of our lives. At the very least, whileit certainly is not perfect, I like to believe that we live in the greatest country on Earth. I doubt many of us go to bed hun-gry or worry about whether our water is safe to drink. Some students in Iowa’s schools today have faced macheteattacks in their native country. We certainly don’t face such atrocities in Iowa’s cities or towns. Trust me when I sharethat I need to take my own medicine on this advice at times, but we really should count our blessings. We each havemany, so let’s not forget it.
7) Know that there are many citizens out there who appreciate what you do, but you may not be getting the pat on the backthat you deserve. My younger brother, Tim, is an associateprincipal at Urbandale High School. There have beennumerous times when I have been with Tim to pick up apizza or at a local store or event and he has run into a for-mer student (perhaps in their early 20s). You can tell howproud these former students are to tell Tim about their jobor how things in their life are going. As an associate prin-cipal, I know that many students Tim gets to know bestare those who have found their way into his office for onereason or another. Some of those students may not havehad such pleasant things to share with Tim five years ear-lier. Point being, it is a great example of how schooladministrators are positively impacting students. Thefruits of your labor may not come for many years in somesituations, but know that you are fighting the good fightand that you are making a difference.
As someone who perhaps speaks with more school adminis-trators each year than anyone else in our state, I get a some-what distorted view of the many challenges you face as aprofession. On behalf of the thousands of others who aregrateful for what you do, but perhaps do not share it fre-quently enough, I hope you accept a heart-filled thank you.And please, never hesitate to give me a call, whether it isabout challenges you may be facing or just to share a posi-tive story. I enjoy listening to those as well.
If I don’t hear from you before then, please have a relaxingChristmas or holiday break. You deserve it.
This article isintended only as areference in regardto the subject mat-ter covered. It isfurnished with theunderstanding thatSAI is not engagedin rendering legaladvice. If a legalopinion is desired,private legal coun-sel should be con-sulted.
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Last month, I lasted four days monitoring my daily food intake, exercising, and then recording everything on My Fitness
Pal. My excuses for not starting again run the gamut, but none are worthy enough to print. With my wardrobe nar-
rowed to only those items with elastic waistbands, I am looking to recommit to a better leadership-life fit. However, “mere
speculative conviction [is] not sufficient to prevent [my] slipping; contrary habits must be broken, and good ones acquired
and established, before [I] can have any dependence on a steady, uniform rectitude of conduct.” Granted, Ben Franklin in
his Autobiography was discussing morally correct behavior, but he really understood the significance of goals, the impor-
tance of prioritization, the need to collect data, and the power of reflective practice to arrive at a “better and happier place.”
Nearly 30 years ago, I read Franklin for the first time. I hadn’t thought of him again until I was reading something about the
value of reflective practice that triggered a vague memory of virtues and tally marks. My curiosity about the details of The
Autobiography that I could not recall and a feeling that I might benefit from knowing prompted me to Google and read
again Franklin’s design for self-improvement (see http://bit.ly/BFranklin, if you’re interested, and check out pages 76-83).
What he learned about continuous improvement over 200 years ago applies readily to our work as leaders today (and so
does the advice he espouses in describing each virtue).
Franklin began his self-improvement journey by identifying 13 virtues he wanted to cultivate: temperance (eat not to dull-
ness, drink not to elevation), silence (speak not what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation), order (let
all things have their place and time), resolution (say what you will do-do what you
say), frugality (waste nothing), industry (be always employed in something useful),
sincerity (use no hurtful deceit), justice (wrong no one), moderation (avoid
extremes), cleanliness, tranquility, chastity, and humility. With a rationale for each,
he prioritized these virtues according to the order in which they are listed. Believing
temperance would provide him with the clarity of mind to address the others, he
focused on that during the first week of his 13-week cycle. Although he devoted his
greatest energy to temperance that week, he still attended to the other 13 virtues. To
monitor his progress, he created a chart with the virtues along the vertical axis and
the days of the week along the horizontal. At the conclusion of each day, he would tally the number of times he had failed
to live out each virtue. He repeated this 13-week cycle several times. Though he did not attain the moral perfection he had
sought, he did note that he was better and happier for having tried.
Franklin teaches us as leaders to engage in cycles of improvement, both personally and professionally. His example models
for us the importance of identifying and prioritizing goals, and he emphasizes the need to keep focused on one goal while
still attending in some way to our remaining goals/responsibilities. When we then establish indicators for our success and
the means for collecting data specific to our progress, we can create routines to support our daily (or weekly or monthly)
reflection and accounting of our efforts. Though we will likely not reach perfection, we can retain our focus and plan to
arrive at a better place for ourselves and the students, staff, and communities we serve.
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Still Benefitting from Ben
The Latest in Learningby Dana Schon, SAI professional learning director
“Franklin teaches us asleaders to engage in cycles
of improvement, both personally
and professionally.”
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David Autor, an economist at MIT, is our nation’s leading expert when it comes to understanding the shifting nature ofwork in our now hyperconnected, hypercompetitive global economy. Autor has done extensive data analyses to under-
stand and describe different kinds of work in America:
• Routine manual tasks. Activities like production and monitoring jobs performed on an assembly line; easily automatedand often replaced by machines; picking, sorting, repetitive assembly.
• Non-routine manual tasks. Activities that demand situational adaptability, visual and language recognition, and perhapsin-person interaction; require modest amounts of training; activities like driving a truck, cleaning a hotel room, or prepar-ing a meal.
• Routine mental tasks. Activities that are sufficiently well-defined that they can be carried out by a less-educated workerin a developing country with minimal discretion; also increasingly replaced by computer software algorithms; activitieslike bookkeeping, clerical work, information processing and record-keeping (e.g., data entry), and repetitive customerservice.
• Non-routine mental tasks (analytical and/or interpersonal). Activities that require problem-solving, intuition, persuasion,and creativity; facilitated and complemented by computers, not replaced by them; hypothesis testing, diagnosing, analyz-ing, writing, persuading, managing people; typical of professional, managerial, technical, and creative professions such asscience, engineering, law, medicine, design, and marketing.
As Autor’s data show, fewer and fewer employment opportunities exist in America for both routine cognitive work andmanual labor. Additionally, the gap has been widening over the past five decades, particularly since the advent of the per-sonal computer. Unless they’re location-dependent, manual labor jobs often are outsourced to cheaper locations overseas.Unless they’re location-dependent, routine cognitive jobs are increasingly being replaced both by cheaper workers over-seas and by software algorithms.
Our challenge as leaders is that the kind of schoolwork that most American students do most of the time is routine cogni-tive work. The kind of work that is emphasized in nearly all of our classroom, state, and national assessment schemes isroutine cognitive work. And the kind of work for which traditionalist parents and politicians continue to advocate is rou-tine cognitive work. In other words, we have yet to make the mental and operational shifts necessary to enable students forfuture work and life success.
Take a look at the trends in Autor’s data chart (http://bit.ly/autor13). Then watch the 15-minute video, Humans Need NotApply (http://bit.ly/humansneednotapply). Then show them both to your staff, board, parents, and community and beginthe conversation about how you’re doing …
Upcoming eventsI hope that you will join us for some amazing upcoming events, including EdCampIowa (Jan. 31, edcampiowa.org), likelythe most powerful day of learning you’ll have all year, and StuCamp (Feb. 28, www.stucamp.org), a student-orientedunconference in 3 simultaneous locations across Iowa. Hopefully some of your students will be able to attend one or both!Also, registration and the call for proposals are now open for the Iowa 1:1 Institute (Apr. 8, iowa1to1.com).
Tech grants for Iowa teachersRemember that Prairie Lakes AEA is helping give away technology funds to innovative Iowa teachers. The deadline forapplications is January 2. Find out more at centurylinktechgrants.org.
As always, stay in touch at [email protected], 707-722-7853, or @mcleod!
Dr. Scott McLeod, Director of Innovation, Prairie Lakes AEA
Moving beyond routine cognitive work
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Increasing Knowledge and Skills in this Digital, Global Erawith Scott McLeod
