More honking needed

Barnett, D. McKowan, C. Bloom, G. 1998

A 'no principal' school at Anzar High School in California
How does it 'work'?
-commitment to shared decision making
-quality communication
-shared responsibility
-a little humour
-hold one another to high levels of accountability
-honesty
5 givens - Community/Inclusion/Professionalism/Quality/High expectations

Beck, J. & Yeager, N. M. 1994

The dynamics of power in leadership and in decision making...styles of interaction
-forming
-focusing
-performing
-levelling
Vision, have a mission = a goal

Law S & Glover D (2000)

central component to organisation...the school 'oil the wheels' for organisational success.... hey the TL role

Hough M J (1997)

"-collaborative power flow of knowledge
-students learn more in open systems
-make meaningful decisions and accept responsibility for implementation
-work together be interdependent
-school knowledge creation process = organisational learning
-teams exploit individual strengths while covering for individual weaknesses
-teams develop synergy
-team needs common vision..shared vision
-collaborative decision making
-align with school's shared vision and beliefs, strategic plan, annual management plan
-collaborative decision making involve the stakeholders
-unleash enormous energy in people"

Decision Making Model

K I S S ...clearly set out ..obvious steps. As a reader/observer such a common sense approach but put some emotion into the mix..stir in impatience, anger, frustration and these model steps are invaluable in decision making and negotiation steps.

Tribus Myron ETL 504 sem 2

Quality Management in Education
Myron Tribus
Exergy, Inc.
Hayward, CA


'INTRODUCTIONThe following principles have been taken from the teachings of W. Edwards
Deming and adapted to education. They are numbered for convenience.3
Quality Principle #1: The redefinition of what it means to be a
manager.
The people work IN a system.
The job of a manager is to work ON the system,
to improve it, continuously,
with their help.

In translating the redefinition of management to education, we redefine the jobs
of the administrators (i.e., the superintendents, the principals and department
heads) as follows:
The teachers work IN a system.
The job of the Principal (Superintendent, Department Head) is
to work ON the system,
to improve it,
continuously, with their help.
The jobs of the teachers are also redefined:
The students study and learn IN a system.
The job of the teacher is to work ON the system,
to improve it,
continuously,
with their help.

In education, this definition is changed.
QUALITY in education is what makes learning a pleasure and a joy.
Some measures of student performance may be increased by threats, by
competitions for grades or by prizes, but the attachment to learning
will be unhealthy. It takes a quality experience to create an
independent learner.
It takes constant engagement to wed a student to learning.

FEATURES in an educational experience are such things as computers in
the classroom, modern physics laboratories, extensive offerings in drama,
arts, music, sports and excellent facilities.
QUALITY has to do with the way the teaching/learning process is carried
forward.'

Donham Reading

J. Donham...seems obvious now...i do have a 'power' position....might not hold the authority of principal nor power of money decisions but knowledge...to share and the benefit of social interactions with all....it's about the relationships.

I can lead from the middle...need the 'vision' ...articulate a mission statement for the library, gives us purpose a goal to head towards, ideally collaborative decision making

strategic leadership grabs the opportunity and is in a state of readiness, hence the need to be active in school groups and committees.

Blog benefit to reflect on progress made

Sem 2 504 reading pg 303 "effective leaders reflect periodically on progress and goals yet to be met. A least once a year it is worthwhile to ask three questions:

What will i do differently from what i did last year?
What will i stop doing that i did last year?
How and when will i know that i am making progress?

Journaling is a strategy that helps sustain the energy that leadership demands. It requires discipline to journal daily, but as with physical workouts, once one establishes the habit, it simply becomes a part of the daily routine and it becomes hard to imagine a day without the ritual. to get started, a leadership journal entry might simply ask each day:

What did i learn today?
Whom did i nurture today?
What challenge did i confront today?
How did i make a positive difference today?'

Machines are us?

wordle glogster avartars

...glogster and other grps i ve joined and processes gone through

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