Levering+Leadership


 * 1) KL31 - twitter

https://doltonroad.wikispaces.com/TechLeadership

Leadership Traps
 * Compliance Complex
 * Accountability prophylaxis
 * RtI (reaction to incidents) - over or under reaction to unplanned incidents
 * "Lead, follow, or get out of the way." - Thomas Paine
 * sometimes to lead is to follow and to follow is to get out of the way
 * Change Process
 * neither centralization nor decentralization works (need both - can't have one without the other)
 * every person is a change agent
 * nurture the vision
 * lead the conversation
 * develop and distribute leadership
 * model appropriate use
 * You can't mandate what matters
 * Change is a journey, not a blueprint
 * Vision and strategic plannning come later
 * disconnect between written vision and actual vision
 * make everyone important developing the vision
 * people need to feel that their voice is heard (suggestion box) -
 * can be used as a strategy, but not effective if
 * don't need to agree with the input to acknowledge it
 * Lead the conversation
 * too often everyone is yelling but not listening
 * Learning from internal and external sources
 * administrators need to be tapped into this
 * How do we facilitate a collaborative conversation that helps develop the vision?
 * give participants an anticipatory set - let them know ahead of time so they can brainstorm - try to avoid hidden agendas
 * reflection can happen beforehand rather than after
 * give them the appropriate tools in the environment
 * keep network running, security, low maintenance
 * educators concerned about teaching the kids and having access
 * disconnect is the purpose - critical - supervising person has an educational background
 * don't assume that the it people intentionally block sites (could just be the filter)
 * should never be a mystery why things are blocked
 * teachers need to be able to speak up and ask
 * vision is developed by assumption
 * Developing and Distributing Leadership
 * can't do it alone
 * own PLN among administrators
 * "Let me show you" - "come sit down with me" - "this is what it is and this is how I do it"
 * How can we empower teachers to take leadership responsibilities?
 * Train the trainer model (distributes leadership, easier buy-in, peer collaboration, good PR)
 * Look for things that people are already doing - cultivate from the bottom up
 * find it and spread it
 * common dialogue -
 * important for administrators to encourage them to present at a faculty meeting - setup teachers to be leaders
 * highlights of what people are doing - recognition
 * Other ways teachers can lead
 * KTI - leading workshops, online types of activities
 * Modeling appropriate use
 * keep it simple - start small
 * look for administrator blogs to follow
 * Leadership 2.0 Wiki
 * https://pln2lead.wikispaces.com/stories
 * How can administrators model appropriate technology use?
 * Finding the things that will make their lives easier
 * listening, watching, observing, knowing what their needs are
 * Keystone Commons -join HEAT group -LoTi administrator training -give people ideas for using technology appropriately
 * Administrators need to spend time with teachers in the classroom to see what the teachers are using
 * find the teachers that are making good use of technology
 * elementary curriculum taught by regular teacher
 * unless the principal is keyed into that
 * central
 * How do we share the vision of effective leadership for technology with administrators who are not here? ...those not engaged with technology?
 * Administrator 2.0 - booked an hour session with 1 administrator - individualized, couldn't get out of it
 * In a group, could be come anonymous
 * Take comfort in the small steps that you make.
 * Plant seeds and nurture them
 * You never know when the spark will ignite