Alternative Approaches to Pathways and Distributed Leadership
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Center for Urban School Leadership University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Education © 2009Alternative Approaches to
Pathways and Distributed Leadership
Daphannie StephensCenter for Urban School LeadershipU.C. Berkeley
Pathways Connections Drawn from W. Norton Grubb, “Sunup to Sundown and Beyond: Leadership Challenges in High Schools and in Multiple Pathways”.
Quality criteria 1.2.7 Staff Collaboration and
3.2.2 Site Level Leadership
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Distributed Leadership
Hierarchical authority Expert & relational influence*
Articulated divisions in task responsibility defined by position
Spans task, responsibility & power boundaries of traditionally defined roles*
Top down mandates Collective goals*Singular actions Collective activity
comprising a quality or energy that is greater than the sum of individual actions*
Delegated Distributed
*Spillane, Diamond, 2007; Bennet, et al 2003
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Situation“The situation of practice can make it more or less difficult to employ certain means and achieve certain ends…from a distributed perspective, however, aspects of the situation do not simply ‘affect’ what school leaders do as some sort of independent variable… aspects of the situation such as organizational routines and tools in interaction with people define leadership management and practice.”
Distributed Leadership in Practice-Spillane, Diamond 2007
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SituationPathway Structure
Organization -routines, tools, policies, systems, collaboration
models
Staff - will, skill, knowledge, capacity
Student -engagement, achievement
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Pair ShareWhat are the distributive leadership successes & challenges, hopes & concerns at your school?
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What is the role of the principal in a distributed model?
“ A large part of leadership agency involves coordinating and maintaining organizational routines and tools in order to create desired outcomes…”
Distributed Leadership in Practice-Spillane, Diamond, 2007
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Facilitative Leadership Styles
• Situational awareness, development & monitoring
• Transformation supportDirect IndirectTechnical Adaptive*Task Oriented RelationalControl (micro) Coordinate (macro)Player Coach
*Leadership Without Easy Answers, Ronald Heifitz
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Areas of Consideration: A Multi- Tiered Approach
Students
Staff
System
Self
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Coherent Action PlanLeader System Staff/Faculty StudentsVision Structure Team
PerformanceDemonstration
Distributed Leadership
Routines Team Interactions
Interactions
Support Tools Professional Development
Engagement
Learning Culture Learning Learning
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Leadership SupportWhat are the leadership styles and/or areas of work that you gravitate towards?
How has this helped or hindered?
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Taking It BackWorksheet Journal:
Given your situation & leadership style…
What do you need to focus on to strengthen your site level leadership support & staff collaboration?
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1. Form cross district trios2. Protocol Steps:• 4 minutes - Present your situation & question
• 8 minutes - Discuss the presenters concern sharing your ideas and questions
• 3 minutes - Presenter shares new thinking
3. Select next presenter & start again!
Consultancy