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TLC Retreat Agenda

TLC Agenda by srhaywood

Getting Ready for the Turnaround Leadership Council

Turnaround Leadership Council Retreat

July 23, 2013

Greetings All!

Thank you for agreeing to serve on the Turnaround Leadership Council.  We are excited to work with you!  In preparation for the meeting, please read the following article and attached agenda:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/glennllopis/2013/02/18/the-most-successful-leaders-do-15-things-automatically-every-day/

We look forward to a successful year!

Respectfully,

Suzette Haywood
Instructional Specialist

Columbia Elementary School

Quick Wins

Columbia will achieve quick wins during the first 30 days by:

1. Holding a Turnaround Leadership Council “retreat” before school begins to solicit needs, thoughts, expectations for the upcoming school year.
   
2. Establishing (with staff) a positive, school-wide behavior support system.
   
3. Changing staff/parent perception of administration from “top-down” model to shared leadership model.  
   
   

   *taking down tint on principal office

   * lobbyface-lift

   * listening to staff, parents, and students  

   *open door policy

   * giving staff alarm code and weekend access (first time at Columbia Elementary) 

   
   
   
   
   

Teachers has access to the building after hours. 

Where it all began...

Our turnaround journey began on July 11, 2013.   Myself and 10 other colleagues embarked on a life altering adventure.  We worked hard, played hard and built relationships that will last a life time.




At UVA we were quickly introduced to the Socratic method of learning, which is a form of inquiry and discussion between people.  It is based on asking and answering questions to stimulate critical thinking and illuminate ideas.

 ...and boy did it work!  We have more ideas then we will ever know what to do with.

As you can see by the size of our name tags, we couldn't hide ourselves.  We instantly became a part of the discussion whether we liked it or not.

After our illuminating discussions everyday we were sent back to our rooms with piles of case studies.  It was a Darden expectation that they needed to be read, and thought through before the next morning.     Believe me we were not about to get called on without knowing our case studies.  So, we went home after a long day (12 hours) and worked together in our rooms for several more hours.

...YES we worked hard!  Was it worth it?  It was worth EVERY second!  I have never worked so hard and thought so much in my entire life.  In fact, it changed my life forever.  I think it also changed the lives of all the people that were with me.  The way we think about kids and education is forever altered.  The bar has now been raised and we must rise to the occasion!