Session Eight Agenda

1) Sergiovanni Chapter Nine

*Who's serving who?

*The art of Servant Leadership: The Case of Madeline Cartwright.

*Leadership as Stewardship

2) Necessary Components for Effective Crisis Management

3) Crisis Communication - Planning and Implementation

4) Crisis Communication Activity -  How do you determine what information to give each group of stakeholders?

5) Course Evaluations

6) Congratulations and Celebration!

Session Seven Agenda

1) E-Class Feedback and Discussion

2) Collegiality as a Professional Virtue: How should collegiality be defined? Why does Sergiovanni believe it's a "professional virtue"? What's the pay-off for school leaders?

3) Current Events in Leadership: LA Superintendent Shakes Up District 

4) Cultural Proficiency

* What does it really mean to be part of a culture?

* Culture and values: Where do they intersect?

* Class discussion on Immigration article

* Essential Elements of Cultural Proficiency

* Video

5) Assignment Three Review: Annotated Bibliography

Session Six: E-Class

E-Class Assignment

Another View of Community Involvement

Please watch the following Ted.Talk
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/dave_eggers_makes_his_ted_prize_wish_once_upon_a_school.html

Supplemental information:
http://www.826national.org
http://www.onceuponaschool.org

Please post your answers to the following questions:

1) Dave Eggers mentions "a trust gap" as the reason why the tutoring center wasn't an instant success. What "trust gaps" currently exist between schools and the larger community? How can school leaders address them?

2) Dave Eggers takes us through his action plan for creating and expanding 826 Valencia. What lessons did you learn about involving the community from his experience? What elements about the design appealed to both students and community members?

3) Think about creating a "transformative partnership" with your school and the larger community. What need(s) would you want to address? What beginning steps might you take, as a school leader?

Sergiovanni Chapter Six: Followship First, Then Leadership

Please email me your responses to the following questions:

1) What makes a follower instead of a subordinate?

2)  According to Sergiovanni, what does a leader need to do to have followers rather than subordinates?

3) Why shouldn’t the old leadership recipe of “expect and inspect” work in schools anymore? Do we still see it being utilized? How do policies like No Child Left Behind impact this model?

4) As a teacher, does your school have more followers or subordinates (and which category do you fall into?) How does this tie into your principal's leadership style?

Session Five Agenda

1) Internship Seminar with Dr. Brazer

2) Final Coffee Talk Presentations

3) EQ: How can administrators effectively work and communicate with difficult parents?

4) Why are so many parents angry? What are ways to diffuse difficult situations?

5) Video scenarios of parent/teacher interactions: How would you handle these situations as an administrator?

6) Article Share: Putting theory into practice

7) Sergiovanni Discussion: Chapters 3-5

Session Four Agenda

1) Coffee Talk with the Principal - Parent Involvement Program (6 presentations)

2) Assessing School Vision Statements and School Communication Examples

3) The Bullying Epidemic: A Call for Community Action

4) Bullying: A Case Study for Using Interviews/Focus Groups and Data Analysis

5) Class Discussion: Sergiovanni Chapters Three and Four

6) Highlights from Vision, Leadership and Change article


7) Questions for Assignment Two?

Session Three Agenda

1) The Court of Public Opinion: Communicating with External Public
     * What does the external public want to know about schools?
     * Practical ways to communicate with the external public

2) Coffee Talk with the Principal Presentations - Parent Involvement Programs

3) Current Events - Communication Breakdown (A Fishbowl Activity)

4) Sergiovanni - Sources of Authority for Leadership (Small/Large group discussion)

5) School Vision and Community Communications 

6) Assignment Two Review

7) Workshop Time 

FairfaxLeadSum12: Session Two Agenda

FairfaxLeadSum12: Session Two Agenda: EQ: What does it mean to communicate effectively? 1) The communication process: *Elements of effective communication * Ty...
Effective communication is certainly more than just getting the words out of one's mouth.  Effective communication is also about the other person correctly the speaker's intent, meaning, and desires.  Presidents Clinton and Reagan, Dr. King and Ghandi were effective communicators because their messages were delivered in such a manner as to convey their intentions, desires and meanings.  They were motivators moving the hearer to act upon words. 
Some of the elements of effective communication are word choice, voice, tone, body language, and how receptive the hearer is.  I tried to teach my girls that how they say something is just as important as what they have to say.  I remember my sister was telling me I was being to harsh with daughter and telling her that I hear her but I was too mad to hear her. 
For me this is when communication is hard.  When the person, typically a parent or student, is not receptive to what I need to communicate.  I can see this as being a big challenge as an administrator.  It would be nice if there was a magic phrase or sentence but like the book said it comes down to trust.  Trust takes time to build and is fragile.

Session Two Agenda

EQ: What does it mean to communicate effectively?

1) The communication process:

*Elements of effective communication

* Types of communication

* Communication scenarios

2) The Court of Public Opinion

3) Internal and External Publics

4) Engaging the Community: Using Stories to Lead

5) Sergionvanni: What Motivates? What Inspires?

6) Workshop Time for Assignment One