The RIBS recipe for building a healthy, balanced instruction program

Virginia CairnsUT-Chattanooga

The Secret’s in the Sauce…

The Things

What We’ll Do With The Things:

Structural Human

SymbolicPolitical

The Four Frames of Leadership

Bolman, L. & Deal, T. (2008). Reframing Organizations, 4th ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Structural Human

SymbolicPolitical

Refresh Invest

Build Sell

Your Plate = Your Program

4

One Food Choice Per Frame

First Frame = Structural

• Process / Tasks /Efficiency

• Policy / Procedure• Organization /

Heirarchy• Measurement

Instruction Program Areas

• Curriculum• Policy and

Procedure• Scheduling• Data /

Assessment

Add to Your Plate

Steak: the “center cut”of your program

Chicken: what are you afraid of?

Pork: have you got fat you need to trim?

Shrimp: the undersizedlittle guy in your program

Tofu: The Wild Card, whatever you want it to be.

Second Frame = Human

• Staff development• Empowerment• Collaboration• Team building

Instruction Program Areas

• Nurture Existing Talents

• Build New Skills• Strengthen

Relationships• Provide

Opportunities

Add to Your Plate

Baby carrots: what new skill will you develop?

Heirloom tomatoes: nurture your unique talents

Spinach: Strengthenyour team

Cole slaw: give opportunities for new combinations; mix it up.

Third Frame = Political

• Internal Relationships

• External Partnerships

• Negotiation• Strategizing• Putting Out Fires

Instruction Program Areas

• Partnerships, all kinds

• Negotiating for things

• Strategizing the future

• Coping with problems

Add to Your Plate

Mac n’ Cheese: maintain a harmoniousrelationship.

Bread: baking up a new partnership is an exact science.

Grits: the nitty gritty ofnegotiating for what you want.

Hot potato! Learn to deal with these We all have them.

Fourth Frame = Symbolic

• Vision (Mission)• Identity• Culture • Brand or

Message

Instruction Program Areas

• Defining yourself• Describing your

program• Crafting your

message• Sharing that

message

Add to Your Plate

My Sauce

Wrap UpStructur

al Human

SymbolicPolitical

Share With Me!

• If you have a smart phone, please take a photo of your plate and email it to me at:

Vacairns@gmail.com• Include your name in the email.• I plan to post them on my website as

examples.

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Please contact me if you have any questions or want to talk over anything I shared with you today.

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