Principal & Deputy Principal meeting 13 th August 2019

1. Principal & Deputy Principal meeting13th August 2019 Congratulations!

2. Agenda • 2.00 Welcome, Reflection and Introduction • 2.20 Le Chéile Educational Vision and Charter • 2.30 Dialogue Schools • 3.15 Building relationships • 4.00 School Issues • 4.30 Le Chéile Handbook and Protocols • 5.00 End

3. Le Chéile 15 Congregations 63 Schools 30,000 Students 2,500 Staff 4.5 Office team 2 Boards of Directors (Síol and Le Chéile)

4. Patrician Brothers Marianists of Ireland Cross and Passion Sisters of St. Paul Religious ofChristian Education St. Louis Faithful Companionsof Jesus De La Salle Jesus and Mary Holy Faith Dominican Ursulines

5. Le Chéile Identity • Will your students say “I go to a St. Louis school which is in Le Chéile” or “I go to a Le Chéile school in the St. Louis tradition”? • Unity in diversity…… • Le Chéile Strategic Plan 2019 - 2023 This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND

6. Le Chéile Charter – outline / overview- p4 Spiritual Dimension: what do these four bullet points “say” to you about your school and your leadership within that school?- P26/27: where might these values apply in your work?- How do you see your leadership style in the context of the value of “service”?- founder’s page ….. What message do you get from this?- p.4: Community Schools

7. The Dialogue School

8. Agenda

9. A thought…… “As a non-believer, I fear we will lose something important and good if we charge ahead and throw the baby Jesus out with the bath water”. (Oliver Callan, The Irish Times, 11/06/’19)

10. Ethos… Ethos is the energy that flows and connects all elements of the school. lf a school espouses an ‘ethos’, this means it is committed to creating a space where people can live with, and be taught by one another, however diverse such people might be.

11. An Ecology of the Ethos of the School Ethos

12. How are we to understand a Catholic school ethos? A Catholic ethos offers a space where students can live with, and be taught by one another in a way that includes all religious beliefs, traditions and values within the conversation. The preference for the Catholic message finds its home in this inclusive space.

13. Le Chéile Spirituality • Education in Le Chéile schools is about transformation, a process enabling our students to become fully alive human beings. • One way of helping us to reflect on that process is to focus on three key words that draw together the core elements of we might call a Le Chéile spirituality • Welcome • Wisdom • Witness

16. A Catholic school that takes seriously…. • Focus on relationships and making connections with people • It’s relationship with God & the church. • The multiplicity of voices, visions and practices is not restricted, but acknowledged, valued and activated as an opportunity to enrich the dialogue between people. • Awareness of the need for transition and a change of space • Positivity and acknowledgement • Actions are chosen and decisions are student centred • Discussions fair-minded, honest and underpinned by respect • Our norms are allowed to be ‘interrupted’ (Biesta, 2013)

17. As a new principal and deputy, what are your thoughts on promoting a dialogical school? What indicators of dialogue would you look for in your new school? How will you dialogue?

18. Catholic Dialogue…. • We have a dialogue history – not a blank slate • Catholic frame of reference translated into the context of our school in 2019. • Not only about teaching & learning (pedagogy) or about growing in our humanity (anthropology) , it is also about theology – search for God.

19. What spaces will we offer for dialogue to happen which promotes these three areas?

20. Religious Education

21. Treasuring what is precious…… • There is always a provision of two hours for Religious Education at both Junior and Senior Cycle. • RE is always taught by qualified Religious Education teachers. • RE is understood as one expression, among many, of the school’s ethos and faith life. • In line with guidance provided by the Framework for Junior Cycle (p. 9) existing subjects, including Religious Education, is not reduced to a Short Course.

22. A Le Chéile School dialogues through……… ITNESS WISDO WELCOME

23. Building and Developing Relationships

24. Changes • For You • For Colleagues • Students / Parents • BOM • Local Community • ???

25. Agenda for Action • Newness • Making an impression • First Staff Meeting • Staff Room • Student Assemblies • Part of a Team(s) • Decisions • Reflection • Time • Mind yourself • Parish Priest Rule!

27. Building Trust • Why? • How?

31. What type of leadership do our schools need in 2019 and beyond?

34. What Traits would you use to describe an Effective Leader?

35. Traits of Successful leaders • Adaptable • Alert to social environment • Achievement orientated • Assertive • Cooperative • Decisive • Dependable • Caring • Persistent • Ethical integrity • Self-confident • Modest • Honest • Tolerant of stress • Willing to assume responsibility • Motivated • Inspiring

36. Skills of Successful Leader • Intelligent • Persuasive • Socially Skilled • Knowledgeable of people • Conceptually skilled • Creative • Diplomatic • Tactful • Good time manager • Competent • Strategically astute • Able to plan ahead • Good speaking ability • Good listener • Organised

40. Reality for a leader… • People do not care how much you know until they know how much you care. • Influence requires authentic relationships which do not flourish in a hierarchical and controlled environment. • Listening is key

41. Defining Authentic Leadership….. The process that draws upon a leader’s life course, psychological capital and moral perspectives and a “highly developed” supporting organisation climate to produce greater self-awareness and self-regulated positive behaviours which in turn foster continuous, positive self-development resulting in veritable, sustained performance. (Avolio BJ, 2009)

42. Authentic LeadershipQualities • 1.  Self-awareness (“Know thyself”) • 2.  Internalized moral perspective (“Do the right thing”) • 3.  Relational transparency (“Be genuine”) • 4.  Balanced processing (“Be fair-minded”) Source: Avolio BJ et al., Ann RevPsychol, 2009, 60:421-449

45. The Leadership of Change Process • Not to innovate the most! • Appreciate the early difficulties of trying something new. • Look at resistance as a positive force in the change process. • Re-culture the organisation during the change process.

46. Interrelationships are core….. “It is the interactions and relationships among people, not the people themselves, that make the difference to an organisation’s success”. (Fullan, 2001)

47. The single most important ingredient of success is knowing how to get along with people. (Theodore Roosevelt)

48. Issues • What are you looking forward to in your new role? • What do you think will be your greatest challenge?

49. Le Chéile Schools Handbook 2019-2020 Le Chéile Summary EventsProtocolsReportsPrayers and reflections

50. Thank you Well done againGood luck