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Future-FocusedLeadership
AspiringSuperintendents’AcademySeptember2016JaneL.Sigford
Future-focused Instructional Leaders Aspiring Superintendents’ Academy September 2016
JaneL.Sigford
Surgeon General’s Warning: This presentation may or may not start a revolution. This information is designed to change your habits, thinking, and direction. If you experience sweaty palms, rapid breathing, or racing heartbeat, take a glass of wine (or water), sit and read 21 Trends for the 21st Century by Gary Marx. If, by the end of the book, you are not still excited, call your doctor.
LearningTargets• ScanGaryMarx’s21trends• BecomeawideanglelensthatlooksattheramificaIonsofthetrendsforeducaIonandeducators
• ReflectontheramificaIonsonyourrole,assuperintendentorinanyposiIon.
• Re-examineyoureducaIonalphilosophyandroleofsuperintendentinlightofnewlearning
• Lookatyourchangeprojects—AretheyfuturefocusedinstrucIonalleadership?
• Whatareyour“Yeah,buts?”• Sing!AndmaybeDance!
Whatare….
• Ethicists• EnergyHarvester• DataAnalyIcEngineer• Wastedatamanagers• 3DprinIngengineers• PrivacyManagers
• Elevatedtubetransportengineers
• Octogenarianserviceproviders
• CompeIIonProducers• Augmentedrealityarchitects
• Dismantlers
GaryMarx
h^p://www.mnasa.org/cms/lib6/MN07001305/Centricity/Domain/40/aTrendsBookNotes.pdf
21TrendsDemographicSphere• GeneraIons• Diversity• AgingTechnologySphere• Technology• IdenItyandPrivacyEconomicSphere• TheEconomy• JobsandCareers
EnergyandEnvironmentSphere• Energy• EnvironmentalandPlanetarySecurity• SustainabilityInternaIonal/GlobalSphere• InternaIonal/GlobalEducaIonandLearningSphere• PersonalizaIon• Ingenuity• Depth,Breadth,andPurposesofEducaIon
PublicandPersonalLeadershipSphere• PolarizaIon• Authority• Ethics• ConInuousImprovementWell-BeingSphere• Poverty• Scarcityvs.Abundance• PersonalMeaningandWork-LifeBalance
RoleofEducators• EducaIoniskeyplayerinEACHofthetrends.• EducaIondividendsholdinrecession• TimeforleaderstostepoutoftheshadowandtoutourexperIseandtootourhorns.(Toutandtoot)
• EDUCATIONNEEDSTO“FORESEETHEINTRACTABILITYOFWICKEDPROBLEMS”THATTHEWORLDISFACING.P.41
FUTURE-FOCUSEDINSTRUCTIONALLEADERSHIP
• FFILEADERSHIPDEPENDSONBUILDINGONKNOWLEDGE,USINGEXPERIENCE,ANDASKINGEGOTOSTEPASIDE.
SoWhat• LinearGoalsinaNon-LinearWorld--Aswedevelopourplans,lineargoalswillnotbeenough.Lookingattomorrowandseeingitonlyasali^lebitmoreorali^lebitlessoftodayjustwon’tcutit.
• SurroundedbyaworldfilledwithdisconInuiIes,wedesperatelyneedtostayintouchwithsocietaltrendsandhowtheymightaffectus.P.15
ForStrategicPlans• Everyplanshouldincludeatleastafewaudaciousgoals,thekindthattookustothemoonandenvisionededucaIonalopportunityforall
• Whatwouldastrategicplanlooklikewith“chaoIc”,notlinear,goals?
• DolineargoalsfitwiththecollaboraIvemodelnecessarytoengageallstakeholders,e.g.students?
OutoftheBlue
• OutoftheBlue—muchofwhathappenscomesoutoftheblue.NeedtotakelongviewandinsteadofonlyreacIng,weneedtobecomethoughmulgamechangers,inspiteofpastpracIce,rulesthatweremadefortheeducaIoninthe20thcentury,etc.
CollaboraIon
• Leadersmustconstantlyopenmindstoknowledge,experience,andideasofdiversegroupsandturnthemloosetoconsiderpossibiliIesandlearnfromeachother.
• Futuresearches?• Sustainableleadershipisconnectedleadership
Whattogiveup?AskquesIons….• E.G.Housingstartsshouldnolongerbeindicatorofhealthyeconomy.Why?
• AreCommonCoreoutdated?• Iftheanswertothe“stuff”ontestscanbefoundinGoogle,whydowehaveto“stuff”itintoourheads?
• Managerialskillsassignofleadership?• What’smagicalaboutages6-18asschoolage?• Languageofmajority/minority?• Others?
Modelofschool
Purposeofelementary,middle,andhighareNOTthesame.
Elementary—reading,math,tech,andsciencesecureskills—NON-NEGOTIABLE
Middle-Globalawarenessandissues(throughlang.artsandsocialstudies),medialiteracy,ethics,artsexploraIon,scienceissues
ModelconInued
Highschool—Civics—learnconflictresoluIon,uIlizingrealworldissues;poliIcalskills
(democracy),projectsuIlizingskills,ethics,privacyissues,governmentanddiplomacy,
intensestudyofphysicalandarts.Alldonethroughhandson,realissues.Senioryear—overseastravel?Communityproject?
Communityservice.
KenRobinson
• TEDtalk• KenRobinson:DoschoolskillcreaIvity?|TEDTalk|TED.com
Chaptertwo:TheThirdTeacher.
PurposeofeducaIon?• Arewe“capIveofcogniIve?”• Arewelearningacrossdisciplineswhere,intheconnecIveIssue,wearelikelytodiscovernewknowledge?
• Createimmediateanswersoralearnedperson?
• Whatdoallneedtoknowandbeabletodo?P.338-9
EducaIonpurposecont.• What’smissing?• Keeppurpose,breadth,anddepthonagenda• What’slifeworthy?• Buildscaffoldtofuture• Conductresearch• UsetechnologycreaIvely
Revisityourpurposeofeducaton
• Lookatjournal• WhatdidyousaywasthepurposeofpubliceducaIon?
• Whathaschangedoverourmonthstogether?• Whatinsightshaveyouhad?
RoleofFFISuperintendent
• Bringissuesforward• Teachchangeprocessandsupportthroughit• Ensurequalityprof.devforteachersandcommunity
• DemandcurricularchangesandaffecIveskills• Createsenseofurgency
RoleofSup’tcont.
• Decidewhattogetridof,insteadofaddingon• Explorenewmodelsofelem,middle,high• DemandconversaIonsofthecommunityaboutthefutureandeducatethem!
• Challengehighered.tochange• Delegatemanagerialtasks,e.g.finance,transportaIon,etctoskilledstaff
Cont.
• Paya^enIonto“connecIveIssue”AskingwhataretheimplicaIons?Ethicalissues?
• SupportingenuityandcreaIvity• HowardGardner“It’shardtothinkoutsidetheboxunlessyouhaveabox.”--”Masteradiscipline”and“gobeyondtheknown.”
RevisityourRoleofsuperintendent
• WhatdidyousaytheroleofsuperintendentwasinyouriniIalsession?
• Whathaschanged?• Why?
ChangeProject
• Examineyourchangeprojectinlightof21Trends
• Whichtrend(s)doesitaddress?• IsitFuture-Focused?• Isthereanythingyou’dliketomodify?
Common“Yeah,buts..”
• Wecan’taffordit.• Wetrieditbeforeanditdidn’twork• It’snotourconcern.• Whocameupwiththatidea?• Others?
YourYeah,Buts….
• Inyourjournal,listatleast5ofyourcommon“yeah,buts…”
• Howwillyouaddresseachone?
Youareadancer
• SingalongIme…….
Thanksforyourwork
• JaneL.Sigford• jlsigford@comcast.net• 763.242.4880