Rutherford Learning Group and Quality Teaching and Learning Present . . .
The Requisites of A Leader Seminar Series
	Mike Rutherford, Educator, Author, Speaker Mike has provided high impact training and development experiences for thousands of educators and business professionals. In this seminar series, Mike will teach principles from Requisites of a Leader in his dynamic and engaging style. Mike is recognized as a national leading authority on adult learning, professional leadership and teacher efficacy.
	The Requisites of A Leader Seminar Series is currently being rescheduled. More information will be posted here soon.
	Who Should Attend? Four person school leadership teams: -Comprehensive School Reform Leadership Teams -Principal and teacher leaders -Principal and aspiring school leaders -Central office leadership teams
	How much does it cost? Registration for a team of four = $1,300 per seminar Includes full breakfast and lunch
	How do I register? Registration Information: To register on line click here Or call Dee Cook toll-free 1-888-507-3800
	Description of Series: The ROL Seminar Series provides capacity building leadership development for school based teams. Designed as one day sessions, the entire curriculum is presented over a period of two years. The complete series consists of eight stand alone seminars; teams may register for one or all.
	Designing and Leading Change School improvement implicitly mandates change. Skillful observation of patterns of high performance and study of the principles of change derived from these patterns build leaders’ capacity to design and lead positive change in schools and school systems. In this session, participants will: -Identify recurrent patterns which support or obstruct change -Examine useful tools and processes for supporting improvement -Apply processes to individual change efforts.
	Reading and Shaping School Culture Each and every school comes equipped with a strong, existing culture. This invisible, but powerful force, is perhaps, the primary determiner of success for a school’s improvement efforts. It is the leader’s ability to understand, assess and positively shape this intangible, but all powerful force, that either fuels, or freezes a school’s improvement efforts...school culture. In this session, participants will: Identify, understand and appreciate the existing school culture Analyze an assess the leverage points within the culture Create a plan for positively shaping school culture
	Developing Mission, Vision, Values, and Goals Individuals and groups that have committed to a clear, compelling direction are characterized by energy, grace, focus and persistence, and teamwork and collaboration. The process of developing a shared mission and vision can be a powerful experience, the remembrance of which energizes and aligns the behavior of the members of the group. In this session participants will: Examine personal mission, vision and core values Evaluate processes for creating a shared mission, vision and core values Examine the benefits and pitfalls in goal setting
	Coaching and Mentoring for Teacher Performance Improvement The manner in which school leaders provide performance feedback sends strong, culture shaping messages about the school’s (and our own) values and beliefs about teacher performance. In this session participants will: Examine one’s personal role (whether teacher leader or administrator) in coaching and mentoring. Examine appropriate coaching models to use with teachers performing at various points on the efficacy continuum. Practice using the coaching tools and models
	Finding Your Personal Leadership Style The foundational prerequisite for all leadership effectiveness is self knowledge. It seems that leaders who first take the time to understand themselves are better able to understand others and lead them effectively. In this session participants will: construct a Personal Leadership Platform, a self knowledge tool which organizes a leader’s personal values, mission, style, personality and experiences into a cogent expression of self that provides a foundation upon which leaders can build.
	Six Big Ideas...The Essential Elements of Instructional Leadership Over the past 100 years of educational research, data analysis, and professional development, a specific set of teacher behaviors have been identified as closely linked to improved student achievement. While great teachers apply strategies above and beyond these basic six, the link to student achievement for these six core skills, has become more and more apparent especially for reading and math instruction and particularly for students at or below grade level. In this session participants will:Examine the six big ideas as the essential elements of instruction Evaluate the “health” of these standards of practice in their own school situations.
	Program Accountability and Effect Size “Best of Class” schools/districts regularly measure the effect size of school programs, investing more in those that produce large, positive results and redeploying human and material resources from programs with a negative (or even a small positive) effect size. This program provides insights and strategies for school leaders to: -Understand the nature of school “programs.” -Understand the concept of “effect size” as it relates to accountability for results in school programs. Identify and apply strategies for measuring program effect size. -Identify and eliminate barriers to program accountability -Improve the results of school programs by redeploying human and material resources from low effect size programs. -Create cultures that support rapid, “fast to market” program innovations and changes that keep effect sizes large and positive.
	Leading High Performance Teams The knowledge base and skill set required to provide effective leadership for team based organizations is quite different from those required in other work designs. Successful leadership for teams requires great versatility; the leader’s skills and behavior must vary with the maturity and readiness of the team. New teams require one type of leadership skill set; mature teams another. In this session, participants will: Examine principles of effective leadership for creating, supporting and sustaining high performing team based work designs.
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