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Transcript of Leadership
The Natural Leaderinconvenient truths
Taoiseach
The “chieftain,”the leader who rises
from the ranksbecause they
do lead.
The viewpoint,the multifacetedview of “reality,”
the view ofthe horizon
and of change
The Cult of Efficiency At the mercy of every arrogant
editor, every self-seeking politician, and every self-righteous protector of the public money, they and their families had to believe strongly in what the were doing or they would have left the field. … the tragedy in education is part of a greater tragedy in American society.
The Cult of Efficiency … much dissatisfaction with the
way school affairs have been managed in the larger cities … many and serious complaints about the misuse of funds, of neglect of property, of the appointment of unfit teachers, and general incapacity, or worse on the part of Boards…
Cult of Efficiency: principles
Standard Records
Planning
Standard conditions
Standardized operations
Standard instructions
Standard schedules
Efficiency reward
Cult of Efficiency: Purpose of Scientific
Management
Increase efficiency of teachers and students
Increase quality of product (the student)
Increase output through use of labor saving devices such as specific outlines, seating charts, worksheets, flash cards, attendance recordkeeping
Is the fastestway to an answer
the best way?
Is the fastestroute to a solution
the best route?
Is there something needed
in decision-makingbesides speed and
fewest resources used?
How do we lookat the world?
Can you walkand chew gum
at the same time?
What information do “scientific managers”
fail to perceive?
Viewpoint
Viewpoint
Leadership existsin the present
Management is constantly comparing the past
Today, we need youto practice being
“ADHD”observing this conference
throughmultitasked attention
Today, we need youto practice being
“ADHD”observing this conference
throughmultitasked attention
When you notice new things
it puts you intothe present
it is a decisionto notice new things
(Ellen Langer)
What shoes is the personnext to you wearing?
What is the gender balance
among these tables?
Who is uncomfortablesitting here?
How did people atyour table choose
artifacts to look at?
How did people atyour table choose
where to sit?
What are the “unintended”
sounds in the room?
Do round tablesmake sense here?
What are the best placesto hide in this building?
Who did not watchany of the videos?
How many people have only really talked topeople they already
know?
What fiveunexpected things
did you notice walking in today?
What are the varietiesof lighting in this building?
How do you know whois getting tired today?
Myths from ManagementThe Non-Working Teacher
1832“Hundreds never think of a teacher as any other than a sort of idle being. He is in school six hours a day, they admit; but what is that ? He has nothing to do but to sit there, in a warm room, and hear the pupils read, set their copies, and mend their pens, etc!...
1832…But who is the teacher—where is he—
that sits very much in school ? I know hundreds of teachers ; and among the rest, some lazy ones, who sit all they can. But a greater number scarcely sit at all; and some, never. And even with those who are disposed to sit and do nothing in school, it is very hard work. Most of them, at length, find it easier even for themselves, to work than to…
1832…sit still. Six hours a day, moreover, is
not all the time spent. There is an hour before school, an hour at the intermission, and an hour at the close of the day, the greater part of which most teachers are obliged to devote to the school, in some form or other. It is impossible to escape it if they would…
1832…and—to the honor of human
nature be it spoken—many of them, after all that is said against them, would not escape it if they could. Here then are nine hours devoted to the school, instead of six, which alone make a large part of the day, in our northern latitude, in winter…
1832…Nor is this all. I have known many
a teacher who spent twelve hours, at least, in twenty-four, in thinking or acting, for his school. What do people mean, then, by only six hours...