MultiClassroom Leadership Situational Leadership To copy or adapt

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Situational Leadership This session is based on Situational Leadership, a trademarked term from Blanchard, Hersey, and Johnson’s Management of Organizational Behavior: Leading Human Resources Source: Blanchard, K. , Hersey, P. , and Johnson, D. (2000). Management of Organizational Behavior: Leading Human Resources. New York: Prentice Hall. 2019 | 2

Situational Leadership Simulation Directions: Left row will play teachers (or paraprofessionals), and right row will play teacher-leaders. • Please do not share the content of your cards. • Each round will be 2 minutes in length. • At the end of each round, the teacherleaders will move to their right; everyone else stays put. • Conduct simulation 3 times. Source: Hersey, Paul (1985). The Situational Leader. New York: Warner Books. 2019 | 3

Debrief How did the interactions feel? Were some easier/more difficult than others? Frustrated Uncomfortable or nervous Silly Easy and natural 2019 | 4

Session Objectives • Discuss the differences between growth and fixed mindsets. • Introduce the Hersey-Blanchard framework for situational leadership. • Brainstorm how to tailor your leadership depending on the mindset, skill, and will of your teachers and/or paraprofessionals. 2019 | 5

Mindset Vignette The students in this year’s third-grade class have been a challenge since kindergarten, and this is definitely true in Sandra Hill’s classroom. She has a rambunctious group of boys who just will not sit still or be quiet. To make matters worse, there are several girls who pick on and fight with one another even though they claim to be friends. But this is what they have been like since kindergarten, so why should she expect anything different? Nothing she does will change them. 2019 | 6

Type of Mindset Source: Dweck, Carol S. (2006). Mindset: the New Psychology of Success. New York: Ballantine Books. Success of Others Criticism Effort Obstacles Challenges …embrace challenges …persist in the face of setbacks …see effort as the path to mastery …learn from criticism …find lessons and inspiration in the success of others Growth Mindset Fixed Mindset …avoid …give up challenges easily …see effort as …ignore useful …feel threatened by fruitless or worse negative feedback the success of others 2019 | 7

Your Own Mindset Everyone experiences different mindsets in different situations. Think of situations when you have said or thought these four things: • “Why keep on working on this? It’s pointless!” • “I won’t take those suggestions my principal/coach/boss gives me because they don’t really get what I’m doing. ” • “I’m really just no good at this. Someone else can do it. ” • “[Insert colleague/sibling/friend’s name here] is so much better at this than I am. I need to find something else I can do well. ” 2019 | 8

(Low) <------ Commitment (will) Level -----> (High) Hersey-Blanchard Framework Directing Low Skill High Will Ex: A new teacher who constantly seeks feedback, wants to improve. Could say things like “What should I do? ” Coaching Low to Mid Skill Low Will Ex: A veteran teacher not getting results that does not seem invested in wanting to change his practice. See Handout Delegating High Skill High Will Ex: A high-performing teacher who owns her own development. Supporting Mid to High Skill Low Will Ex: A teacher who is getting good results but is not open to changing her curriculum. (Low) <------ Competency (skill) Level -----> (High) Adapted from Blanchard, Ken (2003). The One Minute Manager. New York: William Morrow Company. 2019 | 9

Jigsaw Activity 1. Break into small groups of four. 2. Assign each group member one Situational Leadership quadrant. 3. Group members move to chart paper with assigned quadrant. With your chart paper group, make a comprehensive list of next steps and ideas for MCLs and TRTs to best lead others in your assigned quadrant. (10 min) 4. Come back to original groups. Each group member shares ideas discussed in their quadrant’s chart paper group. (10 min) 2019 | 10

Action Steps Write down and share a few next steps you commit to incorporating into your work based on your takeaways from this session. Next Steps People Timeline Notes 2019 | 11

1 Sources • Blanchard, Ken (2003). The One Minute Manager. New York: William Morrow Company. • Dweck, Carol S. (2006). Mindset: the New Psychology of Success. New York: Ballantine Books. • Hersey, Paul (1985). The Situational Leader. New York: Warner Books. 2019 | 12

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