1. SEND Leader Profiles
How were they developed?

2. Questions SEND U sought to address
What should leadership training for SEND International look like?
What should SEND U try to accomplish in leadership training? What is our desired outcome?
3. Profiling workshop
December 4-5, 2008 at the International Office, Farmington
Workshop facilitator: Dr. Robert Ferris
Workshop participants:
Warren Janzen, Phil Baur, Janet Kunnecke, Andy Spradley, Inel Slater, Gary Griffith, Phil Burns, TeenaEmbaugh, James Aberin, Larry Salisbury, Ken Guenther
4. Questions for the workshop
What character qualities do effective SEND leaders demonstrate?
What skills do effective SEND leaders have?
To develop these qualities and skills, what does a SEND leader need to know?
5. Two profiles
Team leader
Area director
The Area Director profile
a few additional qualities & skills
Team Leader profile
6. Further work on profiles
Added a couple of qualities we had missed
Presented the profile graphically
7. Leader in relationship to:
8. Using the profile
To determine the content for the SEND leadership training curriculum
To evaluate the effectiveness of leadership training
To help individual leaders decide what areas they need to work on