TheNetworkedLeader

GLOBALLEADERSHIP:WhybeingnetworkedmaAers

DrCherylDoig2010

•  MinimallyInvasiveEducaLon(MIE).

•  ApedagogicmethodthatusesthelearningenvironmenttogenerateanadequatelevelofmoLvaLontoinducelearningingroupsofchildren,withminimal,orno,intervenLonbyateacher.

hAp://www.hole‐in‐the‐wall.com/MIE.html

hAp://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/sugata_mitra_the_child_driven_educaLon.html

Compareandcontrast…

www.hAp://thinkglobalschool.org/

Focusingonthefuturesetsleadersapart

ThecapacitytoimagineandarLculateexciLngfuturepossibiliLesisadefiningcompetenceofleaders.Youhavetotakethelong‐termperspecLve.Gaininsightfromreviewingyourpastanddevelopoutsightbylookingaround.

Kouzes&Posner(2010:xxii)TheTruthaboutLeadership

LEADERSHIPGROWTHAREAS•  LeadsSelf•  LeadsOthers•  LeadstheOrganisa.on

TheLeadershipCapabilityFrameworkissupportedbyaconcept‐basedLearningMapsthatprovidesasharedlanguageaboutleadership.TheFrameworkandLearningMapsaredesignedtobecustomised.

hAp://www.acelleadership.org.au/learning‐resources

Whoisthemostnetworkedleaderyouknow?

InnovaLon  Culture&Change

–  Risk–  AssumpLons

–  Sustainablechange–abandonment

–  BuildingcollecLvecapabiliLes

  Entrepreneurship

–  Enterprise–  Flexibility–adapLvesystems

–  Divergentthinking–  PossibiliLes…

BuildsPartnerships&Networks  Community

–  Partnerships&alliances–  Offersassistancetoothers

  Connec8vity

–  Rippleeffect–unintendedconsequences–  Data–  Connecttopeopleandcontexts

Alsopoli2calandadvocacy/influence

hAp://www.waimairi.school.nz/

AdisconnectedanddisengagedworkforceoperaLnginarapidlychanginganddisconnectedworkenvironmentmeanslostproducLvity

hAp://www.slideshare.net/marknadsstod/enterprise‐20‐efficient‐collaboraLon‐and‐knowledge‐exchange‐slideshare

hAps://portal.educaLon.tas.gov.au/schools/THS/Home/Pages/Default.aspx

DavidHamleA‐TaroonaHighSchoolHobart,Tasmania

Localandglobalcommunity(withinandbeyondeducaLon)

Listeningtostudents

AdapLveleadership

Thereisnothingthatsayswecan’tdothingswithtechnologyaslongasweaccepttherisk.SointhatsenseariskadversiveschoolwillnotdoanyofthissortofstuffbecauseofallthemisconcepLonsthatareinthenewsandmediaaboutnoconnecLngkidstopeopleyoudon’tknow.AslongasyouunderstandtheriskandyoumediateitandyouteachkidsabouttherisksthenIthinkyoucanmanageit.Soit’snotaboutsayingitdoesn’texist,it’saboutrecognisingitexistsandthenbuildingsomeriskprotecLvebehavioursormanagementaroundthat.

It’snotteachersthatdrivethatglobalconnectednessitskidsbecausetheyarealreadygloballyconnectedinlotsofways…Whatwehavetounderstandasteachersishowwecanbestadvantagethat.

Itstartsinalocalcommunity,abitlikeavirus,itstartslocally,spreadsaroundyourcommunity…..

TransiLonal‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ TransformaLonal

•  Howdotheseleadersinnovate?

•  Whatevidenceisthereofpartnershipsandnetworksdeveloping?

Anotherpossibilityofcourse,isthateducatorswillexertanotherkindofleadership,aleadershipthatconnectstheworldofteachingandlearningwiththelifeworldofcommunity. ‐RobertStarraD

AdapLveleadershipisthepracLceofmobilisingpeopletotackletoughchallengesandthrive.

Heifetz,Grashow&Linsky,2009

www.thinkbeyond.co.nz

QualiLesofanAdapLveOrganisaLon

• NametheElephantintheroom• ShareresponsibilityforthefortheorganisaLon’sfuture• ValueIndependentJudgment• Buildleadershipcapacity• InsLtuLonalisereflecLonandconLnuouslearning

Heterarchy&Wirearchy

hAp://www.wirearchy.com/

ClarenceFisher,bloggerandclassroomteacher,suggestsamodelof“teacherasnetworkadministrator”112:JustasourmindisaconLnuouslyevolvingsetofconnecLonsbetweenconcepts,soourstudentsandtheirlearningcanbecomeplacedatthecentreofapersonallearningnetworkwhichtheyconstructwithourhelp.Helpingstudentstogaintheskillstheyrequiretoconstructthesenetworksforlearning,evaluaLngtheireffecLveness,andworkingwithinafluidstructureisamassivechangeinhowthedynamicsofclassroomsareusuallystructured.

hAp://weareroom1.wikispaces.com/

hAp://www.globalcommuniLesnz.com/index.html

www.schoolofeverything.com

hAp://www.geLdeas.org/

www.alpineleadership.com

L Opportuni8estodevelopasanetworkedleaderoverthenext10weeks

9 Bestimaginableoutcome:CollaboraLngonaregularbasisoverimportantmaAersofschooldevelopmentusingavarietyofmedialikevideoconferencing.SharingindividualschoolPDsessions‐openingtootherclusterparLcipants.TeamsacrossschoolsmeeLngforsharedmeeLngs.Inquirygroupsformedacrossschools

8 TosharedataacrossschoolsformoderaLonandtrends

7 Regularon‐linecollaboraLon‐googledocs,blogetc.

6 VisitotherschoolwithclearintenLons.Useothersassupportandresources/ideas.Acrossschoolteamlearningwalks.

5 Useinquirer/advocacytogaindeeperunderstandingandclarityofsharedideas

4 DP/APtermlymeeLngsbuildingonseniormanagementmeeLng

3 Toestablishsharedandagreeduponprotocols.DebriefasateamarereachmeeLng.WhatisitthatwecanacLonorshoulddiscuss?

2 AcLvelyparLcipateinmeeLngs,sharingideasandthoughts/discussion

1 MinimumexpectaLon:InthenexttermeachmemberofourleadershipclusterwillmakeatleastonecontribuLontodiscussion.

IdeausedwithpermissionDan.buckley@camb‐ed.com

L Opportuni8estoimproveclustercollabora8onoverthenextterm

9 BestimaginableoutcomeOpportuniLestoimproveclustercollaboraLonoverthenextterm

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1 MinimumexpectaLon:Inthenext10weeksteacherswillconnectwithateacherfromadifferentyearlevelorsubjectlevel

IdeausedwithpermissionDan.buckley@camb‐ed.com

ConnecLonbytechnologywithouttrustismerelytraffic.TrustedconnecLonwithouttechnologyisanopportunitylost.Tosurviveasaspeciesweneedboth,butnotattheexpenseoftheother.

KarenStephenson,NetForm,Inc.2009

LeadershipisaninfluencingrelaLonship

Tworecommendedbooks….

VisithAp://www.acelleadership.org.au/toexploretheframeworkinmoredepth

www.thinkbeyond.co.nz

www.alpineleadership.com

c.doig@thinkbeyond.co.nz