Developing Self Who am I as a leader

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Developing SelfWho am I as a leader?
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Leadership Exercise

• Write down what you believe leadership is from a
  personal perspective. For me leadership is.
• List 2 people you consider to be outstanding
  leaders and beside each of them state what it is
  that makes them outstanding in your opinion
• Now write down the best teacher or principal you
  have worked with or been taught by and state what
  it is that makes them outstanding in your opinion

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Four Ways of Understanding What Leadership Is

• 1. The Person is it WHO leaders are that makes
  them leaders?

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Four Ways of Understanding What Leadership Is

• 2. The Result is it WHAT leaders achieve that
  makes them leaders?

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Four Ways of Understanding What Leadership Is

• 3. The Process is it HOW leaders get things
  done that makes them leaders?

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Four Ways of Understanding What Leadership Is

• 4. The Position is it WHERE leaders operate
  that makes them leaders?

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Leadership Lenses
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QuestionsTurn to the person next to you and
discuss....

• Which lens did I think I was?
• What lens / lenses did I find in my working
  definition of leadership
• What lens / lenses did I find with my ideal
  leaders?
• What lens do I think I use the least?
• What do we mainly see about leadership through
  this lens?
• What do we miss by seeing leadership through
  this lens?
• Does it matter/so what?

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So what does all of this mean?

• There are conservatively.
• More than 300 definitions of leadership
• Over 2000 books written on leadership
• In recent times there has been several different
  leadership styles such as
• authoritative, transactional, transformational
  and instructional
• Todays leaders are generally pedagogical
  leaders (instructional) we have little choice

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The Leadership Paradigm Shift

• From having a vision to a particular type of
  vision
• From weak research link to research informed
  leadership and teaching
• From leadership style to particular
  leadership practices
• From organisational leadership to educational
  leadership
• From one leader to distributed leadership
• And today we even have our own model the KLP
• Viviane Robinson (2004). New Understandings of
  educational leadership.

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Kiwi Leadership for Principals (KLP)
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Six Leadership Stylesafter McLelland et el

• Visionary (Authoritative) I have a vision
  come with me
• Affiliative YOU are the most important thing
  in this operation
• Commanding (Coercive) Do as I say
• Coaching Ill help you learn
• Democratic Lets negotiate a common approach
• Pace-setting Im out here follow in my wake!

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Powerful style mix
Visionary
Coaching
Picture this vision - well make it happen
Ill help you develop your capacity
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So What?My mix of theory and practice

• OK so you have an idea of what leadership looks
  like and maybe how you fit into the picture. You
  probably know what your predominant style is and
  now youve also been told that you have to be a
  pedagogical leader.
• You are also aware that at times you have to be
  another type of leader or use a different style -
  so where to from here?
• My view is the most important thing is about
  being yourself
• Knowing what your strengths and weaknesses, and
  defaults, are will help you to become a more
  proficient leader

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Relationships

• 80 of the job
• Knowing who you are be who you are
• You probably wont get a principalship because
  of your admin skills but you probably will
  because of your relationship skills
• Emotional competence
• Setting the culture
• Listening (2 ears 1 mouth)
• Difficult conversations

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ManaakitangaLeading with moral purpose

• Good leaders believe that they can make a
  difference
• Nurturing the human spirit - growing others
• Whilst there are lists of specific skills
  identified as being crucial it is your underlying
  beliefs which shape your actions
• You need to dig deeper than just being task
  focused
• Work on your relationship skills - relationships
  are crucial
• How can you lead without the big picture?

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Lead the Learning.

• The leader cannot succeed in isolation. The
  greatest and most common effects the leader can
  make are the indirect ones where they are
  involved in modeling, monitoring and having
  professional conversations with their staff.
• Viviane Robinson, has produced international
  research which shows that school leaders do have
  an impact on student outcomes.
• Robinson has identified 5 specific leadership
  practices which have the most effect on
  influencing student outcomes
• Establishing goals and expectations
• Strategic resourcing
• Planning, coordinating and evaluating teaching
  and the curriculum
• Promoting and participating in teacher learning
  and development
• Ensuring an orderly and supportive environment

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Other suggestions

• You dont have to have the answers
• but be ready to make a decision
• Put on your own oxygen mask first
• Self belief
• You are the leader be comfortable with it
• Kiwi humour - also at your own expense
• Classroom control is critical before anything
  else can happen

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Other suggestions

• Lets educate the students for their future not
  our past
• What has this got to do with teaching and
  learning?
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