BUILDING NEXT GENERATION SCHOOL LEADERS:

Beyond Butts, Busses and Books

“We don’t have to be superstars or win championships…All we have to do is to learn to rise to every occasion, give our best effort, and make those around us better as we do it.”

John Wooden

Problem Statement

Leadership development for future assistant principals needs to offer a brought range of

learning opportunities to meet the demands of a complex educational environment. It is

the responsibility and legacy of current school leadership to support and provide that leadership for the future of education.

Background

• More than 80% of teachers and 75% of teacher leaders nationwide report they never want to move into the principalship .

• Only between 40 and 50% of assistant principals advance to other professional posts (Austin and Brown Study)

Superintendents Principals

• The job is too stressful• The job is no longer

perceived positively by communities

• Too many hours are required

• The job was too stressful

• Poor perception from the community

• Too many hours

Background

• However, policymakers spend little or no effort researching Assistant Principal recruitment issues or job satisfaction.

• Perhaps they should, as this virtually the only pipeline to campus and district leadership thus making the biggest difference in the future of education

Background

Focus

What are the needs of our future leaders?

What to learn about?• Discipline• Personnel• Finance• Duties

What important things do principals do?

• School culture• Instructional leadership• Engage staff in developing

new ideas to address needs• Understand data and use to

make school adjustments• Think outside the box• Deal with the community• Safety

Clearly a Discrepancy Between School Leadership Needs and Perception of Future Leaders

Enter …REEP• Entrepreneurial Leadership• Simulation Learning for Critical Problem Solving• System Understanding and Process Development• Instructional Leadership• Collaboration/Problem Development Tools• Communication/Culture for Change/Moral Compass• Risk Taking Opportunities• Research and Discussion of Current Issues

Entrepreneurial Leadership

What does being and entreprenerial problem solving leader mean?

System Learning as an Entrepreneurial Leader

• 5 Whys for Root Cause• Affinity for Drivers• Relational Diagram• Problem Statement

Development Tool• Data Analysis Tools to

Understand Problem such as Pareto Chart or Flowcharting

Instructional Leadership

• Book Study: Building Teachers’ Capacity for Success

• Administration Shadows• Walkthroughs/Role Play

Coaching• All meetings are conducted

using classroom • Build Personal Instructional

Toolkits

Communication/Culture for Change

•Moral Compass/ Critical Thoughts•Two Minute Speeches•Role Playing•Team Building and Performance•Conflict Resolution•Improvisation•Communication Starters

Typical PIT Crew Agenda

• Process Feedback/Toolkit Activity • Critical Thoughts/Moral Compass Activity• Communication Activity• Simulation of Critical Event Activity• Current Educational Article Activity Or• Book Study Activity

Future Implications

Continue to learn from and use the processes and knowledge learned from the REEP Institute to engage future leaders to be

prepared to solve problems we have not even encountered yet.

This is our legacy.