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The Power of Positive Principaling

The Power of Positive Principaling. Building a Culture of Success and a Climate of Collaboration. Allan R. Bonilla, Ed.D. What do we mean when we talk about culture and climate?. Is there evidence of happy students and teachers? Is it obvious that learning is happening?

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The Power of Positive Principaling

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  1. The Power of Positive Principaling Building a Culture of Success and a Climate of Collaboration Allan R. Bonilla, Ed.D

  2. What do we mean when we talk about culture and climate? • Is there evidence of happy students and teachers? • Is it obvious that learning is happening? • Is the building attractive and well maintained?

  3. Culture and Climate is the Foundation • There can be no real success without creating a positive school environment. Test scores will not increase, attendance will not improve, and discipline problems will not decrease.

  4. Liberty City High School Gets $1 Million Investment( Miami Herald, 7/7/11) • Purpose: expand rigorous courses, build a new lab, improve graduation rates, and create a college-going culture. • Increase the number of dual enrollment courses at the college level. • Introduce service learning projects. • Institute a financial literacy program. • Build an aquaponics lab to raise fish for fertilizer in gardening.

  5. WHAT GOOGLE LEARNED… • Bosses have a much greater impact on people’s performance and how they feel about a job than anything else. • What employees valued most were even-keeled bosses who made time for one-on-one meetings, who helped people puzzle through problems by asking questions, not dictating answers, and who took an interest in employees’ lives and careers. ( Marshall Memo May 2, 2011 from NYTimes)

  6. RELATIONSHIPS • Administration & Faculty • Teacher & Teacher • Teacher & Student • Student & Student • School & Parent

  7. CYPHER IN THE SNOW Storyline Asking to leave a school bus, Cliff, a young teenager, collapses and dies in the snow near the roadside. His math teacher is asked to notify the parents and then write a short obituary. This task is difficult, for although he was Cliff's favorite teacher and had the most interaction of any at the school, he barely knew him. In unraveling the mystery of the untimely death, he finds that Cliff was shy, lonely, and ostracized, being slowly reduced to nothing, a zero (cipher). He vows to not let this happen to others. Written by Brian Greenhalgh

  8. GOETHE • THINGS WHICH MATTER MOST MUST NEVER BE AT THE MERCY OF THINGS THAT MATTER LEAST.

  9. What my school was like…. • High failure/retention rate • High teacher turn-over • Poor discipline • Neglected building • Terrible reputation in community

  10. The Turn-Around • Visibility • Delegation • Celebration • Collaboration

  11. LET’S THINK…. • HOW VISIBLE ARE YOU? • WHAT ARE YOUR CELEBRATIONS? • TO WHOM DO YOU DELEGATE? • WHAT IS IN PLACE FOR COLLABORATION?

  12. VISIBILITY • AM & PM • Between classes • Cafeteria • Events

  13. DELEGATION • Discipline • Attendance • Parents • Curriculum • Special Education • Master Schedule • Technology • Maintanance

  14. CELEBRATION • TV Announcements • Honor Roll • Attendance Competition • Report Card Pick-Up • Birthdays • Life Events

  15. WE DID IT !!!

  16. COLLABORATION • School Based Management/Shared Decision Making • Committees: Personnel, Budget, Curriculum, Social • Departments • Teams

  17. BEN FRANKLIN • TELL ME AND I FORGET • TEACH ME AND I REMEMBER • INVOLVE ME AND I LEARN

  18. Set The Tone/Walk The Talk • It all starts here… and leads to here..

  19. Allan R. Bonilla,Ed.Dwww.school-principal.comabonilla1@yahoo.com512-992-1663 • 10 Don’ts of Successful School Site Management • Six Things You Can Do Tomorrow To Create An Exemplary School • Five Habits of Successful Turn-Around Principals • Everybody Needs A Coach

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