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Boosting Morale, Building Resilience
What does Leadership Theory tell us ?Slide2
Why Does Morale Need Boosting ?
It is the
complexities and subtleties
of the emotions that many teachers experience and manage in every school
day
T
eaching
increasing number of those who have behavioural problems, those who find it
difficult to engage in learning
and those who are emotionally anxious and
troubled
O
ngoing
demands on their
intellectual energy, competence and capacity
to connect self and subject and students that distinguishes the teaching self from the selves of other professionals.
Many
teachers would argue that coping with adverse circumstances in the minefields of every school day, although at its best immensely rewarding, is also
emotionally draining and physically exhausting
.
In
times when
organisational and professional change
are inevitable in order to meet new local, national and global social and economic
challengesSlide3
Two Schools of Thought
Thrive, don’t survive. Build resilience.
Be honest about the nature of the job. Help teachers to feel a sense of purpose to their work. Put them in the driving seat and give them an increased stake in the success of the school.
2)
Build Morale – Intentionally
Go out of your way to identifying key school values that are being exhibited. Demonstrate empathy. Show you are “journeying with them.”Slide4
1) Principles of Boosting Morale
Be out there with them
What do we celebrate ?
How do we celebrate ?
Be intentional
The benefits of rewarding staff
A word of caution Slide5
Examples of Celebration #1
Cyclical Celebrations
- seasonal themes, key milestones, individual birthdays, marriages and reunions.
Recognition Ceremonies
: Public applause and acknowledgement for a job well done, attaining specific goals, achieving a promotion,
Celebrations of Triumph
- special occasions for accentuating collective accomplishments, - winning a championship, beating forecasts, launching a new initiative, opening a new office, plant or store.
Rituals for Comfort and "Letting Go"
- not all organisational life is about victory : sometimes there's calamity and loss - an experiment that failed, death of a colleague, layoffs of employees. These occasions can be marked by ceremony and ritual to help people let go and move on. Slide6
Examples of Celebration #2
Personal Transitions
- people come and go in organisations and there need to be ways to celebrate entrances and exits, initiations, separations and other life passages.
Workplace Altruism
- celebrations of doing good for others, pulling together to help others, promoting social change, showing appreciation to customers and clients
Events
- a company's anniversary, opening day, holidays, end of term
Play
- energising meetings and conventions, poking fun, games and sporting eventsSlide7
2) Building Resilience
More forward-looking and positive than stress management
Key question :
‘What type of training, support, work environment, culture and leadership and management practices will
build resilience ?”
There exists a powerful
link
between the perceived autonomy of
a teacher
and their resilience to
the day to day stresses of school lifeSlide8
Practical Steps Forward
S
chool
leaders
to provide staff at all levels to exercise professional discretion and therefore exercise control over their circumstances – within clear bounds determined by the aims, values and context of the school
Provide staff with opportunities to reflect
constructively on their experiences, voice concerns and access appropriate guidance, supervision and support and develop the personal and professional skills necessary to meet challenges.
Help staff to
not only “bounce back”, but move forward. Slide9
FRED / ABCD Award
Email sent to all staff midweek, inviting nominations for ABCD. Similar mail sent to all students for FRED.
Staff and students email
Headteacher
with nominee and reason.
Nominations sorted onto
Powerpoint
– anonymous for staff, named nominees for students
Powerpoint
shown Friday morning staff briefing – 2 staff names drawn from hat – bottle of wine and
chocs
as prizes. Slide10
ABCD Staff-Staff
D
espite not doing medical anymore will still ensure pupils are seen to and will be the first to rush to help when first aid is called for urgently. She is a good member of the team.
She has done a fantastic job at juggling the BTEC inspection, FAME and GCSE performances… not to mention the rest!
F
or letting us all use his printers when pretty much every other printer was broken!Slide11
FRED Student - Staff
He is a very kind and polite librarian. When
i
come in the library in the morning he is always saying hello and is nice to everybody.
Because she puts up with our loud class on every
monday
, so I nominate Ms. Begum for the FRED Award
M
r luck this week because he has pushed me very far in my maths and kept me going through hard questionsSlide12
References
"The Leadership Challenge,"
Kouzes
and Posner,
Jossey
Bass, 2002.
“
Beyond
Survival
-
Teachers
and
Resilience”
Christopher
Day, Anne Edwards, Amanda Griffiths and Qing
Gu
, 2011.