Teacher

Empowerment
Beth Rhyne, NELA JPLA Fall 2018
 Part I

Philosophy of Leadership

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 As the Leader it Begins
with Me!

As a leader, I will work to bring a

community together to share leadership
in many different avenues. In a school
community, this starts at the top in
working with others to develop their
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leadership in every position and level of
 Leaders don’t create
Followers, they create
more Leaders. ~ Tom
Peters

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 Part II

Strategic Development and

the Teacher Leader Pipeline:
Current State

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 Cleveland High School

➢ Weekly Administrative Team Meeting on Friday for at least an

hour
➢ Monthly Faculty and SIT meetings - Wednesday afternoon after
school
➢ Sharing of Best Practices at Faculty meeting
➢ Admin/TLC in Departmental meetings monthly
➢ Opportunities for Leadership by teachers include:
○ PLC’s
○ Department Chair/Committee Chair/
○ TAC/SIT
○ Mentor and Peer Observations
➢ PTO meeting monthly
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➢ Issues Bin for Faculty Meeting Agenda
 Part III

Strategic Development and

the Teacher Leader Pipeline:
Future State

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 Cleveland High School

▪ Work with Administrative Staff to

present a United Front with a common
Vision
▪ Work to Increase Opportunities for
Authentic Leadership for Teacher
Leaders
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 The Culture Of A School
Has far-Reaching
Impacts On Every
Aspect Of The
Organization.
ASCD InService
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 My Recommendations

Develop Peer
Observation
Address Low Teacher
Program &
Morale
Observation
Tool

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 Leadership
Northouse

Use Text as a
0 Book Study
for Admin
1 Team

0 Focus on one
chapter a week
2 during Admin
meeting
0 Create School-wide
Service Learning
3 Opportunities to help
develop Servant
Leadership in Others

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 Distributed
Leadership

0 Organizational
Routines
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Creating, shaping
0 and sustaining
PLC’s with
2 organization
routines

0 Goals, Strategies and tools in

PLC”S that are relevant to
3 subject area

0 Encourage
Teacher
Leadership
4 efforts

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 Leadership and Self
Deception

0 Self Deception
= Inside the
1 Box

0 Self
Deception =
2 Self Betrayal

0 Followers chose to Follow

Leaders who are OUT OF
3 THE BOX

0 Influence and
Success depends
of being Out of
4 the Box

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 Practice Perfect

0 Practice
makes
1 Permanent

0 Using Drills
to Develop
2 Skills

0 Expect Feedback and Put

It Into Practice Right
3 Away

0 Incorporate using
Data to improve
4 practice

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 School Executive
Standards
Addressed
Standard 1d1. Strategic Leadership. Works with others to create opportunities for staff to demonstrate leadership
skills by empowering them to assume leadership and decision-making roles

Standard 1d2. Strategic Leadership. Works with others to encourage teachers and support staff to assume leadership
and decision-making roles in the school

Standard 3a1. Cultural Leadership. Designs strategies for achieving a collaborative and positive work environment
within the school

Standard 3a2. Cultural Leadership. Seeks input from the School Improvement Team and other stakeholders to make
decisions

Standard 3d1. Cultural Leadership. Identifies strategies for building a sense of efficacy and empowerment among
staff

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Standard 4b1. Human Resource Leadership. Supports, mentors, and coaches staff members and emerging teacher
 THANKS!

Any questions?

You can find me at @brhyne39h &

merhyne@ncsu.edu

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 Credits

Special thanks to all the people who made and

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▪ Photographs by Unsplash

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