HOS Highlights
November 11th, 2015
“We succeed only when students succeed. That is our goal. That is our passion. That is our work.” Nate Davis
Suggested topics for the 2016 HOS Summit
Thank you for your feedback regarding the HOS Share Fair on last week's call. We appreciate the time you took to share ideas that were of interest to you. As you look over these suggested topic areas, please consider presenting at this year's HOS Summit. More to come...
•School Culture
•Service Learning
•Community Partnerships
•Difficult Conversations (Communicating change and challenges to staff)
•Evaluation – Evaluation of staff members (tying together state requirements and company PMO goals)
•The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
•Data Meetings – Tailoring to school by size, need, and school specific practices
•Student Engagement
•College and Career Readiness
•Individualized/Personalized Learning – Using current resources and platforms
•Faculty Advisory Councils
•Civil Rights/Accessibility
Setting and Maintaining Vision
Here is the link to last week's meeting in case you missed it.
Head of School in the Spotlight
Monti Pittman
School: IDCCRA
Began working for K12: July 2011
Superpower: Persistence
Fun Fact: My wife and I recently took up fly fishing and backpacking.
Advice to Leaders: Stay Composed. We work in an environment where there are a lot of moving parts and a lot of things happen – Educational, Political, Teachers, Students, Etc. When one of these things happen, pull your resources, discuss the issues and craft the response. Then you are off to the next challenge!
Leadership Video: For the Heroes
Questions to Ponder
1. Who has been a hero to you?
2. If you could share with your hero how they have influenced you, what would you say?
3. How can you be more of the hero you were meant to be?
HOS PD - What's on the Horizon?
School Services/Department Updates
Cheers to You!
Sending cheers and a huge thank you to Kelly Edginton! A partner-in-crime who listens with grace; providing an opportunity to talk out and process challenges when it’s needed most.
I would like to acknowledge the positive energy and approach provided to the Western Region by Sheila Shiebler. She is incredibly thorough and responsive to helping to keep school leaders informed, on track and challenged to be timely and leaders in “adaptive change”.
Cheers to Niyoka. Thank you just is not enough for all your time and efforts and experience and, well, giving me a V-8 moment in leadership a couple of weeks ago.
Cheers to Sharon for relating so well to the introvert tendencies. You know what I mean!
Cheers to Karen for your confidence to entrust me this opportunity and responsibility.
Let's Celebrate! 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 #2
· October 9th
~October 23rd *HOS Call and Leadership Academy
· November 6th
~November 20th *HOS Call Only
~December 18th *HOS Call Only
~January 22nd *HOS Call Only
~February 12th *HOS Call Only
Leadership Academy #3
· February 26th
~March 11th *HOS Call and Leadership Academy
· March 25th
Leadership Academy #4
· April 15th
~April 29th **HOS Call and Leadership Academy
· May 13th
~May 27th *HOS Call Only
Leadership Academy #5
· June 10th
~ June 24th *HOS Call and Leadership Academy
· July 8th
~July 29th- *HOS Call Only
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
iLead@K12/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.
iLead@K12 Team
The iLEAD 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.
Mike Kazek
Board and Partner Relations