Leading with intention: unlocking deeper collaboration and driving results 2024113F
Aug 27, 2024 - Dec 31, 2024
Full course description
Date and time
Tuesday 27 August 2024, 9.30 am to 4.00 pm
Delivery mode
Online – a Zoom link will be provided 24 hours prior to the event
Audience
School leader
Description
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Leaders can sometimes engage in strategies that result in little impact. They become activity-rich and impact-poor. In this engaging learning event, facilitated by renowned educators Peter DeWitt and Michael Nelson, they will model how leaders can develop internal and external self-awareness, foster human interconnectedness as a school community, and engage in a reciprocal transfer of learning that will help further a deeper social-emotional and academic impact on student learning.
Key takeaways
- Actions to take to develop internal and external self-awareness to understand how to find a balance between management and instructional leadership, and build the professional capacity of school personnel.
- Understanding of the important elements of human interconnectedness that will help create a community of care and support for students, as well as meaningful engagement of families and community.
- Greater understanding of the important elements that create a culture of learning for self, students and colleagues.
- Tools and understanding of the role of technological advances such as AI to help support my leadership moves.
Presenter information
Peter DeWitt
Founder/CEO of the Instructional Leadership Collective
Peter DeWitt (Ed.D) was fortunate enough to have been a K-5 teacher for 11 years and a principal for eight years where he grew as a learner and leader. For more than eight years, he has been facilitating professional learning nationally, and internationally, based on the content of many of his best-selling educational books. DeWitt's areas of expertise are instructional leadership, developing collective efficacy among leadership teams and fostering inclusive school climates. Peter's articles have appeared in educational research journals at the state, national and international levels. His many books, including Collective Leader Efficacy: Strengthening the Impact of Instructional Leadership Teams, have been translated into numerous languages.
Michael Nelson
Teacher, principal, district instructional leader and superintendent
There is no more noble profession than that of an educator was what Michael Nelson’s mom said almost every day while he was growing up. For almost 40 years, Michael has been an educator. His mom would be pleased. Even though Michael still considers 'teacher' as his primary title, he has served in roles of principal, district instructional leader, superintendent, and currently as assistant executive director developing programs and initiatives for superintendents and district leaders in the state of Washington. One foundational leadership value in which Michael leads is the development of a kind, compassionate and empathetic culture rooted in belonging and equity. He describes his leadership work as building human connectedness, recognising you must always model what you lead as you build teams of individuals supporting students in their learning.
Link(s) to relevant VRQA Standards
- School governance – Philosophy
- Curriculum and Student Learning – Student learning outcomes