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SAMs: Changing Principals Minute by MinuteJanuary 27, 2011

San AntonioNational SAM Innovation Project

1Kim Marshall:He gets it. He knows that principals must be collaborative and make instructional interaction with teachers adaily practiceinstead of an annual event.

Jody Spiro:She knows. She knows all about change and is ready to show you the steps and readiness tools to use everyday in yourwork.Leading Change Step-by-Step offers a comprehensive and tactical guide for leaders.

The "Teach Like a Champion" workshop will provide a review of the authors effective teaching techniques.The teaching techniques identified by the author are concrete, specific, and are easy to put into action. Training activities at the end of each chapter will help the principal further their understanding through reflection and application of the ideas to their own practice.

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Leading Change Step-by-Step: Tactics, Tools, and Tales

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Todays ObjectivesTake away some new perspectives on leading changeBe intentional!

Demonstrate the benefits of approaching change through multiple perspectives (school teams, breakouts)SAMs are a built-in second perspective

Identify a high leverage change strategy and an early win to start toward success

Determine how to use the book as a resource for further analysis/planning, implementing and continuously evaluating change Leader self-reflection questions in every toolStructure for the morningOverview of the tools

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The Eight Steps Step 1: Determine your change strategy

Step 2: Assess readinessWe have learned the hard way that members readiness is crucial to the success of the work

Step 3: Analyze the stakeholders

Step 4: Minimize resistance (and increase your resistance tolerance)The Eight Steps5. Secure a small, early win

It is so important that people see that we are on the road to something and that isnt going away next year.

6. Engage the key players in planning

The antidote to Groundhog Day

7. Scale and sustain the change strategy

8. Build in ongoing monitoring and course corrections22What you will find in the bookEssential elementsMistakes to avoidField-tested toolsYou have to keep using the tools continuously. We use them over and over.Stories of struggle and success

Tool 1: Identifying the most effective strategy to solve your problemContext: What is your vision and mission?What problem are you trying to solve?What strategy will give you a domino effect to lead to further improvements?Is the strategy feasible within the timeframe?-- Do you have the resources (money, people, time?)-- Is the external environment supportive (or at least not hindering?)

What is your high leverage strategy?ReadinessLeaderParticipantsOrganization (culture)Matching Readiness with ProcessLow readiness = high structureMedium readiness = medium structureHigh readiness = low structureAdjust the structure as the readiness changes!ResistancePreventMinimizeTolerateMy staff is embracing the change instead of resisting it as one more thing.

What is the resistance for your change strategy?Early WinIs considered importantIs urgentIs tangible and observableCan be achieved in the timeframeMore benefits than costsHelps deal with lossNon-threatening to opposing groupsSymbolic of shared valuesIs publicizedIs used for momentum30

What is your proposed early win?For comments, questions, discussionjds3@nyu.eduJody Spiro

ChoicesYou are driving down the road in your two seat sports car on a wild, stormy night. You pass a bus stop and you see three people:

An old lady who is seriously injured.An old friend who once saved your life.The perfect partner you have been dreaming about.

You only have room for one passenger. What do you do?National SAM Innovation ProjectOne answerI would give the car keys to my old friend and let him take the lady to the hospital. I would stay and wait for the bus with the partner of my dreams.

Perhaps we gain more if we refuse to accept limitations.National SAM Innovation ProjectLUNCHAfternoon Session begins at 1:30 PMNational SAM Innovation ProjectTeach Like a Champion49 techniques

A technique is a thing you do or say in a particular way. A strategy is a generalized approach to problems, a way to inform decisions.

I describe these techniques in a concrete and actionable way.National SAM Innovation ProjectWhat is good is what works.Many ways to accomplish the same thing.

Work from strengthsnot weaknesses.

National SAM Innovation ProjectTry it outRead: Right is Right, page 35

What ways have you seen teachers do this?

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How could you use this?National SAM Innovation ProjectTry anotherRead: Page 41-45, Stretch It

What ways have you seen teachers do this?

See: Clips 4 and 5

How could you use this?

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How have you seen teachers do this?

See clip 5

How could you use this?National SAM Innovation ProjectPart TwoHelping Students Get the Most out of ReadingNational SAM Innovation ProjectReading QuotesFluency is important because it provides a bridge between word recognition and comprehension. - Kelly L. Briggs, "Reading in the Classroom" (2003)We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. - B. F. Skinner"Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. Joseph Addison "There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all." Jacqueline Kennedy

All Teachers Can (and Must) Be Reading TeachersIf the students in your schools can read well, they can essentially do anything. Reading is the skillReading is the learningIt is a double investment paying both short and long-term results (as they learn to be effective assimilators and analyzers of information)Teaching Content is Teaching ReadingWe are in urgent times- how can I as a leader assist ALL of my teachers in the process of being teachers of reading? Everyone in a school must be a reading teacher.Set of skills Used by Top Teachers(Focus of Part Two)Decoding- deciphering written text to identify what the words meanFluency- ability to read at a rapid rate, plus expression, ability to group words together into phrases to reflect meaning and toneVocabulary- A students base of word knowledgeComprehension- Understanding whats writtenFour Technique Video ClipsControl the Game- Making Reading Instruction Productive and Accountable- Clip #22FluencyFluencyVocabulary and Comprehension- Clip #25

Teach Like A ChampionWe Need to Move Beyond Excuses, Right?Raise Expectations For Each & Every Child- no exceptions!

How Can I/My Principal Use This With Our Staff?Team talk What are we doing/do we need to do to take advantage of these resources? How do I need to use my time/have my principal use his/her time differently to make a difference for the children in our school? What do I need to do differently/my principal need to do differently with our teachers to ensure rigorous learning is occurring every day in every classroom?

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