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Building Leadership Team December 2, 2010 Here’s to You!. Courageous Conversations. Raise your hand if you’ve had a courageous conversation with a colleague or group of colleagues since the start of the school year. Raise your hand if you have one planned.
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Courageous Conversations • Raise your hand if you’ve had a courageous conversation with a colleague or group of colleagues since the start of the school year. • Raise your hand if you have one planned. • Raise your hand if your gut is telling you there is a conversation you need to have but you are not sure how to have it.
Building community amongst various constituents, colleagues, stakeholders, collaborators, and even competitors, to create a strategy to solve an issue. • The Mulvaney Group
This attitude of seeking to understand each other and to work together to bring a solution is the key to the success of courageous conversations. • David Wood
One of the reasons that leadership will never be a popularity contest is the need to conduct courageous conversations. These dialogues are those less than pleasant conversations that are necessary to move the organization forward. • Tim Schneider
District and School Development Time (copies) • Read, pair-share: • One aspect you like • One question you have • One suggestion
Based on what you’ve read and on the feedback from our staff, do you see this as an idea to pursue?
Project Parkway Task Force Reports • Task Force Reports • Connections Task Force
5 Year Projections • Staffing • Room utilization • What is the best way to allocate staffing to accomplish our Mission?
Course Placement Process • Teacher recommendations for core classes • Department dialogues/criteria • Pass/Fail/Audit