Session Seven

1) Sergiovanni Chapter Six: Followership First, Then Leadership
* What's the difference between a subordinate and a follower?
* How can we support "followership" in our schools?
* Purposing: The Case Study of Hank Cotton

2) Parent Involvement Presentations
* 10 minutes to present, 5 minutes for the panel to ask questions and provide feedback
* Make sure to bring enough copies of the rubric for your group

3) Vision Assignment Q&A

Session Six Agenda

1) Sergiovanni: Culture vs. Community
Implications for school leaders?

2) Peer Review of Parent Involvement Drafts

3) Sergiovanni Chapter Five: Creating a State of Flow

4) Group Work: Parent Involvement Presentation Rubrics

5) Q&A: Assignments Two and Three

Session Five Agenda

1) 826 Valencia and Collective Impact: E-Class Recap and Discussion

2) Assessing School Vision Statements and School Communication Examples: How does parent involvement fit in?

3) The Bullying Epidemic: A Call for Community Action

4) Bullying: A Case Study for Using Interviews/Focus Groups and Data Analysis

5) Sergiovanni Chapter Four - Substitutes for Leadership: Class Discussion

6) Parent Involvement Paper: Any Questions?

Session Four Part II: E-Class

E-Class Directions

Our mini E-Class has two parts. Part one is to watch the following Ted.Talk video and post your answers to the three questions below. When possible, please respond to classmates' answers, either in your own post or to the person directly. Part two asks you to read the Kania and Kramer article and then email me your responses. We'll be discussing Collective Impact again in Session Five as we delve a little deeper into parent/community involvement!

Part One

Please watch the following Ted.Talk
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/dave_eggers_makes_his_ted_prize_wish_once_upon_a_school.html

Supplemental information:
http://www.826national.org
http://www.onceuponaschool.org

Please post your answers to the following questions:

1) Dave Eggers mentions "a trust gap" as the reason why the tutoring center wasn't an instant success. What "trust gaps" currently exist between schools and the larger community? How can school leaders address them? Connections to Chapter Two (Build Trust) in Why School Communication Matters?

2) Dave Eggers takes us through his action plan for creating and expanding 826 Valencia. What lessons did you learn about involving the community from his experience? What elements about the design appealed to both students and community members?

3) Think about creating a "transformative partnership" with your school and the larger community. What need(s) would you want to address? What beginning steps might you take, as a school leader?

Part Two

Please read the following article (on Tasktream)
* Collective Impact  - Kania and Kramer

Supplemental Information (on Taskstream)
* Strive Report 2011
* NYT Article on Cincinnati Schools

Please email me your responses to the following questions:

1) Which of the Five Conditions of Collective Success do you think would be most difficult to address as a leader in your school context? Why?

2) How might you imagine/design a "collective approach to improving student achievement" for your school? What are some of the main factors needed to implement such an approach?

Session Four Agenda

1) Epstein's Framework for Parent Involvement: Understanding and Analyzing the Six Types

2) The Parent Involvement Inventory: What is your school doing now?

3) Why should schools focus on building parent-school partnerships?

4) Collective Impact: What are the implications of this theory for school leaders?

5) Dave Eggers and 826 Valencia: Another view of school/community partnerships

6) Assignment Two Review: The Parent Involvement paper

7) Current Events (if time): The Utah Lunch Debacle…what would Sergiovanni say?