Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach Co-Founder & CEO Powerful Learning Practice, LLCplpnetwork.com

Consultant21st Century Collaborative, LLCSheryl@plpnetwork.com

AuthorThe Connected Educator: Learning and Leading in a Digital Age

ChairConnected Educator Month

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Cluster Together

Introduce yourselves if you do not know each other…

Then talk about what you know and believe to be important about effective leadership.

Does that change when we put future ready in front of it? How so? Why not?

What keeps me up at night…

It all began with President Obama’s announcement of his ConnectED initiative.

Then he invited 100 superintendents to the Whitehouse to sign the Future Ready Pledge.

Let’s read the pledge and then discuss the various elements…

What are the implications for your district/school?

Looking More Closely at Future Ready Leadership

Thinking through the Future Ready Leadership Score Card.

How does your leadership team measure up?

Collaborative LeadershipWhat are the practices that support collaborative leadership?• Passionate Purpose and Vision• Accept You’re Not in Control• Lead Horizontally (Distributive Leadership)• Develop Leaders at all Levels• Build a Foundation of Trust• Encourage Risk Taking• Lead with Questions• Share Transparently • Communicate Broadly• Encourage Critical Friends

Personalized Learning

Robust Infrastructure

Professional Learning Opportunities

Professional development needs to change.

We know this.-----

Do it Yourself PD

A revolution in technology has transformed the way we can find each other, interact, and collaborate to create knowledge as connected

learners.

Future Ready Leaders Use a 3-Pronged Approach

Change is hard

Future Ready Leaders are more effective change agents

Real Question is this:Are we willing to change- to risk change- to meet the needs of the precious folks we serve?

Can you accept that Change (with a “big” C) is sometimes a messy process and that learning new things together is going to require some tolerance for ambiguity.

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