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1.Find and greet members at your Learning Club.

2.Organize your belongings.

3.Review the agenda.

4.Converse with your elbow partner about what it means to be a teacher leader. Be prepared to share.

Entry Procedures


Administrator as Instructional Leader

SEE Conference 2010Adam D. Drummond


My Family

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Professional ExperienceBachelor’s Degree in Elementary EducationMaster’s Degree in Higher EducationK-12 administrator’s licenseEd.S. candidate

Work Experience1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, middle school Language Arts, Professional Development Coordinator K-5, 6-8Adjunct instructor for Taylor University Fort WayneElementary Assistant PrincipalElementary Principal


Philosophy of Teaching “Be the change

you wish to see in the world.”– Mahatma Gandhi

My mission is to empower citizens to take charge of their life by immersing themselves in daily learning opportunities where they can grow responsibly by being an advocate for the world in which they live, thus creating a stronger community and bond between one another.


Goal Sessions:• Identify leadership strategies utilized by

building administrators• Brainstorm ways to utilize nine body-brain

elements as an administrator• Familiarize oneself with the Personal

Handbook as an instructional tool• Create a plan of implementation for

becoming a ‘brain-compatible’ leader


“It is easy enough to vocalize for change, but one must have something to change to that is

reasonably well understood and ready and waiting for use”

(Hart, 2002, p. 8).

Leslie Hart


Skills Incentives Resources AssessmentAction Plan Confusion

Vision Skills Incentives Resources Action Plan UnknownResults

Vision Skills Incentives Resources Assessment FalseStarts

Vision Skills Incentives AssessmentAction Plan Frustration

Vision Skills Resources AssessmentAction Plan GradualChange

Vision Incentives Resources AssessmentAction Plan Anxiety

Vision Skills Incentives Resources AssessmentAction Plan MeaningfulChange

Managing Complex Change; Adapted from Delores Ambrose, 1987


Approaches to Successful

Teacher Leadership• Demonstrative Approach• Data Approach• Consultative Approach• Collaborative Approach


Process of Staff Development

• Presentation/Explanation of theory behind the practice

• Demonstration• Opportunities for Initial Guided Practice• Prompt feedback about their efforts• Sustained coaching


In-School Coaching Structures• Shadow Opportunities• Peer Coaching

– Specific Objectives (monthly)– Guest Teacher opportunities– Build into PL 221 plans

• Paid Coaching– HET Associates– In-House support


District-Wide Coaching Structures

• Model Teaching Week– Intern– TS– TT

• Cohort Support System• Yearlong Professional Development

Program


Guiding Principles of Model

1.Teachers cannot change a behavior or practice until they SEE what the new behavior or practice LOOKS like in a real world setting multiple times.

2.For professional development to truly be effective and sustained, it must be accompanied with on-going environment COACHING in a non-threatening.


HET 9 Body-Brain Elements

Absence of Threat/Absence of Threat/Nurturing Reflecting ThinkingNurturing Reflecting Thinking

Meaningful ContentMeaningful Content

Adequate TimeAdequate Time

Enriched EnvironmentEnriched Environment

Immediate FeedbackImmediate Feedback

MovementMovement

ChoicesChoices

CollaborationCollaboration

Mastery/ApplicationMastery/Application


Create a Body-Brain Staff Meeting

• Provide an agenda prior to meeting (Absence of Threat)

• Have entry procedures—give them an action (Meaningful Content)

• Begin with a teacher-led activity (collaboration, choice)

• Announcements via paper/email (immediate feedback)

• Provide Reflection throughout (Absence of Threat)• Leave with action (Choice, Immediate Feedback)


Town Hall andMeeting Area

Collaborative Groups

Flow

Quiet Spaces “Australia”

“Prime Real Estate”For Direct Instruction

Plants Lighting

Music

2 - 3 Color Flow

Clutter Free

“Homey”Touches

Immersion Area Yearlong Theme

8 Smarts

Lifelong Guidelines

LIFESKILLS

Agenda

SocialAction

StudentLevel

Key Points Theme Connections

EnvironmentWith

Purpose and Pattern

WALLSAND

DISPLAYS

SPACESSpaces

FEELING“Tone”

MATERIALS

Water

ResourcesPrint & Real

Procedures

Technology

“Skill Supports”At Desks

Supply Baskets


Take it Back!• Reflect on information from the

presentation.– 3 questions you have– 2 action steps to begin sustainability– 1 resource you need

• Share your ideas with your Learning Club.


Eaker, J. (2003). http://www.techlearning.com/article/13820

Dufour, R., & Eaker, R. (1998) Professional Learning Communities at Work. NES. Bloomington, IN.

Schmoker, M. (2006). Results Now: How We Can Achieve Unprecedented Improvements in Teaching and Learning. ASCD. Alexandria, VA.

Lipton, L., & Wellman, B. (2009) How to Talk So Teachers Listen. Educational Leadership, 65 (01). Alexandria, VA.

Resources


Skills Incentives Resources AssessmentAction Plan Confusion

Vision Skills Incentives Resources Action Plan UnknownResults

Vision Skills Incentives Resources Assessment FalseStarts

Vision Skills Incentives AssessmentAction Plan Frustration

Vision Skills Resources AssessmentAction Plan GradualChange

Vision Incentives Resources AssessmentAction Plan Anxiety

Vision Skills Incentives Resources AssessmentAction Plan MeaningfulChange

Managing Complex Change; Adapted from Delores Ambrose, 1987


Adam DrummondPrincipal, Lincoln Elementary School

Huntington County Community School Corporation2037 E. Taylor StreetHuntington, IN 46750

[email protected]

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Find and greet members at your Learning Club. Organize your belongings. Review the agenda