BROWN COLLECTIVE - PHASE ONE

DAY 1 - April 28th 2022

Session 1: Matt Byrne: Deputy Director CEOB

● Lesson 1: You are a Catholic leader

- Catholic Social Teaching

● Lesson 2: You are leading a Catholic school in the context of a broader Church
- Parish Connections
- Governing Authorities
- Religious Institutions
- Other Catholic Societal Contributions

● Lesson 3: You are not alone

- Fostering Collaboration in leadership teams
- Colleague Leaders
- Peer Associations
- Professional Supervision
- Governing Authorities and Structured Supports

● Lesson 4: Beacons of Hope

- Focus on care and support
- Providing stability in the midst of trauma and concern

● Lesson 5: Being a confident and resilient Catholic leader

- How can we sustain ourselves through the multitude of relationships we have to
develop?
- Genuine, authentic hearing - what are you hoping will come of this conversation?

● Lesson 6: We must provide an excellent education for all in our schools

- Canon law 806: Directors of Catholic schools are to take care under the watchfulness of
the local ordinary that the instruction which is given in them is at least as academically
distinguished as that in the other schools of the are
- Data - best practice and best opportunities
- “Gold star”
- Genuine feedback about learning and teaching can be hindered by over the top pastoral
care. Find the balance

Pathways to School Leadership: Leading with Impact Program

● Formation and Development

● Dadirri
● Be first class noticers
● Get to know your “people” deeply
 ● “Embrace Your Weird” - Ben Crowe
● Who Am I?
● What do I want?

- Hero, highlight and a heardship - vulunerability and relationships

1. Value all contributions

2. Listen actively
3. Resist interruptions
4. Share the time
5. Seek to clarify meaning
6. Build on other’s contributions
7. Balance sharing your position with enquiry into someone elses’
8. Be aware of ‘ping-ponging’

Simply witnessing (Maggie Farrrar, 2021)

LOW EXPLORATION HIGH EXPLORATION

LOW COMMITMENT LOW COMMITMENT
Stuck Wanderer

LOW EXPLORATION HIGH EXPLORATION

HIGH COMMITMENT HIGH COMMITMENT
Shut down Clear & Determined

CPR Culture
Connected
Protected
Respected

If connectedness is missing:
Low levels of belonging and trust, no integrity
Alienation = no one cares about anyone else, more blaming, more individual, less
collective/community

If protected is missing:
No one feels safe, so seek out safety in numbers - gangs, tribalism, vandalism, high conflict,
little hope, distractibility

If respect is missing:
* Loss of meaning, low aspiration, hopelessness, despair. Cult-like adherence to the past
Culture of Co-operation
Learning strength based approach
Here Everyone Succeeds (or Gets Smart)
3 key messages = Connect, Protect, Respect

Relationship are at the heart of what we do

Request lead to greater cooperation
Modeling desired behaviors
Offer solutions to the fears of childhood - social exclusion, rejection and isolation

You build culture one conversation at a time

Anterior Cingulate Gyrus - part of the brain connected to focus

Impacted by trauma, obsessive compulsive etc - kids become opposition and argumentative
when overstimulated

- Speak in a monotone voice

- Move them if you can
- Take your sails out of their winds
- Praise the half rights

Using Anchors in the Classroom

Every great teacher is an actor and the classroom is a stage. What signifies the stage is yours?
X for important information, F for focus, T for time out spot, D for discipline
** Mark on rectangle/square diagram **

● Literacy - Broca’s and Wernicke’s parts of the brain. Ventro-occipito-temporal area

Graph0game
● Intra-parietral sulcus
● Your brain is as unique as your fingerprint
● Neuro architect

https://mylearningstrengths.com/

- The quickest way to promote well-being is to have our students be successful

- Use your smart to help with your difficulties

Concentration
1. Fear
2. Focus
The Fundamental 4 Core Leadership Skills (Center for Creative Leadership)
1. Self awareness
- Understand your behavior’s impact on organizational outcomes
2. Communication
- Effectively communicate goals and inspire trust
3. Influence
- Be comfortable persuading, promoting and delegating
4. Learning Agility
- Know when to change course and help others to do so

Imperfect Leadership by Steven Munby

Self reflection requires you to question your assumptions and habits and ask whether they are
useful in dealing with the world around you. Dobrygowski (2016)

● DO NOT ASSUME (DNA) - check your DNA

The standard you walk past is the standard you accept

Lieutenant General David Morrison (2013)