Leader in Me – Community Learning
This year the MVSD Admin Council is continuing our work with the Covey Institute as part of our professional growth plan. This has been an ongoing journey with my involvement including:
- Fall 2022 – 7 Habits
- Fall 2023 – Leader in Me
This post will serve as a summary of resources to document my learning journey through this session.
We started off the day with a reflection on our current understanding of the PD topic and where we are at in terms of our implementation. This was introduced through this video.
- GET: What results were you getting?
- DO: What were the top three things you were doing to get those results?
- SEE: What paradigm was guiding you to be so committed and engaged in those actions?
For this reflection, I focused on our most recent esports event:
GET: we had seven teams engaged from three schools located in Dauphin
DO: staff empowerment (PD and support), systemic support (handling the logistics of the event so students had the option to participate), and community involvement
SEE: paradigm of potential
| How does your school mission drive everything you do? | By the time your students move on from your school, what is the ultimate impact you hope to have on their lives? |
| How does maintaining achievement, perception, and process data support your ability to achieve that ultimate impact? | Of the 3 types of data: achievement, perception, and process, which stands out as the one in most need of attention? |
One component of relationships and trust involves an “emotional bank account” or EBA. An emotional bank account is subjective and different with different people. What may be a deposit for one individual is considered a withdrawal for another person. Ideally, to strengthen trust, you do not want to be making withdrawals.
We watched this video and utilized the following resource page.
Leadership involves empowering others as we engage the behaviors necessary to achieve our ultimate impact for students.
To help frame this within the context of the division, I fed our multi-year strategic plan into Chat GPT and asked it to align our initiatives with the 7 Habits. The unedited result is displayed below.
| Month | Focus Area | Activities/Initiatives |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | Be Proactive | – Launch proactive behavior campaign |
| – Introduce mindfulness exercises | ||
| – Staff training on recognizing mental health signs | ||
| Month 2 | Begin with the End in Mind | – Goal-setting workshops |
| – Individual success plans | ||
| – Implement peer mentoring program | ||
| Month 3 | Put First Things First | – Time management workshops |
| – Rotating mindfulness breaks | ||
| – Organize school-wide service project | ||
| Month 4 | Think Win-Win | – Conflict resolution skills training |
| – Parent workshop on effective communication | ||
| – School-wide recognition program | ||
| Month 5 | Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood | – Empathy-building exercises |
| – Guest speakers on diverse perspectives | ||
| – Panel discussion on mental health awareness | ||
| Month 6 | Synergize | – Cross-grade level projects |
| – Student-led diversity committee | ||
| – Partner with mental health organizations | ||
| Month 7 | Sharpen the Saw | – Wellness week |
| – Staff professional development on stress management | ||
| – Create designated relaxation space | ||
| Month 8 | Reflect and Renew | – Mid-year review of progress |
| – Feedback collection from stakeholders | ||
| – Revise action plans | ||
| Month 9 | Empower Others | – Leadership opportunities |
| – Launch peer support program | ||
| – Recognize student achievements | ||
| Month 10 | Live the 7 Habits | – Integrate 7 Habits principles into routines |
| – Encourage reflection on application of 7 Habits | ||
| – Plan culminating activities to celebrate |
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