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Urban Charter School Leadership:What Is Required to Consistently
Achieve Excellence?
Perry WhiteNovember 6, 2012
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Too many mistakes, too little time.
(Trust me)
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Citizens Academy
• Founded in 1999• 406 students• 99% African American• 75% Single Parent• Median Household Income $20,000
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Citizens Academy, 1999-2012
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Citizens Academy Ohio Cleveland
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Rated Excellent with DistinctionNational Blue
Ribbon Award
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Emergency
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What Turned This Around?
- Higher Expectations- Better Use of Time
- Better Decision Making
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Exercise I: How Do You Spend
Your Time?
(worksheet)
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School Leader Worksheet
• School Leader ActivityWhat Were the 2-3 Most Time Consuming Things You Did Each Day Last Week?
• Of the Above, Which Do You Think Were Good Uses of Your Time?
• Which Weren’t Good Use? • Not Good Use + Who Should Be Doing This?
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Group Discussion: Right Use Of A School
Leader’s Time
(co-created, on board)
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Best Uses of Leader’s Time
SetVision
Org Culture
Right Resources/Great
Staff
Goals and Strategy
Accountability Systems
InspirationalLeadership
Public Relations
Leadershipwith Board
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Set Vision
• How Can I Successfully Lead Our Community to Fulfill Our Mission if I Can’t See What the Mission When Fulfilled Will Look Like?
• Envision What Success Will Look Like When the Organization’s Mission is Fulfilled?
• How Will I Describe The Vision to Cause Our Community to Embrace It?
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Design Culture
• What are the Values, Standards, and Social Behaviors Our Organization Needs to Enhance Our Organization’s Ability to Fulfill its Mission?
• Values• Standards• Decision-making
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Identify Values
• What Should be your Organization’s Most Important Values and Ideals and Why?
• Examples• We make decisions solely on doing what’s best for
children• We work with a sense of urgency• We come to work each day at our best• We take responsibility for our actions; No excuses• School’s explicit values / virtues
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Select Standards
• At What Level Are We Expected to Perform?
• Lousy• Mediocre• Good• Excellent
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Making the Right Decisions
• Professional Expertise or Intelligence of Group?
• Top Down or Bottom Up?
• Use of Intuition or Goals and Data to Measure Progress?
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Devise Strategy
• What are our long-term goals to keep us on track as we
measure progress toward fulfilling our mission?
• What is our overall strategy to move from current outcomes to results that fulfill our mission?
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Design How to Hold Everyone Accountable
• Given Mission, Vision, Goals, Strategy, Culture, and Resources….
• How Will You Know Where Your Organization is Succeeding and Failing?
• How Will You Know Where Your People Need to Change What They Do (or Who Is Doing It) to Achieve Org Goals?
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Build Systems
Definition – A set of things working together as part of a mechanism or an interconnecting network
• Why Do We Need Systems to Achieve Excellence?
• What are Examples of Needed Systems?
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Resources
• Talent
• Time
• Money
• Partnerships
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Leadership
• Evoke Energy to Meet Specific Goals through Defined Roles and Practices
• What is your Role Here? • Inspire, Demonstrate Caring and Gratitude, and Lead by
Example
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Public Relations
• What Does it Mean to be the Face of Your Organization?
• Why Is this Important?
• Who Is Your Public?
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Provide Leadership with Your Board
• Where Does Your Board Need Your Leadership?
• Why is this Important?
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Common To All
DecisionMaking
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Making Very Good Decisions is
Hard & Crucial
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6 Key Risksin Decision Making
– Thinking You’re Smarter Than You Are– Not Gaining Varied Perspectives– Embracing Competing Missions– Not Being Clear about Priority Goals– Avoiding Making Hard Calls– Not Making Decisions Based on the Right Data
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How to Consistently Improve Your Decision Making as a Leader
Be Honest & Realistic
Examine What You Do & Don’t Know
Surround Yourself with People Smarter Than Yourself
Ask the HARD Questions
Create Decision Making Methods & Processes
Rigorously Assess & Manage Risks
Use Data & Face Facts
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Use the Wisdom of the Group
Multiple Perspectives + Independently Expressed
- Egos = Group Smarter Than Its Smartest
Member Every Time
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Let’s Get Lay of Land
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Which Group Do You Want Your Students In?
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Remember:Set High Expectations!
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This won’t happen
overnight
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But with Hard Work, Humility, Alignment, Great Leadership, and a
Great Team, You Can Make it Happen!
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You can do this, too.
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 201240
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Rated Excellent with Distinction
Rated Academy
Emergency
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Work with an Executive Coach
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Evaluation Form
• Gentle Reminder
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Continuous Learning Plan
Books
Leverage Leadership, Bambrick – Santoyo, Paul, John Wiley and Sons, San Francisco, 2012
Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done, Bossidy, Larry, Charan, Ram & Burke, Charles, Crown Business, N. Y. N. Y., 2002
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change, Covey, Stephen. Franklin Covey, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2001.
Integrity is a Growth Market, Kolp, Alan and Rea, Peter, Atomic Dog Press, 2006. Bratton, William, article, Tipping Point Leadership, in HBR’s The 10 Must Reads on Change Management, Kim, W. Cham, Mauburne, Renee, Harvard Business Review, Cambridge, Mass., 2011
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CLP Continued
Web Resources
School Leaders Toolboxhttp://tntp.org/teacher-talent-toolbox(This terrific resource covers the waterfront on matters of talent in schools, including recruitment, hiring, evaluation, retaining, etc. It includes best practice policies, procedures, and forms.)
Marshall Memo: A Weekly Round-up of Important Ideas and Research in K-12 Education - subscribe at: http://www.marshallmemo.com/about.php (A great resource at a modest cost addressing many education topics, including leadership)
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CLP ContinuedConsulting Resources
The Rock Group, school management and turnaround consultants offering an array of serviceshttp://www.therockgroup.us/ Perry White Consultinghttp://perrywhiteconsulting.com/ This presenter offers executive coaching and other services on-site and through remote communication. The link to the PowerPoint for this presentation is available in the resources section of the PWC website.http://perrywhiteconsulting.com/index.php/resources