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The Council for Supervision and Leadership Forum for the ITEEA Long Beach will engage the full membership of ITEEA to participate in a dialogue to lead change in four categories:
January 2-16, 2012: Leading and Managing Programs (curriculum, instruction and assessment)
Hosted By: Luke Rhine
January 17 -31, 2012: Leading and Managing Facilities (new facility development and modernization – maintenance)
Hosted By: Doug Wagner
February 1-15, 2012: Navigating Politics (school and central office realities)
Hosted By: Bill Bertrand
February 16-29, 2012: Engaging and Supervising people (running a department while leading change)Hosted By: Doug Handy
Hosted By: Luke Rhine
January 17 -31, 2012: Leading and Managing Facilities (new facility development and modernization – maintenance)
Hosted By: Doug Wagner
February 1-15, 2012: Navigating Politics (school and central office realities)
Hosted By: Bill Bertrand
February 16-29, 2012: Engaging and Supervising people (running a department while leading change)Hosted By: Doug Handy
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ReplyDeleteGood morning and happy new year everyone. I am not sure how this thing is supposed to work but I am going to throw a comment out there - Luke, please excuse me if I am doing this all wrong.
ReplyDeleteMy comment is that to lead a program means more than performing the day to day management of that program (which already takes the whole day).
Program leaders, at all levels, must have a vision of where the program(s) need to be in 10 - 15 years and work towards that end. If a leader just responds to the day to day situations, his/her program will surly die.
Just my 2 cents. Any comments??
I think you have hit the proverbial nail on the head. What you are describing is the difference between management and leadership. A good leader must be able to sift through the noise and get to the heart of a matter without over managing. Too often as supervisors we get in the rut of over compensating on the management side because of the natural pressures of the role(s) we play.
ReplyDeleteYou are both right on with regard to program. You must be able to look ahead. Continuously improve and navigate the system all at the same time. Those that do not are viewed as expendable...
Joel Barker has a series of videos that talk about the changing paradigms. He very nicely talks about how to identify the paradigms we "live" in and how to create change. It involves risks, but those that take the risks to change (work at the edges to create cutting edge programs) are viewed as leaders.
My 2 cents: We need to be able to show some consistency between programs so that people see what we are talking about. It is hard to find any 2 schools that are alike, and sometimes (as unfortunate as it is) the traditional old time school is what people perceive to be technology and engineering programs. The standards gave us content, we now need to show (through research) how it makes a difference.
Just a little something to stir the pot!