Envisioning Success: Essential Leadership Strategies Presented By Dr. John E. McKenna jmckenna@tona.wnyric.org Tonawanda City School District Dr. Walter Polka wpolka@niagara.edu Niagara University January 22, 2015 HFM BOCES
Moment of Opportunity ! New Assessments - PARCC ! New Common Core ! New APPR ! New DASA
Control versus Release Yesterday’s Leader Today’s Leader
LEADERSHIP ! Communicating peoples worth and potential so clearly that they are inspired to see it in themselves. Stephen Covey
Activity 2: Releasing Question What am I presently doing in my position that I could be turning over to others ?
Productive vs. Destructive Leadership Beware of the Dark Side … .
Productive vs. Destructive Productive Destructive Based on Shared Decision Making Power Teacher Empowerment Control Building Relationships Ego Common Mission/Vision/Goals Arrogance Rewards Punishment Builders Tear Down Empathetic Micro-Manage Builds Trust Demand Loyalty Encourages New Ideas Manipulate – Give Limited Parameters and say you had input Win-Win Win-Lose Active Involvement on the Front Lines Gives Orders and Walks Away
“The Builder” The Fighting Spirit/Lou Holtz I saw a group of men in my hometown. I saw a group of men tearing a building down. With a heave and a ho and a mighty yell. They swung a beam and the sidewalk fell. And I said to the foreman, “Are these men skilled, The type you’d hire if you wanted to build?” And he laughed and said, “Why, no indeed.” He said, “Common labor’s all I need. For I can tear down in a day or two What it took a builder ten years to do.”
“The Builder,” continued And I thought to myself as I walked away, “Which of these roles am I going to play? Am I the type that constantly tears down As I make my way, foolishly, around? Or am I the type that’s trying to build with care, In hopes that my organization’ll be glad I was there?”
Summary ! Productive vs. Destructive ! Common Mission, Vision and Goals ! Organizing for Success ! Shared Decision Making and Teacher Empowerment Activity 6
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