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Leadership Project

Leadership Project. Ronyl Minor Williams Counselors: Leaders and Supervisors February 23, 2011. Leadership. The ability to identify the goals necessary for the optimum functioning of a particular organization and positively influence it’s members to work toward achieving those goals.

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Leadership Project

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  1. LeadershipProject Ronyl Minor Williams Counselors: Leaders and Supervisors February 23, 2011

  2. Leadership • The ability to identify the goals necessary for the optimum functioning of a particular organization and positively influence it’s members to work toward achieving those goals.

  3. Effective Leadership • Begins with: - setting clear expectations - providing professional development opportunities - periodically evaluating the outcomes of a program

  4. Leadership continued • Further characterized by the development of a detailed plan for achieving objectives • Plan is explicitly communicated to the individuals who will implement the specific activities of the plan

  5. Effective leader • Ideally possesses the knowledge and training necessary to be placed in a position of authority • Understands how to use their knowledge in relating to and advocating for others • Are active listeners • Works cooperatively with colleagues and subordinates

  6. Effective Leaders continued • Utilize a variety of supervision models (authoritarian, participative, delagative) • Identifies talents of individual members • Good time managers

  7. Leadership Qualities • Visionary • Knowledgeable • Good Skill Acquisition • Motivator • Mentor

  8. Visionary - The BIG picture • Develops the plan • Knows the steps • Believes in the goal • Knows goal can be accomplished • Can relate the vision to others • Inspire others to work

  9. Knowledgeable – Critical Thinker • Well informed • Resourceful • Uses data • Formulates a set “ best practices” • Makes educated decisions that are in the interest of the organization

  10. Possesses Skills– Can Do the Job • Leader has - formal education in specific area - has prior experience in performing duties of subordinates - flexible based on the successes or failures of the position and the needs of the workers

  11. Motivator – RAH! RAH! • Praises effort • Shares successes with the organization • Recognizes accomplishments of individuals privately and publicly • Develops positive working relationships • Shows appreciation for group members commitment on a periodic basis

  12. Mentor – Helper • Develops individual skills through direct training and constructive feedback • Shares their knowledge with others • Directly works with or assigns other group members to help those who need to improve skills • Expresses an appropriate level of interest and empathy for the personal lives of others

  13. My Personality Type • My personality type according to the Myers – Briggs indicator is an extrovert. I tend to: • Interpret information about people and situations • Concern myself with the manner in which a person’s behavior affects others • Make decisions from what I perceive, more than the facts I know

  14. My Personality Trait continued • Professionally, this intuitive trait empowers me to be an good advocate for the disenfranchised students, parents, and sometimes staff members in my building. • Personally, this trait sometimes interferes with my ability to make decisions (e.g. physical and mental health)

  15. My Leadership Style • Primary: Democratic • Allowing everyone to be heard • Prefer to discuss ideas with others • Build consensus among group members • Take responsibility for the final decisions Secondary: Delegative • Need assistance performing a task where I have little expertise ( i.e. computer literacy ) • Utilized primarily with close colleagues and friends

  16. Personal Role Models • Elizabeth Thomas • George Bancroft - people of faith - staunch work ethic - service oriented - accomplished much with little - smoothers/affliliators

  17. Role Models Continued • Ronald & Joyce Minor ( my parents) - Benefactors of Civil Rights - seize opportunity - value of education - job and financial stability • home ownership • marital partnership • authoritarian & democratic

  18. Professional Role Models • Richard Melzer (school principal) • Motivating: inspired staff to “teach” students • Effectively used all methods of supervision • Former p.e. teacher and supervisor Corrine Perkins and Dr. Sonya Ford Becton - Former elementary school counselors and knew the pros and cons of the position; advocates • Opportunities for curriculum writing, data collection, and professional development

  19. Professional School Counselors in Leadership Roles

  20. Resources • Campbell, Jane. Becoming an Effective Supervisor – A Workbook for Counselors and Psychotherapists, 2000. • Article School Counselors and Program Leaders • Brandau, Karla. Let’s Talk Leadership – Help Your Employees Do More in Less Time • Melser, Nancy Armstrong. Shared Supervision of Student Teachers, Leadership, Listening, and Lesson Learned, Spring, 2004

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