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USM Summer Math Institutewww.usm.edu/summermathi
nstitute

• 2004
• Presented by Terrell Luckey
• Principal
• Magee Middle School

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Challenges of the New Millennium

• Centralized vs Decentralized

Increased Federal Control
Decreased funding and support
Parent/Student/Community Involvement
Delivery of Educational Services
Accountability
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• I dont know the key to success, but the key to
  failure is trying to please everybody

--Bill Cosby
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VISION

• Without a vision the people perish!!!!!!!!

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Leadership

• Shared through empowerment
• InitiatingTask Accomplishment
• ConsiderationHuman Relations
• Transformational (collaborative, professionalism
  and empowerment, understanding change)
• Situational

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Leadership Traits
Leaders possess more..

• Capacity (intelligence, alertness, verbal
  facility, originality and judgment)
• Achievement (scholarship, knowledge and athletic
  achievement)
• Responsibility (dependability, initiative,
  persistence, aggressiveness, self-confidence and
  desire to excel)
• Participation (activity, sociability,
  cooperation, adaptability and humor)
• Status (socio-economic, position and popularity)

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Communication
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Principals can Improve Schools by

• Feeling a genuine commitment to school projects
• Being an advocate who promotes and defends school
  improvement projects
• Being one who links the school improvement
  project with other parts of the system
• By acquiring resources
• Careful selection of staff
• Supplying initiative, energy, and direction
• Providing problem-solving assistance and support
• Delegating and moving to the back when teachers
  assume leadership
• Providing words of encouragement and acts of
  assistance
• Giving feedback and providing two-way
  communication

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Developing an Action Plan

• Identify areas to be addressed
• Establish and/or clarify goals
• Establish Deadlines
• Provide resources and assistance
• Provide periodic feedback and resources
• Maintain accurate records
• Provide for revision as needed

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Technology
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Personal Digital Assistants-PDA

• A PDA is a pocket organizer. PDA handhelds have
  a suite of applications that have made lives
  easier. You can create documents in Word, view
  PowerPoint presentations, edit datasheets, and
  create digital Photo albums.
• You can even snap in a road atlas expansion card
  or add a portable keyboard to create documents on
  the road.
• You can also receive wireless internet service.

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HomeMain menufind and launch software
applications
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Infrared (IR)Beam files to other IR-enabled
PDAs
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Hot SyncHotSync your PDA to save all your data
on your PC. You can also type on your PC and
HotSync the info to your PDA
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For PDA demonstration go to

• http//studentwebs.umes.edu/wvhines/my_palm_pilot.
  htm

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CREATING A SHARED VISION
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Principals lead through shared vision and values
rather than through rules and procedures

• Engage the faculty in the co-creation of shared
  vision and values
• Work together to find common ground and build
  consensus
• Rely on shared vision to guide school decisions
  instead of rules/regulations driven place
• The goal is to give people the direction they
  need to act autonomously through sharing school

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Creating a shared context

• Look through the world through each others eyes.
• Back up solutions to needs.
• How will this proposal impact our jobs?

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Focusing and Processing Structures

• Shared Vision necessary for Consensus Building
• Common values and beliefs
• Communicating the vision
• Participant involvement

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Building a Shared Vision
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Creating a shared context

• Participants must be able to think from one
  anothers points of view. They do not have to
  agree with someone elses perspective, but they
  do have to understand it.

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Improving Instruction
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Elements for Effective Supervision of Instruction

• Principal-Teacher Relationship
• Principal and Teacher Belief and Platforms
• Subject Content Goals and Objectives
• Planning and Design of Instruction
• Methodology and Strategies for Delivery of
  Instruction
• Measurement and Evaluation of Learning and
  Program Outcomes
• Analysis and Interpretation of Data

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Components of Effective Lessons

• Planning
• Management
• Instruction that is
• A . Effective
• B . Efficient
• C . Relevant

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School Culture
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Organizational Cultureis

• The social glue that holds an organization
  together

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Administrators Shape School Culture through

• Choice of staff
• Formal leadership appointments
• Working with informal leaders
• Handling conflict between formal and informal
  leaders
• Regular two-way communication

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Effective School Cultures have

• An emphasis on academic effort and achievement
• A belief that all students can achieve
• Ongoing faculty development and innovation
• A safe and orderly learning environment

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Understanding todays culture and the times we
live in
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• Baby Boomers (1946-60)

Generation X (1961-1976)
Generation Why? (1977-present)
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Generation Why

• A broad term describing the 68 million
  individuals born between 1977-present (post
  generation X). Originally coined by teen expert
  Eric Chester, Generation Why is typified by youth
  who continually question the standards and
  expectations imposed by societyas in why does
  it matter? and why should I care?

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Generation Why

• Impatientcannot wait patience was a virtue, now
  it may be considered a weakness.
• Disengaged from the process we knewwe think
  sequentially or linear they think mosaic why
  cant you go directly to what you want if money?
  dont work, figure out loopholes, or just win the
  lottery.
• Disrespectfulyou dont get respect because you
  are an elder, teacher, preacher, or parent.

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Generation Why

• Blunt, Expressivewe were taught to be humble and
  polite now-- bite me, you suck! Expression is
  valued over self-control.
• Skepticalwe have told them one thing and done
  something else they hear a lot of
  misinformation Does justice prevail?---Innocent
  as opposed to not guilty.
• Image Drivenhair, clothes, tattoos, body
  piercing.

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Generation Why

• Resilientmany have overcome adversity, broken
  families
• Tolerantmore so than their parents
• Committed and loyal, but sometimes to wrong
  causes
• Learn at a high rate and think fast
• Adapt rapidlycope well with change

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Generation Why

• Rebound easily
• Creative
• Innovativemany can teach themselves and they
  dont always think school is the way to learn
• Self-reliantkids take care of themselves, do
  laundry, meals, get up get to school

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Strategies for dealing with Generation Why

• Focus on the positive they hear enough negative,
  media, kids should be looking forward to tomorrow
• Be Honest dont lie to them, tune in to their
  frequencymusic, movies, shows, clothes
• Only have those rules you believe inconcentrate
  on what is important and take out everything else
• Or else is gone
• Build Relationships
• Know the why as well as the what
• Dont be afraid to do things differently
• Set the exampleWhy learns by example not advice

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Principals must be.

• Trustworthy---these leaders obtain
• the best work from their employees
• More people-oriented than task
• oriented