International 1:1 Computing ConferenceAltanta, Georgia: December 2-3

Leading Change with Vision-Passion-Courage

Who Are We?Introducing!

Ron Canuel and Leslie Wilson•A Bit of Our Stories in Courageous Leadership or How Did We Get Here?

Provocative Leadership= Courageous Leadership

• Leading ‘change’• Courageous examination of legacy practices and ROI• Strategic ‘visioning’ – plan to move toward vision• Non-negotiable goals

Leadership Maxims-the Test of Time Publilius Syrus-Writer

Latin writer of maxims, flourished in the 1st century BC. He was a Syrian who was brought as a slave to Italy, but by his wit and talent he won the favour of his master, who freed and educated him. Wikipedia

“Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm”

We are living in a typhoon of change

First or Second Order?Do stakeholders perceive the change as…..

An extension of the past? Consistent with prevailing organizational norms? Congruent with personal values? Easily learned using existing knowledge and skills?

First Order Implications

McREL 2007

A break with the past? Inconsistent with prevailing organizational norms? Incongruent with personal values? Requiring new knowledge and skills?

Second Order Implications

McREL 2007

The Education Ecosystem-

A Changing LandscapeFocus on Personalization

ofTeaching and Learning

AUTHENTIC TRANSFORMATIONIS A TOUGH BUSINESS

AND A MORAL IMPERATIVE

What the Research Says

The Facts Are Important&

Sharing the Facts Is Essential

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Project RED: The Principal Must…

• Know how to lead cultural and personal ‘change• Create and embed professional learning• Model• Set expectations• Build positive accountabilities

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Responding to your Moral Imperativeas an Educator

“Identifying with and being concerned about the state of Moral Purpose in the bigger picture is

“Great Leadership”.

Michael Fullan: The Moral Imperative of School Leadership (2003)

NOW THINK ABOUT “EDUCATION STRUCTURES”

1894 1895

THE STANDARDIZATION OF EDUCATION AS EQUATED TO AN INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION LINE

1-“For a “learning organization” it is not enough to survive.”Survival learning” or what is more often termed “adaptive learning” is important – indeed it is necessary. But for a learning organization, “adaptive learning” must be joined by “generative learning”, learning that enhances our capacity to create”

FOUR KEY SUGGESTIONS FROM PETER SENGE

2-“People are agents, able to act upon the structures and systems of which they are a part. All the disciplines are, in this way, concerned with a shift of mind from seeing parts to seeing wholes, from seeing people as helpless reactors to seeing them as active participants in shaping their reality, from reacting to the present to creating the future”

3-“Simplistic frameworks are applied to what are complex systems. We tend to focus on the parts rather than seeing the whole, and to fail to see organization as a dynamic process.”

4-“Thus when faced with a problem, it is the ‘solutions’ that are close by that we focus upon. Classically we look to actions that produce improvements in a relatively short time span. However, when viewed in systems terms short-term improvements often involve very significant long-term costs.”

1-The challenges that innovators in education face are numerous!

2-Creating greater teamwork amongst the 1:1 practitioners is vital!

3-It takes much, much more than planning!!

4-Knowing and understanding the adversity is essential!

Education Leaders

JOHN KOTTER: In Phi Delta Kappan magazine (Dec. 2010/Jan. 2011) mentions four common strategies from resisters of change:

1-Fear mongering: eg: Wifi is harmful

2-Death by Delay: eg: Pilot projects

3-Confusion: eg: Media focus

4-Ridicule: eg: Early adaptors

ETSB

Don’t end up like the ETSB or other pionners!

Thanks for Your ParticipationHow to Contact Us!

One-to-One Institutewww.one-to-oneinstitute.orgLeslie Wilson:lesliew@1two1.orgTwitter:@leslieawilson

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Canadian Education Association www.cea-ace.caRon Canuel: rcanuel@cea-ace.ca

Twitter: @RonCanuel