Post on 31-Dec-2015
WDTI INSERVICEMONDAY APRIL 9, 2012
Dr. Timothy Mitchell
Rapid City Area Schools
Feedback
Today Show-Katie Couric Interview of Brian Bennett-had grown up in a troubled and abusive environment. He struggled in school and had been picked on regularly. Now-a well adjusted and successful adult.
Defining Moment-”when a grade school teacher simply told me that she cared about me and believed in me and that small interaction turned my life around”
Research
Many years ago, the field of education and psychology over looked an important study.
1925-Dr. Elizabeth Hurlock-designed a study to explore what would happen when 4th and 6th graders in math class received different types of feedback
Research
1st Group-identified by name-praised2nd Group-identified by name-criticized3rd Group-ignored-present to hear responses to other students4th Group-removed-received no comments on workStudents in Groups 1 & 2 did better after the 1st day-then performance
dramatically changed
Research
The overall performance of each Group:Group 1-Praised-71%Group 2-Criticized-19%Group 3-Ignored-5%
Recent studies:Negative emotions can be harmful and might even shorten life spanPositive emotions are an essential daily requirement for survival
Feedback
The brain’s patterns and instructions are slowly perfected throughout life, mostly through trial and error. Therefore, feedback is essential to learning. Meaningful and appropriate feedback helps students understand how they are doing in the course of the real world.
Feedback
The most valuable feedback:Immediate-given as soon as possible after the performanceSpecific-instead of generalPrecise-includes evidence that helps the person see cause and effectGrowth-Oriented-gives direction for further improvementPreserves Dignity-judges performance, not the person
Feedback
Let me tell you about:
CHRIS
Chamberlain versus Rapid CityTwo Differences:
No one cared what I said-now everything I say is on TV or in the paper
I deal with more and do less
What I have learned? Leadership is Leadership Relationships First
Three Secrets to Developing Leadership Around You
Listen to what people tell you-Great leaders capture the hearts of their people by listening to themUse fierce conversations to confront difficult situations-when another is acting inappropriately and it isn’t told, you may be robbing the individual of an important opportunity to learnCreate an environment that attracts potential leaders-by surrounding yourself with other leaders you bring greater value to your organization
What is essential!!
Community SupportCommunity InvolvementCommunity Trust
Developing Trust
Function of two things:Integrity
Competence
Developing Trust
IntegrityHonesty-telling the truth & leaving the right
impression
Congruence-no gaps between intent and behavior “walk your talk”
Humility-recognize principles before yourself
Courage-do the right thing-even when hard
Developing Trust
Competence
Your capabilitiesYour skillsYour resultsYour track record
They are both vital-one without the other will not work
Speed of Trust-Behavior #9
Clarify Expectations-to create shared vision and
agreement about what is to be done up front
Speed of Trust-Behavior #10
Practice Accountability-Hold yourself accountable. Hold others
accountable. Take responsibility for results. Be clear on how you’ll
communicate how you’re doing and how others are doing. Don’t avoid or shirk responsibility. Don’t blame others or point fingers when things go wrong.
Where are we going?
Leading a successful enterprise calls upon everyone to know the
organization’s purpose. Organizations need to be clear as to their purpose if
they are to grow and prosper.
Do you have a Direction?
Vision without action is merely a dream
Action without vision merely passes the time
Vision with action affects the future
Joel Barker
My Personal Vision
To embrace learning rather than teaching as a school’s mission, to
work collaboratively to help all students learn, to focus on results to foster continuous improvement
and to assume individual responsibility to take steps to
create such a school.
RCAS Mission
Building a community of life
long learners, one student at a
time.
RCAS Vision
All Rapid City Area School students will
achieve to their full potential.
WDTI Mission
Western Dakota Tech is a public institution of higher education where students acquire the knowledge, skills, and behaviors necessary for successful
employment.
“changing lives…building futures”
What is WDTI About?
***Quality Programs***Program Retention
***Program Development
That meet the needs of workforce!!
Control the Conversation
What must we have to provide a high quality
education for all students at WDTI?
The Three C’s of Community Building
Confront the Brutal Facts
Communication (Effective)
Collaboration
Confront the Brutal Facts
Create a culture where the truth is heard!
Includes four basic practices:*Lead with questions, not
answers*Engage in dialogue and
debate, not coercion*Conduct autopsies, without
blame*Build red flag mechanisms that
turn information into information that cannot be ignored
Leaders as Communicators
“The void created by the failure to communicate
is soon filled with poison, drivel, and misinterpretation.”
C. Northcote Parkinson
Leaders as Communicators
“The ability to communicate clearly and persuasively to the staff, and to the public and policy makers, about
what issues are and how they must be handled is essential”
Paul Houston
Leaders as Communicators
“All that goes right and all that goes wrong in a school
district ultimately can be traced back to
communication or a lack there of”
Krista Parent2007 National SOY
Leaders as Communicators
“The difference between the best school districts and the good or the worst is not the number of problems they have. All school districts deal with problems. In
the best school districts, key individuals and groups find a way to engage in healthy dialogue. They talk through
important issues.
Collaboration
“Anyone who imagines they can work alone winds up surrounded by nothing
but rivals, without companions. The fact is, no one ascends alone.”
Collaborative Culture
“Successful schools are places where teams of teachers
meet regularly to focus on student work through
assessment and change their instructional strategies
accordingly to get better results”
Fullan
DRIVE
DRIVE: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
BY Daniel Pink
When it comes to motivation, there’s a gap between what
science knows and we do
DRIVE
Science shows the way-The new approach has
three essential elements
DRIVE
Autonomy-the desire to direct our lives
DRIVE
AutonomyTask-what we do
Time-when we do itTeam-who we do it withTechnique-how we do it
Drive
Mastery-the urge to get better and better at
something that matters
DRIVE
MasteryCapacity to see your abilities
not as finiteDemands effort, grit, deliberate
practiceImpossible to fully realizeFrustrating and alluring
DRIVE
Purpose-the yearning to do what we do in the service of something larger that ourselves
DRIVE
PurposeGoals that use profit to reach
purposeWords that emphasize more
than self-interestPolicies that allow people to
pursue purpose
DRIVE
My Sentence
I provide the leadership to create a purposeful learning community that creates high quality learning experiences for all community members.
The secret to high performance and satisfaction—at work, at school, and at home—is the
deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create
new things, and to do better by ourselves and our world.
DRIVE
See Daniel Pink On TED Talks:
http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation.html
Drive
Developing Trust
“A man who doesn’t trust himself can never truly
trust anyone else.”-Cardinal de Retz