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IMPLEMENTING CHANGE
Sulura W. Jackson
Principal
Skyline High School
Ann Arbor, MI
WHAT DO YOU STAND FOR?
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What do you believe about
teaching/learning?
What are your values?
What is non-negotiable?
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GREAT LEADERS
"A leader takes people where they
want to go. A great leader takes
people where they don't
necessarily want to go, but ought to
be.”
Rosalynn Carter
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Level Five Leadership
Jim Collins, 2001
Humble and Modest
Very Single Minded
Participatory Leadership Style
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FIRST THE WHO…THEN THE
WHAT
Get the right people on the Bus
Superintendent
Assistant Superintendent
Consultant
Teaching/Learning
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THE WHO?
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Simple Truths
If you begin with the “who,” rather than
the “what,” you can adapt to change more
easily.
If you have the right people on the bus,
the problems of how to motivate and
manage people largely goes away.
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TOP MANAGEMENT
PEOPLE DECISIONS
When in doubt don’t hire-keep looking.
When you know you need to make a
people change, act.
Put your best people on your biggest
opportunities, not your biggest problems.
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CONFRONT THE BRUTAL
FACTS
What is our current reality?
Two very good high schools
Union Limitations
Limited Funding
Change in Leadership
Time
Build Capacity
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Let the Truth Be Heard
Lead with questions, not answers
What does effective instruction look like?
What are the characteristics of an effective
school?
What are the characteristics of an effective
Professional Learning Community?
What is mastery teaching & learning?
THE WHAT?
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BUILD CAPACITY
The Art of Teaching
The Art of Leadership
Professional Learning Communities
Interdisciplinary Instruction
Technology
Training Opportunities
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Let The Truth Be Heard
Engage in dialogue and debate, NOT
coercion.
Intense debate
Discussions
Healthy conflict
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Let The Truth Be Heard
Conduct autopsies, without blame
Establish understanding and learning
Create a climate where the truth is heard
www.nsrfharmony.org
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Let The Truth Be Heard
Build red flag mechanism that turn
information into information that cannot be
ignored.
Provide unfiltered information and insight
Early warning system
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THE HEDGEHOG CONCEPT
“The Hedgehog and the Fox” by Isaiah Berlin (Greek Proverb)
Single idea or purpose
Student Success
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HedgeHog Concept
PASSION
EXPERTISE
ECONOMICS
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CULTURE OF DISCIPLINE
Self-Disciplined People who take
disciplined action fanatically consistent
with the three circles of the Hedgehog
Concept.
Vision
Creativity
Energy
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Technology Acceleration
Find the Right Technologies
Don’t Overreact to New Technologies
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Action Steps
Responsibility and Freedom
Self Disciplined people who will go to
great lengths to fulfill their responsibilities.
Culture of Discipline
Faithful to the Hedgehog Concept
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Collaborating
To
Learn Together
Implement
New
Knowledge
THE SKYLINE WAY
Assess
Effectiveness
Debrief
•Revise
•Strengthen
•Change or
•continue
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Shaping Up A Review
What are some things you
heard, saw, said or did that
squared with your beliefs?
What are some questions still
going around in your head?
What are three things you
want to remember?
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SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL
SINGLE FOCUS
To build a professional learning
community in which administrators
and teachers collaboratively
engage in a relentless pursuit of
excellence, focusing on what
fosters student learning.
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LEVEL 5 LEADERSHIP
•respect towards people
•selflessness
•strong powerful commitment to achieve
results
•bring out the best in subordinates
•blend of fierce will and personal humility
•stubborn and ruthless yet humble
•rarely allow ego to be a obstacle
•attribute success to others
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www.a2schools.org/skyline.home
SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL
2552 NORTH MAPLE ROAD
ANN ARBOR, MI 48103
(734) 994-6515
[email protected]
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References
Collins, J. (2005). Good To Great and the Social Sectors.
New York: HarperCollins.
Fullan, M. (2003). The Moral Imperative of School Leadership.
Corwin Press.
Roy, P. (November 2008). “I am the captain of my ship.” The
Learning Principal, 4(3) page 3.
Marzano, R. (2003). What Works in Schools: Translating Research
Into Action. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
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