Future-FocusedLeadership

AspiringSuperintendents’AcademySeptember2016JaneL.Sigford

Future-focused Instructional Leaders Aspiring Superintendents’ Academy September 2016

JaneL.Sigford

Surgeon General’s Warning: This presentation may or may not start a revolution. This information is designed to change your habits, thinking, and direction. If you experience sweaty palms, rapid breathing, or racing heartbeat, take a glass of wine (or water), sit and read 21 Trends for the 21st Century by Gary Marx. If, by the end of the book, you are not still excited, call your doctor.

LearningTargets•  ScanGaryMarx’s21trends•  BecomeawideanglelensthatlooksattheramificaIonsofthetrendsforeducaIonandeducators

•  ReflectontheramificaIonsonyourrole,assuperintendentorinanyposiIon.

•  Re-examineyoureducaIonalphilosophyandroleofsuperintendentinlightofnewlearning

•  Lookatyourchangeprojects—AretheyfuturefocusedinstrucIonalleadership?

•  Whatareyour“Yeah,buts?”•  Sing!AndmaybeDance!

Whatare….

•  Ethicists•  EnergyHarvester•  DataAnalyIcEngineer•  Wastedatamanagers•  3DprinIngengineers•  PrivacyManagers

•  Elevatedtubetransportengineers

•  Octogenarianserviceproviders

•  CompeIIonProducers•  Augmentedrealityarchitects

•  Dismantlers

GaryMarx

h^p://www.mnasa.org/cms/lib6/MN07001305/Centricity/Domain/40/aTrendsBookNotes.pdf

21TrendsDemographicSphere•  GeneraIons•  Diversity•  AgingTechnologySphere•  Technology•  IdenItyandPrivacyEconomicSphere•  TheEconomy•  JobsandCareers

EnergyandEnvironmentSphere•  Energy•  EnvironmentalandPlanetarySecurity•  SustainabilityInternaIonal/GlobalSphere•  InternaIonal/GlobalEducaIonandLearningSphere•  PersonalizaIon•  Ingenuity•  Depth,Breadth,andPurposesofEducaIon

PublicandPersonalLeadershipSphere•  PolarizaIon•  Authority•  Ethics•  ConInuousImprovementWell-BeingSphere•  Poverty•  Scarcityvs.Abundance•  PersonalMeaningandWork-LifeBalance

RoleofEducators•  EducaIoniskeyplayerinEACHofthetrends.•  EducaIondividendsholdinrecession•  TimeforleaderstostepoutoftheshadowandtoutourexperIseandtootourhorns.(Toutandtoot)

•  EDUCATIONNEEDSTO“FORESEETHEINTRACTABILITYOFWICKEDPROBLEMS”THATTHEWORLDISFACING.P.41

FUTURE-FOCUSEDINSTRUCTIONALLEADERSHIP

•  FFILEADERSHIPDEPENDSONBUILDINGONKNOWLEDGE,USINGEXPERIENCE,ANDASKINGEGOTOSTEPASIDE.

SoWhat•  LinearGoalsinaNon-LinearWorld--Aswedevelopourplans,lineargoalswillnotbeenough.Lookingattomorrowandseeingitonlyasali^lebitmoreorali^lebitlessoftodayjustwon’tcutit.

•  SurroundedbyaworldfilledwithdisconInuiIes,wedesperatelyneedtostayintouchwithsocietaltrendsandhowtheymightaffectus.P.15

ForStrategicPlans•  Everyplanshouldincludeatleastafewaudaciousgoals,thekindthattookustothemoonandenvisionededucaIonalopportunityforall

•  Whatwouldastrategicplanlooklikewith“chaoIc”,notlinear,goals?

•  DolineargoalsfitwiththecollaboraIvemodelnecessarytoengageallstakeholders,e.g.students?

OutoftheBlue

•  OutoftheBlue—muchofwhathappenscomesoutoftheblue.NeedtotakelongviewandinsteadofonlyreacIng,weneedtobecomethoughmulgamechangers,inspiteofpastpracIce,rulesthatweremadefortheeducaIoninthe20thcentury,etc.

CollaboraIon

•  Leadersmustconstantlyopenmindstoknowledge,experience,andideasofdiversegroupsandturnthemloosetoconsiderpossibiliIesandlearnfromeachother.

•  Futuresearches?•  Sustainableleadershipisconnectedleadership

Whattogiveup?AskquesIons….•  E.G.Housingstartsshouldnolongerbeindicatorofhealthyeconomy.Why?

•  AreCommonCoreoutdated?•  Iftheanswertothe“stuff”ontestscanbefoundinGoogle,whydowehaveto“stuff”itintoourheads?

•  Managerialskillsassignofleadership?•  What’smagicalaboutages6-18asschoolage?•  Languageofmajority/minority?•  Others?

Modelofschool

Purposeofelementary,middle,andhighareNOTthesame.

Elementary—reading,math,tech,andsciencesecureskills—NON-NEGOTIABLE

Middle-Globalawarenessandissues(throughlang.artsandsocialstudies),medialiteracy,ethics,artsexploraIon,scienceissues

ModelconInued

Highschool—Civics—learnconflictresoluIon,uIlizingrealworldissues;poliIcalskills

(democracy),projectsuIlizingskills,ethics,privacyissues,governmentanddiplomacy,

intensestudyofphysicalandarts.Alldonethroughhandson,realissues.Senioryear—overseastravel?Communityproject?

Communityservice.

KenRobinson

•  TEDtalk•  KenRobinson:DoschoolskillcreaIvity?|TEDTalk|TED.com

Chaptertwo:TheThirdTeacher.

PurposeofeducaIon?•  Arewe“capIveofcogniIve?”•  Arewelearningacrossdisciplineswhere,intheconnecIveIssue,wearelikelytodiscovernewknowledge?

•  Createimmediateanswersoralearnedperson?

•  Whatdoallneedtoknowandbeabletodo?P.338-9

EducaIonpurposecont.•  What’smissing?•  Keeppurpose,breadth,anddepthonagenda•  What’slifeworthy?•  Buildscaffoldtofuture•  Conductresearch•  UsetechnologycreaIvely

Revisityourpurposeofeducaton

•  Lookatjournal•  WhatdidyousaywasthepurposeofpubliceducaIon?

•  Whathaschangedoverourmonthstogether?•  Whatinsightshaveyouhad?

RoleofFFISuperintendent

•  Bringissuesforward•  Teachchangeprocessandsupportthroughit•  Ensurequalityprof.devforteachersandcommunity

•  DemandcurricularchangesandaffecIveskills•  Createsenseofurgency

RoleofSup’tcont.

•  Decidewhattogetridof,insteadofaddingon•  Explorenewmodelsofelem,middle,high•  DemandconversaIonsofthecommunityaboutthefutureandeducatethem!

•  Challengehighered.tochange•  Delegatemanagerialtasks,e.g.finance,transportaIon,etctoskilledstaff

Cont.

•  Paya^enIonto“connecIveIssue”AskingwhataretheimplicaIons?Ethicalissues?

•  SupportingenuityandcreaIvity•  HowardGardner“It’shardtothinkoutsidetheboxunlessyouhaveabox.”--”Masteradiscipline”and“gobeyondtheknown.”

RevisityourRoleofsuperintendent

•  WhatdidyousaytheroleofsuperintendentwasinyouriniIalsession?

•  Whathaschanged?•  Why?

ChangeProject

•  Examineyourchangeprojectinlightof21Trends

•  Whichtrend(s)doesitaddress?•  IsitFuture-Focused?•  Isthereanythingyou’dliketomodify?

Common“Yeah,buts..”

•  Wecan’taffordit.•  Wetrieditbeforeanditdidn’twork•  It’snotourconcern.•  Whocameupwiththatidea?•  Others?

YourYeah,Buts….

•  Inyourjournal,listatleast5ofyourcommon“yeah,buts…”

•  Howwillyouaddresseachone?

Youareadancer

•  SingalongIme…….

Thanksforyourwork

•  JaneL.Sigford•  jlsigford@comcast.net•  763.242.4880