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Personal Effectiveness-How am I doing?

• Nascú• January 2016

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Establishment phase-Year 1

• Anticipation• Survival• Disillusionment• Rejuvenation• Reflection

(Moir,E. New Teacher Centre Santa Cruz 1999)

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Tame, Critical and Wicked Problems

• Tame

• Critical

• Wicked

• Follow the “Yellow Brick Road”

• No waiting around, Decisions must be made

• Complex, no right answer, no destination

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The PDST is funded by the Department of Education and Skills under the National Development Plan, 2007-2013

Thinking About Leadership

© PDST, 2010 4

• Leadership is not presented in roadmaps to success

• It is about positive influence

• It is complex and draws heavily on personal knowledge, skills and traits

• Leaders make a difference

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Leadership Laws

• Based on Maxwell’s 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership

• To be taken as a lens for looking at leadership rather than a prescription

• No leader will display strength in all areas• Meant as a way of looking at the profile

outlined on previous slide• Each law can stand alone

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Maxwell’s Laws

• The Law of the Lid• The Law of influence• The Law of process

• The Law of navigation• The Law of solid ground• Law of Intuition• Law of timing

• Strengths/weaknesses• He who thinks he leads , but has no followers, is only

taking a walk

• Leadership is a journey not a destination

• Need a vision

• Trust• Leaders see what others

cannot• Timing is crucial

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The ‘Myth’ of the Complete Leader

Recent research is encouraging:

‘hundreds of people have struggled under the weight of the myth of the ‘complete’ leader! It is now becoming clear that an ‘incomplete leader’

who is authentic is likely to be more effective’

Ancona, Malone & Senge ‘In Praise of the Incomplete Leader (2011) HBR

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What does it mean to be Authentic?

Authentic leaders have been described as those who:

• demonstrate a ‘passion’ for their purpose• practice their values consistently• lead with ‘hearts’ as well as ‘heads’

[George et al, Discovering your Authentic Leadership, (2012), Boston]

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What kind of leader are you?

• Are you a Director/Strategist/Presenter or a Mediator?

• What are your strengths? What are your challenges?

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ieDomains and Standards of School Leadership –Quality Framework

• Leading learning and teaching• Managing the organisation• Leading school development• Developing leadership capacity

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Leading learning and teaching• School leaders: promote a culture of improvement,

collaboration, innovation and creativity in learning, teaching and assessment

• Foster a commitment to inclusion, equality of opportunity and the holistic development of each student

• Manage the planning and implementation of the school curriculum

• Foster teacher professional development that enriches teachers’ and students’ learning

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Managing the organisation

• Establish an orderly, secure and healthy learning environment, and maintain it through effective communication

• Manage the school’s human, physical and financial resources so as to create and maintain a learning organisation

• Manage challenging and complex situations in a manner that demonstrates equality, fairness and justice develop and implement a system to promote professional responsibility and accountability

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Leading school development

• Communicate the guiding vision for the school and lead its realisation

• Lead the school’s engagement in a continuous process of self-evaluation

• Build and maintain relationships with parents, with other schools, and with the wider community

• Manage, lead and mediate change to respond to the evolving needs of the school and to changes in education

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Developing leadership capacity

• Critique their practice as leaders and develop their understanding of effective and sustainable leadership

• Empower staff to take on and carry out leadership roles

• Promote and facilitate the development of student voice, student participation, and student leadership

• Build professional networks with other school leaders

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ieHallmarks of purposeful relationship with

students

• Focus on life chances and opportunities-new JC

• An advocate for students• Firm but fair discipline• .......

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Relationship with parents

• Supportive• Advisory• Equal• ...

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Relationship with Staff

• Leader• Manager• Coach• Motivator• .........

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Relationship with Board of Management

• Inform• Guide• Advise• Serve• ......

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A thought......

• ‘if you please everyone, you aren’t making enough progress’ Mark Zukerberg (Facebook)