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Alternative Approaches to Pathways and Distributed Leadership. Daphannie Stephens Center for Urban School Leadership U.C. Berkeley Pathways Connections Drawn from W. Norton Grubb, “ Sunup to Sundown and Beyond: Leadership Challenges in High Schools and in Multiple Pathways ” .
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Alternative Approaches to Pathways and Distributed Leadership Daphannie Stephens Center for Urban School Leadership U.C. Berkeley Pathways Connections Drawn from W. Norton Grubb, “Sunup to Sundown and Beyond: Leadership Challenges in High Schools and in Multiple Pathways”. Quality criteria 1.2.7 Staff Collaboration and 3.2.2 Site Level Leadership
Distributed Leadership Delegated Distributed *Spillane, Diamond, 2007; Bennet, et al 2003
Situation “The situation of practice can make it more or less difficult to employ certain means and achieve certain ends…from a distributed perspective, however, aspects of the situation do not simply ‘affect’ what school leaders do as some sort of independent variable… aspects of the situation such as organizational routines and tools in interaction with people define leadership management and practice.” Distributed Leadership in Practice -Spillane, Diamond 2007
Situation Pathway Structure Organization -routines, tools, policies, systems, collaboration models Staff - will, skill, knowledge, capacity Student -engagement, achievement
Pair Share What are the distributive leadership successes & challenges, hopes & concerns at your school?
What is the role of the principal in a distributed model? “ A large part of leadership agency involves coordinating and maintaining organizational routines and tools in order to create desired outcomes…” Distributed Leadership in Practice -Spillane, Diamond, 2007
Facilitative Leadership Styles • Situational awareness, development & monitoring • Transformation support *Leadership Without Easy Answers, Ronald Heifitz
Leadership Support What are the leadership styles and/or areas of work that you gravitate towards? How has this helped or hindered?
Taking It Back Worksheet Journal: Given your situation & leadership style… What do you need to focus on to strengthen your site level leadership support & staff collaboration?
Consultancy 1. Form cross district trios 2. Protocol Steps: • 4 minutes - Present your situation & question • 8 minutes - Discuss the presenters concern sharing your ideas and questions • 3 minutes - Presenter shares new thinking 3. Select next presenter & start again!