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Superintendents Statewide Mentoring Meeting

Join us for a statewide mentoring meeting for superintendents. Explore topics such as leadership development, working effectively with boards, legal updates, and more. Don't miss this opportunity to connect with colleagues and deepen your understanding of principal support and development.

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Superintendents Statewide Mentoring Meeting

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  1. Superintendents Statewide Mentoring Meeting Tuesday, September 19, 2017

  2. Name& District

  3. Outcomes: • Cultivate a professional learning network; • Ensure familiarity with SAI’s Mentoring and Induction program resources and expectations; • Develop the mentoring relationship; • Identify resources/tools to improve leadership-life fit; • Gain insight to effective strategies for working effectively with the board; • Discuss pertinent legal issues; • Consult with colleagues regarding a leadership challenge; and • Deepen understanding of effective principal support and development.

  4. Links • Resources: https://sai-iowa.site-ym.com/page/sept17suptmentoring • Evaluation: http://bit.ly/supt91917 • Mentoring Matters: http://www.sai-iowa.org/mentoring-and-induction.cfm

  5. What challenges and successes have you experienced in your first 100 days?

  6. Mentor-Mentee Time • Process each other’s questions • Set dates for monthly meetings and building visit/s • Explore Mentoring Matters Resources • Review the October calendar together

  7. Leadership-life Fit: Stress and Peak Performance Dana Schon, SAI

  8. The Yerkes-Dodson LawHow anxiety affects performance Optimal arousal and optimal performance Keep colleagues at this level!! Strong Energized Impaired performance because of strong anxiety Increasing attention and interest Fatigued Focused Performance Exhausted Bored Broken down & Burned out Weak Arousal/Stress Low High

  9. Strong Zone of optimal performance for easy task Easy Task Performance Zone of optimal performance for hard task Hard Task Weak Arousal/Stress Low High

  10. Mentor Mentee

  11. Moving toward optimal stress • Where can you establish more control in your life? • What routines support you? What does your morning routine include (e.g. reading, writing, meditation, exercise, prayer)? • What habits or routines are not serving you well? • How are you managing your energy?

  12. Setting the Stage: Legal Updates http://bit.ly/LEGAL919

  13. Modified Discussion Panel--Working Effectively with Your Board

  14. Welcome, Panelists!! • John Speer, College Community • Kerri Nelson, Shennandoah • Mike Pardun, Denison & Schleswig

  15. Working Effectively with Your Board • How do you keep you board focused on the “right” work (i.e. education and student achievement)? • How do you educate your board around key issues? • How do you ensure your board members are familiar with district policy? Turn and Talk

  16. Working Effectively with Your Board • What do you do when a board member/s crosses the line into micromanagement? What if a board members wants a principal (or staff member) fired, for example? How do you reinforce what role the board plays and your role? • What is the greatest challenge you face in navigating board relationships and how have you approached that? Turn and Talk

  17. Working Effectively with Your Board • How do you keep your goals and the board goals at the forefront? • How do you maintain the appropriate distance between your board and your staff? Turn and Talk

  18. Legal Reminders and Updates Matt Carver, SAI

  19. Learning Community: Leadership Dilemma Consultancy

  20. Protocol- STEP 1 • Leader who drives the oldest car will be the first presenter • Timekeeper/facilitator will be the person to the left of the presenter • Presenter shares an overview of the dilemma and poses his/her focus question. 3 MINUTES

  21. Protocol- STEP 2 • Consultancy Group asks questions • Help presenter clarify and expand his/her thinking about the dilemma presented to the group. • Help presenter analyze the dilemma. 2 MINUTES

  22. Protocol- STEP 3 • Consultancy Group talks with each other about the dilemma presented while the presenter listens and takes notes: • What did we hear? • What didn’t we hear that might be relevant? • What assumptions seem to be operating? • What questions does the dilemma raise for us? • What do we think about the dilemma? • What might we do or try if faced with a similar dilemma? What have we done in similar situations? 5 MINUTES

  23. Protocol – STEP 4 • Presenter reflects on what he/she heard and on what he/she is now thinking, sharing with the group anything that particularly resonated during the consultancy. 5 MINUTES • Rotate to next presenter.

  24. Principal Growth, Development, and Evaluation Chad Garber, Williamsburg

  25. Final Thoughts & Evaluation Upcoming learning opportunities: http://www.sai-iowa.org/events.cfm Evaluation: http://bit.ly/supt91917

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