AssistantAssociate Principals Deans Statewide Mentoring Meeting Tuesday January

Assistant/Associate Principals’ & Deans’ Statewide Mentoring Meeting Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Outcomes: Grow your professional network; Identify strategies to develop and maintain a positive culture; Gain insight from experienced colleagues regarding how to leverage teacher leadership and how to navigate a struggling staff member; Engage in collaborative conversations regarding upcoming events, items, and issues in this second semester; Continue to work toward your preferred leadership-life fit; Share with colleagues a leadership success and gain ideas for your own practice; and Discuss pertinent legal issues.

Links Resources: http: //www. saiiowa. org/jan 17 apmentoring. cfm Evaluation: http: //bit. ly/SAI 11717 Mentoring Matters: http: //www. sai-iowa. org/mentoring-andinduction. cfm

Welcome!! Name School/District What’s the “one thing” you’ve figured out that will make a significant difference for your leadership?

Grounding Activity How do you foster positivity and optimism during this time of year? ” Post ideas and suggestions: https: //padlet. com/dschon/SAIAP 1 7

Round Tables 1. Leveraging Teacher Leaders Jen Sigrist, Van Meter 2. Coaching a Struggling Staff Member Dana Schon & Mentors

Coaching and Feedback C O I N S - Context - Observation (I noticed) - Impact (perceived) - Next (complaint to a request) - Stay (support)

Processing How have you approached coaching/supporting a struggling teacher? A struggling custodian, associate, cook? What makes this difficult? What makes this critical to our leadership?

Leading for Tomorrow

Leading for Tomorrow Access the Calendar/Checklist for your level. Compare to your own calendar. What questions do the calendars raise for you? What needs to be on the radar for this second semester?

Dana Schon, SAI Leadership-life Fit

The Amalgamation of 1% It’s the small changes that lead to significant impact. ~Duhigg, The Power of Habit

Identifying Values No right or wrong Sometimes (all the time) values compete Not all are 10’s, nor should they be It’s about being at choice– then you have congruence and integrity with yourself

Tolerations What’s not working? What’s annoying you? Making you crazy? What’s worrying you?

Ambiguity x Perceived Lack of Control = Anxiety Lower either of the components, lower the anxiety, improve leadership-life fit. Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over instead of craving control over what you don’t. Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

Learning Community: Leadership Success Analysis

Protocol Leader with a birthday closest to today selects first presenter. Timekeeper/facilitator will be the person to the left of the presenter. Refer to blue handout for steps in the protocol—each presenter will have 14 minutes.

Matt Carver, SAI Legal Update and Scenarios

Final Thoughts & Evaluation Upcoming learning opportunities: http: //www. sai-iowa. org/events. cfm Evaluation: http: //bit. ly/SAI 11717

T A H Y O K N U !