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Essential Skills Establish and Lead Governance Committees Facilitate the process of priority-setting and decision-making Work closely with all constituents Adapt known technologies to new uses and envision natural relationships with the education process Maintain big picture understanding of school organization, curriculum, and teaching and learning issues Understand the change process and effective approaches to facilitating change Model life-long learningTRANSCRIPT
ImaginationTechnology Leadership
Debra Austin
Technology Leaders in Education
Develop shared vision/big picture perspective on goals to enable planning and goal setting
Technology Leaders provide insights on Ways in which the world is changing New teaching and learning tools Cutting edge technologies being explored in R&D labs
Change Agent Consensus Builder Perpetual Learner
Consortium for School Networking http://i.cmpnet.com/schoolcio/whitepapers/WhatitTakesEssentialSkills.pdf
Essential Skills Establish and Lead Governance Committees Facilitate the process of priority-setting and decision-making Work closely with all constituents Adapt known technologies to new uses and envision natural
relationships with the education process Maintain big picture understanding of school organization,
curriculum, and teaching and learning issues Understand the change process and effective approaches to
facilitating change Model life-long learning
Technology Team Self-starters Creative, independent thinkers Team players Effective communicators and listeners Customer-service oriented Hard workers without a 9 to 5 mindset
Planning and Budgeting Transform vision to long-range plan
Identify Strategic Challenges Develop Goals and Objectives Design Strategies, Action Plans, and Timelines
Total Cost of Ownership impact of technology implementation Cost-benefit analysis Cost is numerator and denominator is something like
service, productivity, customer satisfaction
Perpetual Learner Read constantly Subscribe to email lists and discussion groups Watch the horizon for technology breakthroughs Observe environments beyond their own for first
implementations of powerful new technologies Build a great team because it is impossible to be
an expert on all aspects of technology
Resource Evaluation Find ways to support and integrate the best
uses of technology for teaching and learning while minimizing potential risks Most stable tools Resources that integrate easily with the current
system Technology works when it is needed
Data Management Assess student progress Generate comprehensive baseline data for each
student, class, and grade level Data analysis to identify each student’s academic
strengths and weaknesses Monitor gains in student proficiency Plan new interventions for students or classes Provide ongoing review and evaluation of school
improvement efforts
Business Acumen Evaluate Return On Investment (ROI)
Require users to justify technology expenditures Public Relations
Articulate vision Give visibility to projects and programs
Create effective partnerships with businesses, universities, and associations that can offer financial and intellectual support
Develop and Fund Professional Development to address technology competencies of all employees
Ethics and Policies Understands social, legal, and ethical issues related to
technology Privacy, equity, confidentiality, copyright and intellectual property
Models responsible decision-making Oversees the creation, revision, and enforcement of the
Acceptable Use Policy Consensus-building around Internet and email use Communication of expectations
Evaluate the benefits of technology-based filters and controls, while assessing the negative impact on research and communication
Consider What will students need to know and do in 5 years? What changes are required in how the schools
operate to prepare students for their future? Content knowledge Instructional practices Assessment practices
Is the data-driven decision-making movement accounting for all types of student learning?
Hesselbein on Leadership Francis Hesselbein on Leadership
Chairman and Founding President of the Drucker Foundation
Former CEO of the Girl Scouts of the USA Leadership is the art of getting people to do
what they might not otherwise do, and like it. - Harry Truman -
How to Be Leadership is a matter of how to be, not how to do it Quality and character of the leader determines the
performance and results Demonstrated in every action, communication, and
moment Values, principles, and beliefs that define who we are,
what we do, and how we work with others
Values People Knows that people are the organization’s greatest
asset and in word, behavior, and relationships demonstrates this powerful philosophy
Limits hierarchy and distributes leadership to unleash the power of shared responsibility
How to develop quality, character, mind-set, values, principles, and courage
Builds a work force, board, and staff that reflect the many faces of the community and environment, so that customers and constituents find themselves when they view this richly diverse organization of the future.
Values People Demonstrates a belief in the worth and dignity of those people
who make up the enterprise Develops a workplace that nurtures the people whose performance is
essential to furthering the mission Recognizes that a healthy community is necessary to the success of the
organization Ignites the spark needed to build the inclusive enterprise Mobilizes people around the mission of the organization Gives the dispersed and diverse leaders of the enterprise a clear
sense of direction and the opportunity to find meaning in their work Workers and teams can express themselves in their work and find
significance beyond the task
Life and Community Embraces all concerned in a circle that
surrounds the corporation, the organization, the people, the leadership, and the community
Challenges Schools Health of children who will make up future
workforce Inadequate preparation for work and life Loss of trust in institutions Work that dignifies
Carry a Big BasketLeadership Imperatives
InnovationInclusionOpportunity and Equal AccessValues-Based Management
Innovation Change that creates a new dimension of
performance – Peter Drucker New ideas Different partners and new practices Willingness to let go of the old and
irrelevant to make room for new approaches
Inclusion Biggest basket in town – it must have room for all of
us Ideas, models, and processes that create richly
diverse organizations and spell relevance, continuity, and effectiveness
Equal access to all who are part of the community, not a favored few, results in a synergy of inclusion which propels us into the richness of opportunity
Opportunity For every child to learn For every person to find work that dignifies and
delights For all to travel and explore without fear To seek opportunity not just for ourselves, but
for all others Be ye an opener of doors
Emerson
Values Who I am Why I do what I do What motivates, guides, moves, and challenges me My beliefs, principles, spirit – the values I struggle to live by
Like the winds of the seaAre the waves of time,As we journey along through life,Tis the set of the soul,That determines the goal,And not the calm or the strife.
One ship sails East,And another West,By the self-same winds that blow,Tis the set of the sailsAnd not the gales,That tells the way we go.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
The Power of Civility Demonstrates respect for the women and men of the enterprise Civility flows from genuine appreciation of their colleagues
individually and the dignity of the work their colleagues do Words and behavior build a climate of trust and respect, where
mission, values, and equal access permeate the organization Effective leaders
never convey that they are overwhelmed by their task Always find time for people with an urgent problem or opportunity Listen to internal customers as much as external customers Show discipline in the way they prioritize and invest time
Self-Imposed Leadership Barriers
Lack of formal, articulated personal goals and a road map of how to meet them.
No clear understanding of one’s own strengths and areas to be strengthened
Believing there is something called business ethics, a standard different from our personal lives
Lack of generosity – not sharing ideas, time, encouragement, respect, compliments, and feedback with others – resulting in exactly the same treatment from them
Self-Imposed Leadership Barriers
Leading from the rear – tentative, fence sitting, never taking responsibility
Stressing what others can’t do well rather than building on their strengths
Chicken Little, rather than the Little Engine that Could Lack of positive approach to serious issues Failing to present suggested solutions along with the
problem Not taking charge of one’s own personal learning
and development
Institutional Leadership Barriers
Hierarchical structures that restrict, constrict, box people in Corporate cultures that encourage mediocrity and reward
playing it safe Corporate cultures and practices that kill the messenger Racism, sexism, and ageism unacknowledged and
unaddressed Fuzzy lines of accountability Lack of sharp differentiation between governance and management, and
between policy and operations, with no clearly defined roles and responsibilities
No mentoring plan for promising staff members Bottom-line mentality; not seeing people as the company’s
greatest asset Failing to build a richly diverse, pluralistic organization that
includes diversity on the board of directors and top management teams
Not walking the talk; a leadership team whose behavior doesn’t match its message
Static staffing structures, with no job rotation or job expansion
Lack of a formal, articulated plan for succession
Institutional Leadership Barriers
Consider What new demands will we face? What will be different about our customers? What can we do that will make the biggest
difference, and what is the one thing that we must do for anything else to happen?
What qualities of the new leader will best match the vision of our organization in the future?
Nurturing Positive Imagination
American Students Focus on productive outcomes that advance and
unite civilization Minimize alienation and celebrate interdependence Optimism: every problem has a solution and
tomorrow can be better than yesterday Look forward: more dreams than memories
Nurturing Positive Imagination
Youth Outside the US Understand their context Values-based leadership to encourage voluntary adoption of
democratic principles – good global citizens Demonstrate deep humility when dealing with
Narrative – stories and myths from their society that feed their imagination
Context – in which people grow up Collaborate to change context
Rule of law – independent courts – property rights Free and open society – freedom of thought and speech Market economy & foreign trade Modern education systems – scientific inquiry
Flattening Education What are the implications for education
Triple Convergence Work Flow Software – create, design, sell, buy In-forming – Google, Yahoo! And MSN The Steroids – Digital, Mobile, Personal, and Virtual Businesses and individuals began to adopt new habits,
skills, and processes to get the most out of technology Level Playing Field and New Players from India, China,
and Russia
Flattening Education Do Educators
Collaborate with our customers & colleagues Use technology to do business in new ways Encourage innovation & entrepreneurial activities Attend to global business practices Believe there is
A numbers gap – not enough engineers & scientists An ambition gap – poor work ethic – don’t view
humans as greatest asset or resource An education gap – lack of educational reform
Leadership Gap The job of a politician (an educator) in America should be in part to educate and explain to people what world they are living in and what they need to do if they want to thrive within it. Leadership in China are all engineers – an intelligent bureaucracy. American politicians don’t get it because they are all lawyers. We need a national strategy and politicians (educators) who are able and willing to explain and inspire. Transformation begins with a sense of urgency. The focus should be on individual empowerment and the government and business should guarantee people the chance to make themselves more employable.