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Creating Communities of Resiliency

Bryan Hiebert Presentation to Risk and Resiliency: Leading and mentoring for Change Centre for Leadership in Learning October 14, 2004. Creating Communities of Resiliency. Faculty of Education Division of Applied Psychology. Overview. What is resilience? Resilience comes in people

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Creating Communities of Resiliency

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  1. Bryan Hiebert Presentation to Risk and Resiliency: Leading and mentoring for Change Centre for Leadership in Learning October 14, 2004 Creating Communities of Resiliency Faculty of Education Division of Applied Psychology

  2. Overview • What is resilience? • Resilience comes in people • Some environments are more easy to be resilient in than others • Leaders are responsibility for creating an environment conducive to being resilient 2

  3. What is resilience? The ability to bounce back (recover) when hit with unexpected demands out of out of the blue Take things in stride

  4. Kumpfer (1999) Resilience Model • Stressors • Environmental contexts • Person-environment transactional process • Internal resiliency factors • Resilience process • Adaptation and reintegration

  5. Kumpfer (1999) Resilience Model • Stressors DEMAND Appraisal Nature - Demand Intensity - Coping Resources - Consequences

  6. Appraisal Nature - Demand Intensity - Coping Resources - Consequences Coping Demand Demand Coping Kumpfer (1999) Resilience Model • Stressors • Environmental contexts • Person-environment transactional process DEMAND

  7. Avoid self-blame

  8. Kumpfer (1999) Resilience Model • Stressors • Environmental contexts • Person-environment transactional process • resilience outcome • adapt well to stressful situations

  9. Perspective is Important

  10. Kumpfer (1999) Resilience Model • Stressors • Environmental contexts • Person-environment transactional process • Internal resiliency factors • Self-efficacy • Peoples’ beliefs in their ability to control their own functioning + control what occurs in the environment

  11. Kumpfer (1999) Resilience Model • Stressors • Environmental contexts • Person-environment transactional process • Internal resiliency factors • Resilience process • Secure attachment • Leads people to form positive perceptions about self and the world • Develops in social interactions

  12. Stress Active Coping • Resilience • Secure Attachment • Self-efficacy Resilience model Flexibility Adaptability

  13. Say NO! to zero tolerance Zero Tolerance A little tolerance is a good thing

  14. Watch your perspective

  15. Creating Resilient Communities • 3 factors are predictably difficult to deal with • Intense and unpleasant demands • Uncertainty (about outcomes) • Ambiguity (regarding expectations) • Not all demands are reasonable

  16. Watch out for the band wagon

  17. A Starting Point All things To all people All the time is All over

  18. Creating A Positive Climate • Say something nice to colleagues • Every day • Warm fuzzies or cold pricklies? • Message seen is stronger than message spoken • Need to model what we are trying to accomplish • Walk the Talk • Create slogans to keep a positive focus

  19. Slogans to sustain a positive focus • No one can insult you Without your permission • I am lovable and capable • Stop Psychosclerosis (hardening of the attitudes) • I will not should on my self today • Change is inevitable Growth is optional

  20. Learn to roll with it

  21. Resilient Communities for Students

  22. Student Realities • 80+% of grade 10 students aspire to university • 50+% of grade 12 students plan to attend university • 20+% of grade 12 students plan to attend college or tech school • 40% of students 18 - 21 attend post-secondary education • 50% continue on to their second year • 50% change area of study

  23. Many return to formal education later • In Calgary, the average age of • 1st year trade apprentices • fire fighter recruits • police officer recruits • is 27years old

  24. Resilient Communities for Students • Career Pathways • One example to help promote relevance for students

  25. What is Career Pathways? • Aligned curriculum from junior high to post-secondary, includes: • Academics • Fine & performing arts • International languages • CTS programming • Internships • Portfolio development • Transitional opportunities • Intended to foster student career development

  26. Career Development is … • the life-long process of managing learning, work and transitions • in order to move toward a personally determined and evolving preferred future • Career / Life Planning • Developing a vision for your life

  27. Basic Career Development Principles • Multi-potentiality • Career self-concept • Planned happenstance • Opportunity awareness ----------

  28. The “High 5” (+1) A Changing Theme For Career Development • Change is constant • Focus on the journey • Follow your heart • Keep learning • Access your allies + • Believe in yourself

  29. Why do this?

  30. In numerous studies… • National studies • Studies of Calgary junior and senior high school students • Most frequent and intense worry • #1 cluster of student-reported needs Concern about the future • What do I do after high school?

  31. When students are involved as partners in their learning experiences … • Greater academic achievement • Reduced drop-out rate & lower absenteeism • Reduced student alienation • Reduced bullying and harassment • Reduced incidence of smoking and drinking • More positive school climate • Greater satisfaction with school • Students report school experiences as more relevant and better preparation for the future • Students indicate that the quality of their education is better

  32. Resilience-related outcomes • Many of the processes and outcomes connected with Career Pathways address factors involved in fostering resilience. • It works the same way for students and teachers and administrators, and …

  33. Creating Resilience: Who’s job is it? • It’s a leadership job to create a healthy work environment • Model the goal – set a good example • Jump on mistakes OR jump on successes • It’s often easier to seek forgiveness that to get permission

  34. 2 key factors for motivation • The goals must be valued (valuable) • The goal must be perceived as achievable (achievable) • The people in charge need to model • Marketing accomplishments • Support self-care initiatives Actually, everyone needs to model this and support it, and encourage it

  35. Collaboration … (A brief aside) Just because people are working on a common project, doesn’t make it • a partnership or • a collaboration

  36. Collaboration?? … For example: • Let’s get together and work on this project • I know how to do it • We’ll do it my way • You can help • We’ll be working on it together

  37. Collaboration is … Group think • Let’s work together on this, and • figure out together what it is we want to do, and • how we will attempt to do it together,and • decide together how we will evaluate success.

  38. A New Approach to Leadership • If it goes wrong, • say “I did it.” • If it goes sort of OK, • say “we did it.” • If it goes really well • say “you did it.” • Reduce “Look at me, look at me.” • And replace it with “Look at us” • or better yet, “Look at them.”

  39. Creating Resilience: Who’s job is it? • It’s a leadership job • BUT don’t wait for your boss • Learn how to train your boss • Approach your boss with solutions, not problems • Stroke your boss, what goes around comes around • You can make a difference in YOUR emotional climate

  40. Control and Choice • Lobby for structural changes • Some people always will feel they have no control • Many teacher feel that the clocks are controlled downtown • Perhaps consider ditching the clock? • Demands gravitate towards competence(so be prepared or be less competent) • Basic assertiveness helps keep balance • Develop a resilient personal and professional identity

  41. Keep your priorities on track

  42. Summary: Tell them what you told them • What is resilience? • Resiliency comes in people • How do you contribute to your own resiliency? • How do you interfere with it? • Some environments are more conducive to being resilient • What have you done to make your environment more resilient? • Creating a resilient environment is a leadership responsibility • How have you helped others be more resilient? • How have you encouraged your boss to do more to foster resiliency?

  43. Bryan Hiebert Presentation to Risk and Resiliency: Leading and mentoring for Change Centre for Leadership in Learning October 14, 2004 Creating Communities of Resiliency Faculty of Education Division of Applied Psychology

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