HOS Highlights
March 30, 2016
“We succeed only when students succeed. That is our goal. That is our passion. That is our work.” Nate Davis
School Services Announcements
*Please send your Change Management Plans to your RVP by April 1st and then make time on their calendar to discuss your plan. Their feedback and support will help you as you implement the new academic plan. If you have not given your partner feedback on their plan, please reach out via email and offer that feedback so they can include it in their plan.
Leadership Academy Updates
- Next Leadership Academy: April 15th Noon EST-2pm EST.
- Options for Leadership Academy #4 You can choose from Strategic Leadership, Instructional Leadership, Communication, and Organizational Management.
- Darren Reed and Brandi Maynard are coming to your regional meetings Darren and Brandi will come to your regional meetings to share course options, who will be facilitating classes, what you can expect, how to sign up, and answer any questions you may have about Leadership Academies 4-5.
Book Recommendation from Laurie Erdman
- Maintaining Momentum On Your Change Management Plan As each of you enter the next stage of change leadership – implementation – you might hit snags or roadblocks with your stakeholders. Employee resistance, productivity or focus can be especially challenging during this next phase. The book “Perfect Phrases for Communicating Change” is a practical manual to help you address employee fears, resistance and performance issues. This book has hundreds of ready-to-use phrases for ensuring your employees make the change with clarity, commitment and skill. Click here to get your copy.
Head of School in the Spotlight
Orlando Dos Santos
School: Nevada Virtual Academy
Began with K12: 2010
Superpower: Problem Solving. I like to focus on solutions instead of dwelling on problems.
Fun Fact: I am Canadian! I love golf (the picture on the right was taken at Pebble Beach.)
Advice to Leaders: Make every decision about what is best for students, not what is most convenient for adults.
Leadership Video Reflection- Lost and Found
Check out this video on using your strengths.
Please reflect on the following questions:
- What are the greatest strengths of your employees?
- How can you leverage those strengths in ways that you have never thought of before?
Please have conversations with your employees about leveraging their strengths to meet the needs of the school is ways that were never imagined before.
Around The "BOARD TABLE"
Executive Support at your graduation
Greetings HOS,
This is a follow-up reminder from information you received from your RVP. In an effort to support your graduation commencement, please complete the following survey if you wish to request any Executive to attend your school’s graduation. Responses are requested by April 1st to allow for executives to plan accordingly. Every effort will be made to honor the request. If you have any questions please feel free to contact Mike Kazek, mkazek@k12.com, 702-219-6998.
What Issues Should a Nonprofit Board Consider Annually?
As schools come into the last fiscal quarter questions become, "what should my board be looking at for the upcoming year?" Boards are corporations or government entities and have a duty to review corporate formalities, items of financial oversight, programs and planning, and legal compliance. Often these reviews are crammed into the annual meeting which can be overwhelming for board members. As time permits board chairs and Heads of School should look to review these items by the board over the next few months.
- Board Elections and sub-committees
- Budget & Form 990 (submitted by finance)
- Executive Performance (if necessary)
- Mission
- Programs
- Legal Compliance
- Risk management
- Board self review
http://www.nonprofitlawblog.com/issues-nonprofit-board-consider-annually/
Cheers to You!
Take an opportunity to celebrate a colleague(s) via our weekly "Cheers" and shout outs. Here are this week's cheers:
- Sheryl Tatum has been incredible to provide a fresh perspective and thoughtful questions to help me work through the many challenges of being a HOS!
- Kelly Van Sande always shares ideas (although she draws the line at letting me just steal her laptop) and keeps me laughing even when it's crazy!
We would like to highlight your Cheers in the next HOS Highlights newsletter. Feel free to cheer for regional teams as well as your fellow HOS's. Please submit your cheers on the form below.
Leadership Academies and HOS meetings Dates
Leadership Academy #4 (All Times are EST)
· April 15th Noon-2pm
~April 29th ** Noon-1pm- HOS call begins at 1:15pm
· May 13th Noon-2pm
~May 27th *HOS Call Only begins at 1:15pm
Leadership Academy #5 (All Times are EST)
· June 10th- Noon-2pm
~ June 24th ** Noon-1pm- HOS call begins at 1:15pm
· July 8th- Noon-2pm
~July 29th- *HOS Call Only begins at 1:15pm
Past issues of the HOS Highlights
Reoccurring Information Below
Leadership Academy Titan Pads
Amanda Conley,
Cassie Barton,
Josh Williams,
Katrina Abston,
Lynn Barr,
Mark Christiano,
Matt Arkin
Faith Shanholtzer,
Kelly Van Sande,
Kendall Schroeder,
Josh Williams,
Marcus Moore,
Nicholaus Sutherland,
Nicole Tiley,
Lynn Barr,
Sara Baker
Pam Jonidis,
Beth Lorigan,
Caroline McIntosh,
David Crook,
Ryan Clepper,
Stacey Hutchings,
Steven Hoff
Laurie Erdman,
Brandy Osborn,
Byron Ernest,
Elizabeth Roth,
JD McMahan
Joel Medley,
Theresa Gallagher
Scott Sides,
Sheryl Tatum
Sheila Sheibler,Cherry Daniel,
Jeffrey Bush,
Jessie Thoman,
John Huber,
Kelly Edginton,
Monti Pittman,
Theresa Gallagher
Suzanne Sloane,
Theresa Gallagher,
Veronica Clemons
The Leadership Academy Basics
- Weekly Leadership Academies begin at Noon EST every Friday afternoon and run for 90 minutes
- Here is the participant link.
- It is highly recommended that you participate in the weekly academies via BBC because the classes are going to be interactive. Your experience will not be as rich if you join via phone only
- Pertinent school services information that was typically presented during Friday HOS calls will be shared via regional calls, the weekly HOS newsletter, or monthly national HOS calls
- This newsletter will have all of the information you need for the upcoming training and will arrive in your inbox every Wednesday morning
School Leadership Development & Support Team
2015/16 Leadership Academy Content and Focus
2015-2016 Leadership Standards and Practices
Leadership Academy #1- "Explore U": YOU are the focus of Leadership Academy #1 entitled, Explore "U". Throughout the first seven weeks we will focus on your strengths as indicated in the Myers-Briggs assessment most of you took in January, 2015. Throughout the cycle you will build upon your strengths and learn to leverage those strengths to minimize weaknesses.
Leadership Academy #2- "Build It and They Will Come": Your knowledge and expertise will be leveraged to build out content for one of the leadership strands. Each School leader chooses one standard to work with over the course of the 7 week cycle. The goal will be to codify your expertise within the leadership strand to build a complete leadership Academy cycle in your area chosen area.
Leadership Academies #3-5-: Once the content is built, you will choose one strand to focus on for the remaining cycles. Choice is built into the process and we would like you to choose two standards. We suggest you work with your RVP/DRVP to choose one leadership strand that you would like additional support in. The strands include: Strategic Leadership, Instructional Leadership, Community, Human Resources, and Organizational Management.
School Leadership Development Team
The School Leadership Development Team leads the design, development, execution, and evaluation of national programs that build exceptional school leadership across K12’s network of managed schools. The team coordinates school, regional and national efforts to improve leadership practice and school outcomes.