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PROACTIVE CATHOLIC SCHOOL

LEADERSHIP THE ONTARIO LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK AND

PERSONAL LEADERSHIP RESOURCES

C P C O — N E W V I C E - P R I N C I PAL S E M I N AR

M I C H AE L W. PAU T L E R

O C TO B E R 7 , 2 0 1 4

Institute for Catholic Education

“Leadership is second only to teaching in its impact on student outcomes. Principals and vice-principals play an essential role as school leaders to achieve this impact. ….”

Putting Ontario’s Leadership Framework into Action

Proactive Catholic School Leadership

ONTARIO LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK

Principals/Vice-Principals

“As no one else, you have the unique opportunity to create the character within your school. Your reach extends both into the classroom and into the community. The life, the values and the feeling of each school derive in large part from your commitment to your staff, to your students and to the gospel.”

(This Moment of Promise, 1989)


LEADERSHIP IN A CATHOLIC CONTEXT

“…describes what good leadership looks like based on evidence of what makes

the most difference to student achievement and

well-being.”

Leadership practice according to:

Ken Leithwood, Michael Fullan, Andy Hargreaves

et al



Even though we are accountable to the Ministry of Education because the Ministry creates educational policy, the starting point for Catholic educators is not the Ministry of Education. While scholarship and research provides a rich foundation for the development of sound instructional strategies and leadership practice, they cannot be the starting point for Catholic educators.



Our starting point:

The Gospel of Jesus and the tradition of the Catholic church.


OUR CATHOLIC CONTEXT



SERVICE:

“I come among you as one who serves.”

(Luke 22:27)

“If I then, your Lord and

Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have given you an example, that you should also do as I have done to you.” (John 13:15-16)

“This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” (Luke 22:19)




SERVANT LEADERSHIP

We are each called to visibly live out our commitment to justice and service.

Called specifically –

o To teach

o To heal

o To love

o To comfort

o To support

o To challenge

As Catholic Educators, we are accustomed to a process to infuse and integrate our students’ curriculum with Gospel values, and a Catholic worldview.

“Our foundational beliefs about teaching, learning, the profile of the learner, essential and specific learning expectations, and program modification all relate directly to our foundational beliefs about the life and work of Jesus Christ and the tradition of the Roman Catholic community which seeks to embody those beliefs.” Curriculum Matters, 1999


CURRICULUM MATTERS

As Catholic leaders, we must be equally adept and comfortable with the need to infuse and integrate Gospel values and a Catholic worldview into our leadership practices – our policies, processes, priorities, initiatives and routines.


LEADERSHIP MATTERS

Ontario Leadership Framework is designed to:

Inspire a shared vision of leadership in schools and boards

Promote a common language that fosters an understanding of leadership

Identify the practices and competencies that describe effective leadership

Guide professional learning and development for school and system leaders



Our faith tradition, and the model of Jesus provides a framework that:

• Inspires a shared vision of leadership

• Promotes a common language that fosters an understanding of leadership, discipleship and service

• Embodies the practices and competencies that describe effective leadership

• Models the appropriate professional learning and development for school and system leaders



Ontario Leadership Framework is designed to:

• Inspire a shared vision of leadership in schools and boards

• Promote a common language that fosters an understanding of leadership

• Identify the practices and competencies that describe effective leadership

• Guide professional learning and development for school and system leaders


KEN LEITHWOOD – PERSONAL RESOURCES

Personal Resources

Cognitive Resources

o Problem solving

o Knowledge (authority)

o Systems Thinking

Social Resources

o Perceive emotions

o Manage emotions

o Act in emotionally appropriate ways

Psychological Resources

o Resilience

o Self-efficacy

o Optimism

o Proactivity


SOCIAL RESOURCES

• Perceiving Emotions o recognizing our own emotional responses

o discerning emotional responses in others

• Managing Emotions o reflecting on our own emotional responses

and potential consequences

o persuading others to likewise reflect on theirs

• Acting in Emotionally Appropriate Ways o being able to exercise control over which

emotions guide our actions

o being able to help others act on emotions that serve their best interests


UNDERSTANDING LEADERSHIP IN A CATHOLIC CONTEXT

“I have come in order that they may

have life and have it abundantly.” John 10:10

Jesus responded to the immediate

human needs of those around him • Feeding the hungry • Healing the sick • Protecting the weak

Most importantly, Jesus responded to

the profound human needs • Acceptance • Love • Belonging



Personal Resources

Cognitive Resources

o Problem solving


o Systems Thinking

Social Resources

o Perceive emotions

o Manage emotions



o Resilience

o Self-efficacy

o Optimism

o Proactivity


PERSONAL RESOURCES – RESILIENCE

“self-confidence brings with it the willingness to keep trying until it gets done, which is kind of a definition of resilience. Bouncing back from failure, you know, going in, that you're going to make some mistakes, and you're not going to accomplish it the first time around. But, if you're resilient and optimistic, you have hope, and you believe in the kind of capacities you and your staff can bring to the table.”

Ken Leithwood, 2011


PERSONAL RESOURCES – PROACTIVITY

“People who are proactive effect environmental change, they identify opportunities and act on them, show initiative, and persevere until they bring about meaningful change. They transform their organization’s mission, find and solve problems, and take it upon themselves to have an impact on the world around them.”

Crant and Bateman, 2000


PERSONAL RESOURCES – PROACTIVITY

“People who are proactive effect environmental change, they identify opportunities and act on them, show initiative, and persevere until they bring about meaningful change. They transform their organization’s mission, find and solve problems, and take it upon themselves to have an impact on the world around them.”


RESILIENCE, SELF-EFFICACY, OPTIMISM, PROACTIVITY

A Matter of Perspective – The story could have been recorded as the ultimate defeat

We had a dream

We shared the vision

We gained momentum

We caused fear and resentment

We met opposition

Our leader was taken, and killed

A Matter of Perspective – The story could have been recorded as the ultimate defeat

We were afraid

We were scattered, and lost resolve

When we returned to the scene, even his body was gone

No trace of his presence remained

Nothing is left

All is lost

A Matter of Perspective – The story told in a way that changes everything

We had a dream

A new vision for the world, not characterized by power and domination, but by love and mercy

Some were so frightened by the change they were desperate to stop it in its tracks

Politics and intrigue momentarily prevailed, and He was crucified

A Matter of Perspective – The story told in a way that changes everything

But we should not have allowed ourselves to be afraid

Everything that he said would come to pass was true

Even death could not defeat him and He rose from the dead

The empty tomb is the ultimate sign of hope –evidence that life prevails over death

We now gather without fear, because we have the promise of life everlasting



Personal Resources

Cognitive Resources

o Problem solving


o Systems Thinking

Social Resources

o Perceive emotions

o Manage emotions



o Resilience

o Self-efficacy

o Optimism

o Proactivity

He was open to people and their ideas

He believed in them

He was transparent before them

He treated them as equals

He forgave them

He spent lots of time with them

He acknowledged them in public and in private

He kept urging them on

He touched and held the most fragile

He served them

He loved them

He defended them

He gave them authority

He saw them as his greatest accomplishment


“SELF-EFFICACY, OPTIMISM, PROACTIVITY”


“SELF-EFFICACY, OPTIMISM, PROACTIVITY”

He had a plan

He took action

He formed a team

He saw things differently

He broke ranks

He was bold

He was visible

He took the long view

He took his staff in hand

He took one step at a time

He changed the unit of measurement

He troubled himself on behalf of others

He trained his replacements

He let it go

Balanced

Realistic

Honest and Transparent

Positive

Joyful (Emmaus)

Implications for Leadership

“Leaders hold the vision, while naming the present reality.”

MICHAEL FULLAN


INSIGHTS FOR CATHOLIC EDUCATION


LEADING WITH AUTHORITY AND LIVING WITH AMBIGUITY

As Leaders, How do we live with the

ambiguity of our roles? We are called to live in such a way

that we come to understand the hopes and plans that God has for us, and His world.

Our challenge is to find: The peace necessary in our lives

to hear God’s voice (“The still point in a turning word”)

The wisdom to discern God’s will in what we see and hear (prayer)

The courage to respond as we are asked to respond (presence)



VOCATION:

“That place where our personal hopes and plans intersect with the hopes and plans that God holds for us, and His world.”

Michael W. Pautler


Suite 604 – 10 St. Mary Street

Toronto, ON M4Y 1P9

416-962-0031

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