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Leading Transformational Change While Empowering All Stakeholders

Leading Transformational Change While Empowering All Stakeholders. Presented by Thomas L. Rooney, Superintendent Lindsay Unified School District. What has Happened in Lindsay the Past Four Years. We honor the fact that kids learn in different ways and different time-frames

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Leading Transformational Change While Empowering All Stakeholders

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  1. Leading Transformational Change While Empowering All Stakeholders Presented by Thomas L. Rooney, Superintendent Lindsay Unified School District

  2. What has Happened in Lindsay the Past Four Years • We honor the fact that kids learn in different ways and different time-frames • We make decisions based on learner needs, not administrative convenience • We empower learners to be leaders of their learning “ Empowering and Motivating for Today and Tomorrow”

  3. Key Components: • Community-driven Strategic Design • Guaranteed & Viable Curriculum • Comprehensive Assessment System • 0-4 Scoring Scale • Electronic Assessments, Scoring and Tracking System • System to Group Learners • Close Monitoring System

  4. Part of Our Leadership Vision “Lindsay leaders are future-focused visionaries, not afraid to take a risk to improve learning for students”

  5. Second order change Leadership for Change Incremental change Emphasize relationships Establish strong lines of communication Be an advocate for the school Provide resources Maintain visibility Protect teachers from distractions Create culture of collaboration Look for and celebrate successes • Shake up the status quo • Expect some things to seem worse • Propose new ideas • Operate from strong beliefs • Tolerate ambiguity and dissent • Talk research and theory • Create explicit goals for change • Define success in terms of goals Marzano-2006

  6. In Lindsay there is Something Else…We are going beyond 2nd order change • Shake up Remove and replace the status quo • Expect some things to seem worseimpossible • Propose new ideasBe future-focused • OperateNever waiver from strong beliefs • TolerateTransform ambiguity and dissent into Empowerment and Commitment • TalkLive and implementwhat research and theory talk about • Create explicit goals for changea Strategic Design • Define success in terms of goalsStrategic Alignment and results Marzano 2006 Lindsay Leadership 2013

  7. Leading Transformational Change While Empowering All Stakeholders • Deep Humility • A Heart of Service • Empathetic Listening • Seek First to Understand • Empowering others to reach their fullest professional and personal potential • Willingness to slow down in the short-term for long-term gains • Relentless in your focus on Learner needs • Making the hard personnel decisions…part of your moral obligation

  8. Personal Reflection and Vision

  9. Worldwide Challenges Our Learners Will Solve

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