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ESD Regional Workshop Year 2 Workshop 4 Welcome to the Leadership Academy

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Norms

• Please help us start and end on time
• Please respect the views of others
• Please focus on what is happening

here today

• Please silence cell phones
• Please close email: open during

breaks only

• Please avoid side conversations
• Please maintain a cordial and

collaborative tone

5/3/2015 2 Goals for the Day

Participants will reflect on their own personal leadership skills Participants will examine teacher leadership within their

• wn district systems

Participants will continue to work with sustainability plans Participants will begin/refine their plans for district sharing at the June state-wide workshop

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WSLA Curriculum Strands

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Opening Activity

HOW DO TEACHERS LEAD?

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What is the current “fire” that is burning in your district right now around Instruction? How do these ideas help you think about leadership moves?

TED Talk Video

Pre-Video Thinking:

• What is your personal definition of leadership?
• What is a recent act of leadership you have

initiated?

• Think about a leadership act that one of your

principals or teachers has undertaken.

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TED Talks Drew Dudley Everyday Leadership

http://www.ted.com/talks/drew_dudley_everyday_leadership.html

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TED Talks

Discussion Questions:

• What new way of thinking about the definition of

leadership is promoted by the video?

• How might you share a “lollipop” moment or

encourage others to share “lollipop” moments with teachers or staff?

• Discuss ways you might use the video clip to start

a discussion to encourage distributed leadership.

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5/3/2015 4 The Many Faces of Leadership

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Teachers as Leaders

First INDEPENDENTLY and after a discussion at your table, complete the statements

• n pages 4 and 5

Be prepared to share with others

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Break Time

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5/3/2015 5 Job Alike Share

• Separate into job alike

groups

• Discuss your district’s

thoughts about teacher leadership

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Specific Planning

In District Teams: Key Questions:

• How will your district include

teachers as you continue your WSLA work?

• What leadership roles for

teachers will be included in your sustainability plan?

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5/3/2015 6 Leadership & Sustainability

The Intriguing Nature of Sustainability

Read pages 6-7, an outline from Chapter 2: Leadership and Sustainability

By Michael Fullan

As a district team complete the alignment template on

page 8: Sustainability Characteristics and Leadership Academy Strands

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Leadership & Sustainability

Discuss these questions from page 16:

• 1. What do we need to do to communicate

and embed our WSLA work throughout the system?

• 2. How can we make our work sustainable?

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Team Time – June Presentation

Final Assignment Questions and Guidance

• Where are we?
• What do we need to do to prepare for the

June presentation to other districts?

• What specific evidence do we need?

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5/3/2015 7 State-wide Workshop

FRIDAY , JUNE 26, 2014

SPOKANE WA

FEATURING

ALL YEAR 1 AND YEAR 2 WSLA TEAMS

Sharing their thoughts and experience-- A WSLA Team of Graduates and a WSLA Team that is repeating the WLSA experience

and at lunch--Dr. Dana Anderson, Superintendent ESD 113 in Olympia

Summary and Reflection

Think then Share Out:

• What did we learn

today?

• How will we apply what

we learned today?

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