We Cant Spell Success without U

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Quarterly Professional Staff MeetingAugust 26,
2004
Welcome!
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We Cant Spell Success without U

• A Few Core Beliefs from Kelly Smith

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S U C C E S S

• Students come first.
• Look at everything you do through this lens,
  regardless of your job in the District.
• Work to improve the development (intellectual,
  emotional, physical), well-being, safety and
  success of children, enabling them to reach their
  fullest potential.

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S U C C E S S

• Urgency
• All high performance teams feel a sense of
  urgency to successfully accomplish the task or
  project at hand.
• Be responsive and proactive regarding needs,
  questions and concerns.
• This is NOT the same thing as short-changing
  planning and requirements in order to rush the
  job just so we can check it off.

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S U C C E S S

• Communication Conversation
• Between groups
• Within groups
• Dispel misperceptions.
• Clarify processes and procedures.
• Eliminate confusion.
• Look for opportunities.
• Listen with two ears.

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S U C C E S S

• Collaboration Collegiality
• People quite people before they quit jobs.
• Make a genuine commitment to fill each others
  buckets motivate, encourage, positive
  attitude, recognition - to facilitate effective
  working relationships.
• Stay positive and fix the problem together
  instead of finding who to blame.

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S U C C E S S

• Enthusiasm
• There may be eye-rollers, heavy-sighers and
  nay-sayers.
• Get over it.
• Dont let them stop you from doing the right
  thing with passion and enthusiasm.
• If you want the rainbow, you have to sometimes
  put up with the rain on your parade.

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S U C C E S S

• Stay in tune.
• Keep your ear to the ground and your eyes open.
  
• Get out of your comfort zone.
• Walk in other peoples shoes, see things from
  others perspectives in order to improve quality
  of service for everyone.

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S U C C E S S

• Stakeholders
• Usually have the best ideas
• Consensus is not always possible, but input and
  feedback are always welcome.
• Suggest ways to improve service, better meet
  end-users needs, enrich the climate and culture,
  etc.

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U

• U are the Best and Everything U do Matters!
• Academic Technology Services
• Integrated Information Services
• Integrated Infrastructure Services
• Library Textbook Services
• Technology Management Services
• Training Development Services