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June 4, 2011 Day Two

Cohort 11 Resident Orientation

Washington, DC



Agenda

8:30 Check-in & Feedback Review

8:45 Agenda & Group Norms Revisited

9:00 School House Rock!

9:30 Aspiring Principals Residency Year

10:15 Reflection, Review Notes & Parking Lot Questions

10:30 Teambuilding

10:45 Leadership Stories (2)10:55 Break

11:00 Aspiring Principal Compact

12:00 LUNCH

12:30 Group Discussion: How People Learn

1:00 Culture: Naming & Defining DC Cohort 112:20 Break

2:30 Nuts & Bolts of Summer Foundations

4:00 Teambuilding

4:15 Leadership Stories (2)

4:30 Reflection & Closing

5:00 Dismissal 2



Thank You for Your Feedback

Deltas & Things I Need

More opportunity to engage with cohort & feeling ok to push back or seek clarity aroundresponses**

More Info on context specific DC culture/district/community«what mindsets are we up

against?*

We¶ll Address Over Time

Mor e Info on placement

Mor e oppor tunity to talk with coaches about PD plans Mor e wor k on building my leader ship voice

Too few secondar y examples

We¶ll Address Today

Mor e water (Please feel free to bring your own refillable bottles! GO GREEN! )

Post the agenda so I can see wher e we ar e headed

Mor e time to write r eflections on material being pr esented

Clear next steps for me to complete befor e foundations

In our future planning & work we will consider

Being able to think about panel questions ear lier in the day

Use char ts for UEF activity

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Thank You for Your Feedback

Burning Questions (YESTERDA Y¶S PARKING LOT)

Will our work with coaches start on June 4? Who is my coach? *****

Will we be paid during Foundations? How will I pay my bills while away for a

month?

What are next steps for placement? What factors are involved in choosing Residency placement?

Can we get a list of explanations for the interview feedback?

How has NLNS refined their practices throughout the years and how can we use these

lessons for our personal growth?

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Agenda






10:30 Teambuilding



12:00 LUNCH




4:00 Teambuilding



5:00 Dismissal 6



Our Group Norms Revisited:

Washington, DCC

ohort 11 and NLNS Staff agree to:

± Be fully present and engaged: Silence all technology

± Be respectful and honest in your interactions

± Set clear and concise expectations

± Speak your truth openly and seek to learn from others

± Have FUN!

Are there others that you would like to add?

* Today Michelle will lead Aspiring Principals to develop their own group Norms.



Agenda






10:30 Teambuilding



12:00 LUNCH




4:00 Teambuilding



5:00 Dismissal 8



School House Rock: UEF Building Blocks

The Residency Year is about lear ning to use the UEF to drive student gains in your ³house´! So, you will wor k in small gr oups (3 gr oups of thr ee, 1 gr oup of two) to

demonstr ate how you will use these FIVE key ideas to oper ate as leader and manager

of adults who implement best pr actices to yield academic success for all students.

Gr oup Task: Label each sentence strip you wer e given with one of the UEF

categories. Use the sentence strips, masking tape, and EXPO (only) mar ker s todemonstr ate how the pieces come together to for m a pentagon shaped school house.

Individual Task: Use your written r eflection f r om ³Courage to Lead ́ to flesh out what

you have a ³str ong handle on´ that will hold up at least two (2) differ ent sides of your

gr oup¶s pentagon. Take two (2) of the gr een hands. Write your name on the white

side. Use a SHARPIE (only) to captur e that which you ³have a handle on´ on the gr een

side that suppor ts one of the categories. (This should r eflect ar eas of gr eatest

str ength.) Use tape to hold up two differ ent sides with a str ong hand!



Agenda






10:30 Teambuilding



12:00 LUNCH




4:00 Teambuilding



5:00 Dismissal 10



I. Summer FoundationsRigor ous four-week tr aining institute withResidents f r om acr oss the nation. Held the lastfour year s on the campus of Boston Univer sity.

Taught by outstanding educator s and national

education and business leader s.

Focus on developing instr uctional and

or ganizational leader ship skills.

II. Residency Year (1 yr) Yearlong, full-time, paid Residency in an urban public

school, working alongside a mentor principal.

Direct responsibility for raising student achievement

and leading teachers as a full member of the school

leadership team.

Support from a strong Mentor Principal.

Ongoing, intensive academic studies that further

develop leadership skills.

III. Suppor t and Community (5 yr s)

Job sear ch assistance to identify and secur e schoolleader ship positions. We have a 95% placement r ate.

Ongoing suppor t f r om New Leader s staff and the br oader New Leader s community.

Lifelong member ship within the New Leader s Community.

Continual feedback, coaching and exchange of effectivepr actices f r om a national networ k of educational leader s.

New Leader Continuum



Foundational Year Executive Summary

The Foundational Year includes:

The development of a individual pr ofessional gr owth plan

Building an electr onic Resident Por tfolio focused on gr owth and

impact on r esidency school pr actice and student achievementSummer Foundations, a four-week summer institute

Two (2) week-long national seminar s scheduled during the school

year in October and May

A Residency placement in an ur ban school with a Mentor Principal

Aligned national and local lear ning experiences

On-going r eflection and coaching, and

Multiple oppor tunities to assess pr ogr ess against the Leader ship

Tr ajector y LI A

team

Residency

Site/City

Meetings

Independent

Work/Reading

Time with

Coaches

Classes

Vir tual

Lear ning



Key Messages for the Foundational Year

Common Understandings

Mission: We ar e focused on driving dr amatic gains for students.

± This isn¶t just about test scor es. It¶s about ensuring that we ar e r apidly closing theachievement gap and impr oving outcomes for our students.

Method: We use the Ur ban Excellence Fr amewor k to focus the Foundational Year on thosefew things that most dr amatically drive student achievement.

± The Leader ship Tr ajector y is the r oadmap that drives our lear ning as a local and nationalcommunity of leader s and your gr owth as a New Leader .

Readiness: The Foundational Year (including

Summer Foundations) is NOT a ³sit and get´lear ning experience. The stakes ar e too high for our students! Cour sewor k is impor tant AND

Residents will be expected to r egular ly apply new lear ning in or der to demonstr ate their r eadiness to do so as school leader s. The Leader ship Tr ajector y specif ies what ³r eadiness´looks like.



Year-long Cour ses

Literacy Leadership with emphasis on: ± Data Driven Instr uction (DDI)

± Common Cor e implementation

± Developing consistent pr actices/obser vation and super vision

Mathematics Leadership with emphasis on:

± Data Driven Instr uction (DDI) ± Common Cor e implementation

± Developing consistent pr actices/obser vation and super vision

Creating an Achievement-based School Culture

Aligned Staff

± With a focus on people management, per for mance management and staff capacity-

building



Year-Long Cour se Fr amewor k

Leadership Process

Literacy Math Creating an

chievement-BasedSchool Culture

ligned Staff

Stage 1: Get Ready

y Bui team

y Create vi i

y Use data

Stage 2: ssess

y School strengths

y Summar ize data

y Assess implementat ion

y Draft goals

Stage 3: Plan

y Develop maps

y Solicit feedback

y Revise goals

y Publish plan

Stage 4: Implement

y Organize

y Monitor implementat ion

y

Monitor progressy Sustain and celebrate

Stage 5: Sustain

y Summar ize progress

y Revise maps

y Analyze team

y Plan to sustain

Course sessions offered throughout the year arealigned to 1 or more of the 4 courses (e.g. Literacy,

Math, School Culture or Aligned Staff) AND leadership

strategies in 1 or more of the Stages in the Leadership

Process.



Course characteristics

Objectives ar e clear and scaffolded thr oughout the year to build upon pr evious lear ning

Key concepts ar e thr eaded thr oughout (DDI, str ategic planning, per sonal leader ship etc.)

Cour se topics ar e aligned to a f inal assessment (r eflection of r esident¶s leader ship wor kat placement site)

National Local Deliver y thr ough«

1. Summer Foundations

2. Continued seminar during national, r egional, or local institutes/seminar s

3. Coach/staff suppor t of r elated experiential lear ning at r esident¶s school-site

4. Vir tual Lear ning sessions led by faculty, NLNS staff, or New Leader s themselves

5. 80% of cour se content and cour sewor k ar e common with curricula built out tosuppor t this



Final Assessment = Residency Por tfolio

Residency Portfolio as a final assessment of year-long courses will highlight:

± how aspiring principals implemented what they learned

± impact of that implementation on school practice and student achievement atthe Residency site

± aspiring principals¶ growth and learning over the year



Academic and Community Expectations: H.E.A.R.T.

Har d Wor k

Ener gy

Action Agency

Reflection Results-Orientation

Taking Responsibility Together



Agenda






10:30 Teambuilding



12:00 LUNCH


1:00 Culture: Naming & Defining DC Cohort 11

2:20 Break


4:00 Teambuilding



5:00 Dismissal 21



Agenda






10:30 Teambuilding



12:00 LUNCH



2:20 Break


4:00 Teambuilding



5:00 Dismissal 23



Agenda






10:30 Teambuilding



12:00 LUNCH



2:20 Break


4:00 Teambuilding



5:00 Dismissal 24



Teambuilding Sharing

Teambuilding

Leader ship Stor y Sharing



Agenda






10:30 Teambuilding



12:00 LUNCH



2:20 Break


4:00 Teambuilding



5:00 Dismissal 26



BREAK

5 MINUTEBREAK



Agenda






10:30 Teambuilding



12:00 LUNCH



2:20 Break


4:00 Teambuilding



5:00 Dismissal 28



Aspiring Principal Compact

Resident Review & Feedback

Pluses

Timely responses from DC team (Hailey as contact point)

Transparency of DC team and in the compact

Availability to support (office hours)

Including time for celebration is important & evident

Accountability plans that remind us of the urgency of our work Variety of learning opportunities and differentiation of learning

Residents able to provide feedback and implemented immediately

Deltas

Missing

DC Residents take responsibility collectively of the cohort culture

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Aspiring Principal Compact

Holding Ourselves Accountable

When there are issues of non-technical and IPL leadership drops

on the part of staff«how do we address and move forward?

Learning Orientation & Barriers

Time & Attendance: Set up patterns so that you are in a groove;

who can I build capacity within our school to support folks while

I am out.

Improvement Plans: You share the plan; you do the work; we setclear expectations and guidelines about how to move off the

plan

Office Hours: Michelle & All Staff!

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LUNCH

LUNCH



Agenda






10:30 Teambuilding



12:00 LUNCH



2:20 Break


4:00 Teambuilding



5:00 Dismissal 32



Save the Last Word for Me!

Group Discussion Protocol

Teaching Smart People How to Learn by Chris Argyris

-Choose a highlighted passage that resonated with you from last night¶s

reading which you found interesting, important or provocative. (2 mins)

-Use an index card to reflect on why you chose this passage and/or why

this passage resonated with you. (3 mins)

-Kennietha will start the round asking one person to share their selected

passage/sentence.

-At least 2 people must comment on the selected passage BEFORE the

initial resident is allowed to share their thinking. Once two folks have

commented, the initial resident must then share why they chose thispassage. (Thus, save the last word for me«)

-The initiating resident must call on another cohort member to read their

selected passage/sentence to kick off the next round.

*30 mins. (Goal: 4 rounds)

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Agenda






10:30 Teambuilding



12:00 LUNCH



2:20 Break


4:00 Teambuilding



5:00 Dismissal 34



Building Cohort 11 Group Norms

How will we work together as a cohort to support each other

during this year long residency and beyond?

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Agenda






10:30 Teambuilding



12:00 LUNCH



2:20 Break


4:00 Teambuilding



5:00 Dismissal 36



BREAK

10 MINUTEBREAK



Agenda






10:30 Teambuilding



12:00 LUNCH



2:20 Break


4:00 Teambuilding



5:00 Dismissal 38



Summer Foundations Nuts Bolts

What do we need to do to pr epar e for Summer Foundations?

-Read your welcome letter thor oughly NOW (7 mins)

-Readings f r om assigned texts written r eflections

-LI A Case Study Pr ep

Calendaring out the next two weeks to get it done!

-Your own calendaring system

-Time and space to complete assignments thoughtfully

- An accountability par tner



Leader ship in Action (LI A) Case Study and

Teams

Water f r ont School

Pr ovides oppor tunities to apply theor y lear ned f r om national leader s andfaculty within a vir tual school context

Connects to cour se wor k

Pr ovides oppor tunities to pr ovide new lear ning

Residents apply this new lear ning in the context of a collabor ative team

Pr ovides oppor tunities for you to pr actice a r ange of gr oup pr ocess anddecision-making pr otocols which ar e essential for principals as they buildhighly effective teams within a school context.



H.E.A.R.T.³With Hard Work, Energy, Action, Agency Reflection and a Results-

Orientation, Residents are Taking Responsibility Together´

Har d Wor k

Ener gy

Action Agency

Reflection Results-Orientation

Taking Responsibility Together



H.E.A.R.T.With Hard Work, Energy, Action, Agency, Reflection and a Results-Orientation,

Residents are Taking Responsibility Together

Orientations and Mindsets

HARDWORK

A lear ning orientation is r equir ed for a successful Foundational Year . We show up each day 100% r eady to dive deep, do the har d wor k, andpush our selves to the fullest.

³The har dest thing to manage in this wor k may be your self.´-Residents must acquir e new ways to manage themselves (e.g. str ess, long days, emotional r esponses, lear ning styles, communicationstyles) in or der to develop the r esilience r equir ed for the Foundational Year and school leader ship.

The school leader is always ³under a micr oscope´ or ³in the f ishbowl´ and subject to the scr utiny of other s. At times Foundations and locallear ning sessions will feel like this. Residents will have to lear n how to toler ate that kind of space while taking the necessar y risks to lear n andgr ow.

ENERGY

³This is a mar athon, not a sprint.´ - Jon Schnur

ACTION & AGENCY The Foundational Year (including Summer Foundations) is not a ³sit and get´.

Residents will be expected to r egular ly apply new lear ning in or der to ensur e the success of students and teacher s during the Foundational Year to demonstr ate their r eadiness to do this as school leader s.

Decisions and actions are data-driven and always focused on driving student achievement.

Agency -Demonstrate agency and leadership by taking responsibility for your own goals, learning, and behavior. Avoid blamingothers.

REFLECTION & RESULTS-Orientation

The Foundational Year r equir es constant r eflection.

A New Leader Resident must be willing to embr ace discomfor t and lear n how to manage him/her self thr ough it (e.g. confusion, f r ustr ation,

giving/r eceiving diff icult feedback)

³You ar e not an empty vessel´. So bring what you know AND be w illing to r e-think and expand your thinking based on new infor mation in or der tohave a positive impact on student achievement during the Residency and beyond.

TAKING Responsibility Together

³Bloom wher e you¶r e planted.´ Ther e is no per fect wor k context. This is your oppor tunity to pr actice your skills. Char ge your self with making itbetter and getting what you can out of it. Residents take r esponsibility for their lear ning.

A New Leader Resident is surr ounded by r esour ces (e.g Coaches, faculty other New leader s) and he/she should lever age these r esour ces duringthe Foundational year by r egular ly: 1)seeking feedback f r om other s 2) pr acticing new ways of being and doing based on feedback; 3) asking for help when needed and offering help when possible.

Residents ar e a par t of a national community committed to getting dr amatic gains for our students.



Summer Foundations Calendar ( draft 5.16.2011)

NLNS Summer Foundations 2011³Cohort 11

Draft Calendar as of May 10, 2011 for June & July , 2011

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

June 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Residents Arrive at BU

26

Resident Orientation

Opening Dinner

Keynote

Dr, Jeff Howard

27 OPENING DAY

Leadership for Social

Justice

Dr. Steven Jones

28 Adaptive

Leadership

Dr. Brendan

O·Day

Efficacy- Dr.

Janet Scott

--

29 Adaptive

Leadership

Dr. Brendan O·Day

Efficacy- Dr. Janet

Scott

PM--Adaptive

30 Debrief³

Adaptive

Building Highly

Effective Teams

Ehlman, Ogden,

July 1 Building

Highly Effective

Teams

Ehlman, Ogden,

2

3 4

NO SESSIONS

Independence Day

5 School Culture

Carol Lieber

Culture

Leadership

6 School Culture

Carol Lieber

Culture Leadership

7

Common Core

Standards and

Instruction

8 Paul DDI

(possible split

session for part of

the day_

9 Paul-DDI

10 11 RBT (3 sessions)

Observation &

Supervision ofInstruction

12 RBT(3

sessions

Observation &Supervision of

Instruction

13 Building an

Effective Math

Program K-8 andSecondary

14 Building an

Effective Math

Program (AM)------------------

Building Literacy

Program (PM)

15 Building

Effective Literacy

Program K-8 andSecondary

16

17 18 Adaptive

Leadership³Dr.

O·Day

Leadership for Social

Justice³Dr. S. Jones

19 Adaptive

Leadership³

Dr. O·Day

Leadership for

Social Justice³

Dr. S. Jones

20 Building

Student Efficacy

Dr. Barbara Logan

Dr. Janet Scott

21 (CLOSED)

Leadership in Action

Case Study Teams

Final Presentations

22

Leadership in

Action Debrief &

Reflection

Transition to

Residency

23

Residents and Coaches

Depart



Summer Foundations Sample Day

Time Activity

8-8:50am Br eakfast

9am-12pm Mor ning Session

12-1:15pm LUNCH

1:15-5:30pm After noon Session

5:30-6:30pm Dinner

6:30-until Evening activities

including specialfaculty pr esentations,

optional study gr oups,

optional LI A gr oup

wor k time, Resident

committee meetings,

social events



Agenda


8:45 Agenda & Group Norms Revisited9:00 School House Rock!



10:30 Teambuilding



12:00 LUNCH



2:20 Break


4:00 Teambuilding



5:00 Dismissal 45



Teambuilding Sharing

Teambuilding

Leader ship Stor y Sharing



Agenda


8:45 Agenda & Group Norms Revisited9:00 School House Rock!



10:30 Teambuilding



12:00 LUNCH



2:20 Break


4:00 Teambuilding



5:00 Dismissal 47

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