dr. timothy mitchell rapid city area schools systems change 2014

Schools Can Innovate: It is Just Really Hard Sometimes!

Dr. Timothy MitchellRapid City Area SchoolsSystems Change 2014

tim.mitchell@k12.sd.us

www.rcas.org

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Schools Can Innovate

“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim to high and falling short; but in

setting our aim too low and achieving our mark.”

Michelangelo

Rapid City Journal-Front Page

“Mitchell Says: Status Quo is

not Working to Meet Goals”

Schools Can Innovate

Can we overcome our fear of change and have the difficult

yet needed conversations about doing differently in the future because the status quo is NOT working to meet our

current needs?

What should be part of the Discussion?

New Staff Compensation PlanFinding the “Middle Ground”--Professional

Growth Model

Spending Reduction Plans2014-2015 Budget ($2 Mill-goal)2015-2016 Budget ($4 mill-goal)

Revenue Enhancement Plan

Credible??

I have led successful change initiatives

The jury is still out on some change initiatives I am leading

I have failed miserably at leading change initiatives

The Six Secrets of Change

Michael Fullan

Love Your EmployeesConnect Peers with PurposeLearning is the WorkTransparency RulesSystems Learn

Motion Leadership in Action

Michael Fullan

The “Skinny” means give me the essence of something

“Motion Leadership” means leadership that causes positive motion

“Simplexity” means a small number of key things you need to know and be good at

The Challenge of Change

Fullan- Cuttress - KilcherEngaging People’s Moral PurposeBuilding CapacityUnderstanding the Change

ProcessDeveloping Cultures of LearningDeveloping Cultures of EvaluationFocusing on Leadership for

ChangeFoster Coherence MakingCultivating Tri-Level Development

Switch

Chip & Dan Heath

Direct the RiderFind the Bright SpotsScript the Critical MovesPoint to the Destination

Motivate the ElephantFind the ElephantShrink the ChangeGrow Your People

Shape the PathTweak the EnvironmentBuild HabitsRally the Hera

Change Anything

Patterson- Grenny – Maxfield – McMillian Switzer

Personal MotivationPersonal AbilitySocial MotivationSocial AbilityStructural MotivationStructural Ability

To Sell is Human

Dan PinkAttunementBuoyancy

ClarityPitch

ImproviseServe

“The only thing you got in this world is what you can sell.”

Change or Die

Alan Deutschman

Relate-form a relationshipRepeat-learn, practice, master new habitsReframe-learn new ways of thinking

The odds are 9 to 1 against you

Taking People With You

David Novak

Get Your Mind-Set RightHave a Plan: Strategy, Structure,

CultureFollow Through to Get Results

Schools Can Change

Lick- Clauset –MurphyRight Leadership, Vision,

Culture, and Relationships

Change Creation Process

New Teaching and Learning Approaches

Schools Can Innovate

It is all about:LeadershipVisionRelationshipsCulture

Leadership

“You have to be the change you want to

see in others.”

Mahatma Gandhi

Leadership

Know YourselfKnow who you areWhere you have been

Grow YourselfWhat am I today?How can I be even more effective tomorrow?

Leadership

Be YourselfHave convictionKnow your environmentBuild self-awarenessUse positive self-talk and positive thoughtsGet out of your comfort zone

Leadership

Help OthersBelieve in all peopleProvide capacity building

opportunitiesCreate a safe havenOpenly seek knowledge and

perspectives from other

Leadership

Extraordinary Authenticity

Having the ability to be yourself even in the toughest situations!!

Know your stuffAdmit when you don’tBe confident yet vulnerable

Vision

“Leadership is about going somewhere. If you and your people don’t know

where you are going, your leadership doesn’t matter.”

Ken Blanchard

Vision

What’s the single biggest thing you can imagine that will grow your school?

Who do you need to affect, influence, or take with you to be successful?

What perceptions, habits, or beliefs of this target audience do you need to build, change, or reinforce to reach your destination

Vision

Two Questions Video:

http://vimeo.com/8480171

Vision

My Sentence:I provide the leadership to create a purposeful learning community that establishes high quality learning experiences for all community members

Each Night:Was I better today than yesterday?

Vision

Have you developed and delivered a compelling picture of the school’s future that produces

energy, passion, and action in yourself and others?

Relationships

The hardest part of leadership is winning the support for the bold and necessary decisions that define where you want to lead your organization.

Relationships

The work of demonstrating personal accountability to the shared vision and to all

who may be affected by your thoughts, words, actions and inactions.

Relationships

Citizen’s Finance Committee (Business)

Chamber of Commerce (Ex Officio)

Parent Key CommunicatorsStudent Key CommunicatorsLunch/Conversations with

TeachersClassroom/School VisitationsTeacher Key CommunicatorsSuperintendent CabinetMORE??

Relationships

Share (or don’t share) your thoughts

Be “interruptible”Establish personal intimacyBuild communities of practice

Confront Brutal FactsCommunicateCollaborate

Relationships

How we act and what we do are most often based on our guiding principles:

Students are firstEveryone participatesLeadership is sharedResponsibility is equalImprovement requires learningThe work is public

Culture

“We are what we repeatedly do.

Excellence, then is not an act but a habit”.

Aristotle

Culture

School culture reflects the interrelationship of shared assumptions,

beliefs, and behaviors that are acquired

overtime by members of a school.

Culture

Meaningful school change will come about only

when the school’s culture is changed adequately

and appropriately.

Culture

Cultural alignment is essential and

commitment to a framework where

everyone has responsibility ,

accountability and some autonomy.

Culture

Care must be taken to recapture and redefine

the best of what the organization has been in the past as a platform for creating a better future.

Schools Can Innovate

It is all about:LeadershipVisionRelationshipsCulture

Schools Can Innovate

“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim to high and falling short; but in

setting our aim too low and achieving our mark.”

Michelangelo