Slide 1- Strengthening Leadership for Learning
S/CDN Spring Meeting
Dr. Kevin McGuire
New York State Center for School Leadership
June 10, 2004
www.emsc.nysed.gov/csl
Slide 2- Leadership Matters
Slide 3- Image of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People
Slide 4- Leadership: "Leaders who strive to change the world are either loved or loathed, rarely considered with indifference."
Slide 5- Cartoon: Text reads "Under my leadership we’re sure to make a 360 degree turn"
Slide 6- Cartoon
Slide 7- School Leadership: McREL 2003, Fullan 2003, Elmore 2003, Heifetz 1994
Slide 8- "Demonstrated leadership ability is associated with as much as a 19 percentile point increase in student achievement" -McREL 2003
Slide 9- Cartoon: Text reads "I see the superintendent still hasn’t found the new administrator"
Slide 10- The Principalship? No Thanks.
Slide 11- Essential Knowledge and Skills for Effective Leadership
Setting Direction (1, 2, 3, and 4)
Slide 12- Cartoon: Text reads "Excuse me, Hannibal, but would crossing the Alps on, ohhhh let’s say, MOUNTAIN GOATS severely compromise your vision?"
Slide 13- Cartoon: Text reads "I’m giving you a ‘Marginal’ on your attitude toward constructive criticism"
Slide 14- Essential Knowledge and Skills for Effective Leadership
Setting Direction (1, 2, 3, and 4)
Increasing Organizational Intelligence (6 and 8)
Slide 15- Cartoon: Text reads "I’d like to seize the day, but unfortunately I’m in middle management and we’re not allowed to."
Slide 16- Essential Knowledge and Skills for Effective Leadership
Setting Direction (1, 2, 3, and 4)
Increasing Organizational Intelligence (6 and 8)
Personal Qualities (5,7, and 9)
Slide 17- Cartoon
Slide 18- Cartoon: no text
Slide 19- Cartoon: Text reads "Miss Dugan, will you send someone in here who can distinguish right from wrong?"
Slide 20- Lessons Learned:
Operational Strategies for Improving Student Achievement
Data
Curriculum
Supervision, Evaluation, Mentoring
Professional Development
Slide 21- Leadership is about...
CHARACTER, KNOWLEDGE, ACTION
Slide 22- "Insanity is doing what you’ve always done and expecting a different result" -Albert Einstein
Slide 23- "The Process of improvement is anything by constant and linear" -Richard Elmore
Slide 24- Magnitude of Change
First Vs. Second Order
Incremental Vs. Fundamental
Technical Vs. Adaptive
Slide 25- First Vs. Second Order Change
Slide 26- NY’s Commitment to Leadership
Preparation program changes
Anticipated certification changes
RSSC Leadership Development
Slide 27- "[RSSC’s should] build and support school and district leadership to improve student performance in ELA and Mathematics" – 2003 RSSC RFP
Slide 28- NY’s Commitment to Leadership
Preparation program changes
Anticipated certification changes
RSSC Leadership Development
Slide 29- What professional development that you offered, or participated in, was the most effective at improving student achievement?