Charting the Course Together August 2014 Agenda WelcomeIntroductions SCUSD Board President Darrel Woo Superintendent Comments Lunch Break SEL and Common Core Training 2 Welcome new staff ID: 693146
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SCUSD Leadership Institute:
Charting the Course Together
August 2014Slide2
Agenda
Welcome/IntroductionsSCUSD Board President Darrel Woo
Superintendent Comments
Lunch Break
SEL and Common Core Training
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Welcome new staff!
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Welcome: SCUSD Board President Darrel Woo
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Personal Story
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Personal Story
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Vision
“Together we create a service-oriented culture of excellence where success for each student and all relationships reflect our core values.”7Slide8
Core Values
Achievement by AllCollaboration
Relationships
Integrity (Transparency)
Creativity/Innovation
Service
Compassion
Personal and Professional Development
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What are your hopes and dreams for our students?
Vision: Group Activity, Shared Goals
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Vision: Group Activity, Shared Goals
What are your hopes, dreams, goals for our students?Each group members completes a quick-write in response to this question. (Three minutes.)
At the end of three minutes, group members share their writing with a partner. (Six minutes.)
Groups
share out with the rest of the room.
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Leadership Style
Student-centeredCollaborative
Servant leader
Equity/Access
Celebrating successes
Reflective decision
maker
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The Year Ahead
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Foci of Work
Common Core – Strong Instructional LeadershipSocial-Emotional Learning
Equity/Culture/Discipline Process
Building Systems/Processes
New Strategic Plan
Communication
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“School District Leadership that Works”(Waters and
Marzano)District-level leadership matters
Effective Superintendents focus their efforts on creating goal-oriented districts
Collaborative goal-setting
Non-negotiable goals for achievement & instruction
Board alignment and support of goals
Monitoring of goals for achievement & instruction
Use of resources to support achievement & instructional goals
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Commitment to Leadership
Listening
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Commitment to Leadership
Central office will support schools
Continuous learning/improvement
Focus
Patient, thoughtful decision-making
Collaborative approach
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Collaboration: Group Activity
“Collaboration is the keystone of leadership
success.”
Forbes Magazine
Examine the 10 Indicators of Effective
Collaboration.
Discuss them with your table
partners.
Engage in
self-reflection:
Which ones are most prominent at your school?
Which ones will better serve as leverage towards building a high-performing collaborative culture?
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Acknowledgements
Passionate, hard-working and committed staffEveryone has a full plate/doing more with less
Uncertainty and anxiety come with change
Limited resources
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Successes
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Successes
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Successes
Principal Networks (PLCs)Online SBAC Field Testing
Continued Implementation of Common Core
Site and District LCAP Engagement
Youth Development: Summer, After-School, Student Voice and Engagement
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Successes
Facilities Bond Projects: Rosemont Track and Field
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Successes
Facilities Bond Projects: John Morse Therapeutic Center
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Challenges
Enrollment Decline
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Challenges
BudgetTurnover in Staff
New Achievement Data
Technology
Infrastructure, C
apacity and Systems
Lack of Collaborative Time
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Challenges: VideoSlide27
Challenges: Group Activity
Discuss at your table:What was necessary to make the challenge highlighted in this video a success?
Think of a situation where this same approach was used to create a successful outcome?
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Opportunities
Strategic Plan – Redesign/ResetWhole Child Policy – SEL, School Climate and Culture, Discipline Practices and Policies
SDIP/LCAP/Budget Process Alignment
Parent and Community Engagement
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Opportunities (Cont’d)
Re-Engage Labor PartnersFurther Develop Customer Service/Rebranding
Teaching and Learning as
the
DriverBenchmark Assessments
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Opportunities: Group Activity
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Opportunities: Group Activity
“Believing in students is not simply telling them that you believe in them. These words matter only if they are true and if you demonstrate them by your actions. There is no way to fake it, because kids have built in cr*p detectors,
and they can tell if you don't mean it
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Dr. Richard Curwin
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Opportunities: Group Activity
Discuss at your table:What
actions
can SCUSD take as a District to demonstrate to students that we believe in their ability to be successful?
What actions can you take at your site to demonstrate this?
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Closing RemarksSlide34
Questions?
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