Leadership Growth

in VCUs Educational Leadership program.

Tracy H. Aitken, NBCT

Educational Leadership-the 1st Year.

What kind of learner am I? What type of leader am I becoming? What are my goals for the coming year?

Part one: Growth & Development

Learning Growth

Spring Semester, 2014

Fall Semester, 2014

Summer Semester, 2013

Summer, 2013
EDLP 700 was a great introduction to some of the faculty, the new cohort, and to a fresh look at our leadership preferences (LCI) and personality styles (MBTI). We also got to know Lencioni and the team well, indeed!

Fall, 2013
EDLP 702/703 & 715 were a challenging & humbling combination of classes. Scholarly writing and statistics instruction opened my eyes to the rigors of academic scholarship.

Spring, 2014
Lots of thought provoking ideas and practices presented in both the legal and ethics classes with plenty of opportunity for application.

Personality & Leadership Style

Empathy with the victim spurs action. Sequence allows for a methodical approach to problem-solving. Confluence frees up think outside the box and be energized with the possibilities.

Part Two: Putting it All Together

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B&Ds Symbolic Framework

A schools success depends on its culture. Students must first feel safe and included. They must feel as they are important to the mission of the school. Students will be loyal to a place where they feel they play an important role.

Learning from Bolman & Deal

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Reporting & Collecting Data

Research shows that schools must collect tangible and clearly defined data on bullying incidents. This data needs to provide a starting point for bully-prevention program implementation. It then should be collected as benchmark data for program evaluation.

Its all about the data.

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Transformation
Build support. Planning group. Map the policy. Gather resources. Implement. Collect data. Evaluate. Revise. Subsequent generations.

Policy Implementation
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Take Time for Ethics

Spangler-Im an individualist-consider each person; may be indecisive Ethical Reasoning Am I applying a rule? Good of one vs. all? Who is negatively impacted? Costs & benefits? Maintaining relationships. All points of view heard?

Ethical Considerations
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5. What are the ethical considerations?

4. What type of policy works best? Implement wisely. 3. What types of data? How to collect? Data analysis. Report. Use. 2. How can my knowledge of how organizations work influence my decisions? 1. What do I need to know about myself when serving in a leadership capacity?

Part Three: Effective leadership.

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Goal 3-Dig deeper.

Goal 2-Blog more.

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Goal 1-Writing Road Maps.

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Positive Change-Delegation!

Future Growth.
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Thank-you.
Tracy H. Aitken, NBCT