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GA SAM ConferenceThursday, July 9, 2015
THE INSTRUCTIONAL SAM
Dr. Kendra Washington-Bass, State SAM Coordinator
Time Topic Facilitator (s)
10:45 Welcome and Introductions: Wuzzle Activity
11:00 Overview of Instructional Conversations1. Big Rocks: A story about
priorities2. The Top Three Activity3. Quinn’s Six Questions4. Big Rock Protocol Overview
Kendra Washington-Bass
11:30 Big Rock Protocol Practice SAMs
12:00 Reflection
12:10 Words to Ponder Kendra Washington-Bass
12:15 Adjourn
AGENDA
1. Speak up2. Kicks Around an Idea3. Feedback4. High Point of the Session5. Extrovert6. Broken English
WUZZLE: COMMUNICATION
In order to get the best results during your SAM daily meeting, it is important for you to “speak up” when your principal “kicks around an idea”. Give him or her some “feedback”; who knows, your thoughts many become the “highpoint of the session”. So become an “extrovert”! Who cares whether you guide them in “broken English”. It is the instructional that matters.
WUZZLE: COMMUNICATION
DAILY TIMETRACK™ MEETING
Manager Scheduler
Listener Filter
BIG ROCKS: THE STORY ABOUT PRIORITIES
Identify the top three time takers for your principal.
Something … he or she enjoys doing, she or she is good at, and is important to the school.
-Adapted from Fierce Conversations
THE TOP THREE
But … What takes up most of the
time?
How much time?
How long has this been a “priority” for him or her?
-Adapted from Fierce Conversations
THE TOP THREE
1. What is my role as a SAM?2. Why am I am SAM?3. How am I supporting my principal?4. Why am I supporting him/her this way?5. How do I know my principal is successful?6. How does my principal know that I am
successful?
-Adapted from Quinn’s Six Questions Protocol
SETTING THE STAGE: WHAT IS YOUR STAKE?
As a SAM you can influence your principal’s instructional leadership through instructional conversations.
Identify a “Big Rock”. Clarify the task. Determine if this is a “hot target” area. Determine future impact/implications. Examine how you can influence/support the goal. Describe the ideal outcome. Commit to the action.
-Adapted from Fierce Conversations
BIG ROCK PROTOCOL
Think-Pair-ShareThink about the following questions:
Identify an “aha” moment. What will you take away from today’s session? What can you do immediately to support your
principal at the start of the new year?
NEXT STEPS/REFLECTION
Sometimes the simplest philosophy, applied to our schools, can help us see things in a new way. Let’s see how many insights that we can come up with that relate one of these cowboy funny; to an application for our work environments.
WORDS TO PONDER
Don’t squat with yer spurs on. Don't interfere with something that ain't botherin' you
none. The easiest way to eat crow is while it's still warm. The
colder it gets, the harder it is to swaller. If you fi nd yourself in a hole, the fi rst thing to do is stop
diggin'. If it don't seem like it's worth the eff ort, it probably
ain't. The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever have to
deal with watches you shave his face in the mirror every morning.
Keep skunks and bankers and lawyers at a distance. Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight, and bull-
strong. Words that soak into your ears are whispered...not
yelled. Meanness don't jes' happen overnight. Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads. It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge. You cannot unsay a cruel word. Every path has a few puddles. When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty. The best sermons are lived, not preached.
THANKS FOR ALL THAT YOU DO TO SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS AND
STUDENTS!