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November 2013Rudy de Jonge

Headmaster De Smalle - Brugge


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Andy Hargraeves

Andrew ( Andy ) Hargreaves (born 13February 1951) is the Thomas More

Brennan Chair in Education at the LynchSchool of Education at Boston College.The mission of the Chair is to promotesocial justice and connect theoryand practice in education.


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Change management

To be a teacher can be a lonely business.

Nothing changed. Certainty was the mainissue.

Half the neighteens everything changed!(curriculum – ICT – teaching methods)

Teachers were not prepared for that.

Schools must be the centre of society.(Tradition-Honor-Discipline-ExelenceDeath Poets Society)


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The society is always at the move.

When something bad happens, governmentsalways ask: ‘what will schools do about it?

school societyschool

society


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Theoretical Approach

Marcus Buckingham

www.marcusbuckingham.com

British-American

Go put yourstrengthts to work.

Movie: discover yourstengths

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Work with your strengths

Everybody is differend.

People with families can observe this on adaily basis…


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– Where do you excel?

– We are linving in a world focused onweaknesses. (70%)

– Improve your strengths to cope with yourweaknesses.

– We are living in a remedeal world: we study

diseases to learn about health… – To study a healthy mind we study

depression…

– To learn about good mariages whe study

divorces…


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We learn that ‘good’ is the opposite of ‘bad’ .

The opposite of ‘bad’ is ‘not bad’ and thatis something different from ‘brilliant’ .

You only learn about excellence bystudying excellence.

40.000 studies about depression

400 studies about happiness


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Teachers and children have to learn whattheir strengths are.

Children know very early what they whantto become in their lives.


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Inspection: the quality of good educationgoes hand in hand with how the schoolcan cope with weaknesses.

A good school has a plan for the weakest.

Waterfall system…


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Three myths

Myth 1:

As you grow, personality changes

– 70% of the people are sharing that thought.

– Transformation stories are very strong.

– From poor to rich

– From stupied to smart

People like those stories. They sell very good!


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As you grow, you become more of whoyou already are.

– Go to a reunion…

– Watch your own children

– My brother Robert


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Myth 2

You grow the most in your areas of greatweaknesses.

Therefor we put our energy in weaknessesbecause we think that this attitude issmart.


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An example

A pupil arrives at home with the followingschool results:

– Reading 9/10

– Writing 8/10

– History 8/10

– Mathematics 4/10

What will you as a parent do?


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Three myths

You grow most in your areas of graeteststrengths

Tiger Woods

Shaquille O’ Neil


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Leadership is not about looking forweaknesses but discovering strengths andencouraging the teachers to develop those

strengths.

It’ s more effective to improve yourstrengths.

Build on my strengths and manage aroundmy weaknesses.

Never call weaknesses areas of great

upportunity…


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Third myth

A great member puts his strengths aside and doeswhatever it takes to help the team.

- sheep mentality

- I’ve never been asked…

- If I begin to do that…


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A great team member volunteers hisstrengths to the team most of the time.

A headteacher need to know what histeam member is good at.

Teachers need to know what their childrenare good at.


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What are strengths?

Only a few people know their ownstrengths.

Sometimes people are too vague

– I love working with people

– I’ m a social person

– I’ m a very good listener


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What are strengths?

Strengths are not activities that you cando very well but activities that give youpower!

– Strengths are concrete

– Talk about your strengths without braging.

– Talk about your weaknesses without whining.

– Put your energie in working on sterngths.


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What are your strengths?

If you need some help, you can count onme.

I can listen and I can give advise.

I’ m creative and I love to decorate myclassroom and the school in general.

I have lists in my head when we have toorganise festivities.


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What are your strengths?

Give me the microphone!

In critical situations I always stay calmand I can take the right decisions.

A leader has a vision…


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How do you find yourstrengths?

Internet: ‘Strength finder’

SIGN

– During one week you write down what youloved doing and what you hated.


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SIGN

S from SUCCES

– Those activities you are not only good atbut… you have to love them.

– Otherwise it will be a curse! Because you’ regood in it they will give you more and more ofthe same job.

– The story of Yentl


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SIGN

I from Instinct

– The activities that you desire to do.

– The activities that give you energy.


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SIGN

G from Growth

– Time flies when are doing them.

– Each time you are getting better in what you

are already good at.


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SIGN

N from Needs

– After such an activity you are tired but notempty…

– The job asks energy but also gives youenergy.

– You are effective in what you are doing.


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SIGN

In SIGN the I, G and N determines the S

– If you can conclude that the activities giveinstinct, there’ s growth, needs but no

succes… we know a word for those activities: – Look in ‘I loved it’ three activities that you

liked the most.

– There is no other authority than you


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Strength declaration

On the end of the week you write downthree strength declarations.

Focus each week on one of thosedeclarations and try to improve them.

Nobody sits around waiting for somebodywho puts his energy in his weaknesses.


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Risks

Strengths will not always lead to succes. You have to learn to accept that.

A sportsman can’ t win each competition.

A strength declaration can fail becausesomeone from the team don’ t understandyour strength and sees it as an excuse to

give the dirty job to a younger teacher ora new colleague…


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Super Mega Knap


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SUCCES!

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