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1. W A S L 120212 • December 2012

2. Who am I? What am I doing here? • CPA and Managed large CPA firm • Collaborator, foundations, clients, service • Education Alliance of Washoe County • Helping people is my theme • My path to being an “outside guy” • Today is a mix of observations and anecdotes • “Leadership is an Art” introduction

3. Outline • Pathway of education • Thoughts on School/Managerial Leadership • HR leadership • Community relations • Politics, not politicians

4. Purpose of school leaders • Why are you here? • What are some major thoughts from seminars so far? • What do you perceive as your biggest challenge?

5. Purpose • This student, class, school? • Zone, vertical alignment? • Society, moral imperative, economy? • all of the above-you have a difficult job! • Universal goal of management: To leverage our skills, have staff flourish and multiply our effect

6. We’re all in this together • “Essential School Board Book”-Nancy Walser • Duty 1-Establish and promulgate ownership of the district’s vision and values • Duty 2-Articulate expected district results and monitor programs • Duty 3-Create the conditions for achievement of the District’s vision, values and expected results • Duty 4- Ensure a community-wide climate of commitment, respect and trust.

7. The pathway of education • WCSD Strategic plan consistent focus and messaging- • Pathway-Education Alliance white paper • Early childhood and full day K • Grade 4-12-STEM, CCS, CCR, Signature Academies • Higher Ed or CTE/apprenticeships • Gov and EDAWN/Chamber economic model • Better society, less social costs • The BIG picture…..

8. Societal Needs

9. Military needs

10. Nevada employment or not

11. 2020 education needs

12. Economic imperatives

13. Themes/traits • McRel 21 leadership traits/skills-great, but • Management vs. Administration-Peter Drucker “efficiency is doing the thing right, but effectiveness is doing the right thing” • Collaborative leading/”healthy tension” • “Leadership is an Art” excerpt • Balance of ego and humility

14. Themes/traits • LT vs. ST; expedient vs. prioritization • Broad vs narrow view • Pathway, alignment, continuum-recall the bigger picture of purpose • Déjà vu? • The perfect storm-Education and economy • “Reset Again” Economy and education. Top/down emphasis on change –Pres, Duncan,

15. Thoughts on leadership • Leadership-what does that mean to you? • Most valuable commodity? • Time • Most precious commodity? • people • What these seminars are encouraging is priceless • How you manage demands dictates your success

16. Managerial Leadership • It’s not about you • Challenge your staff to develop solution • Be democratic, not autocratic

17. HR leadership • Lead by example; golden rule • Honesty may conflict with friendship • Surround yourself with great employees • Minimize drama and move forward • Create culture of openness, but learn to say “no” or “not now” • Encourage dialogue/delegate responsibly • Balance humility with strength • Always stress the broad goals of the SIP

18. HR evaluations • 360 evaluations are widely used • Peer evaluations- • CPA firm client satisfaction survey • Difficult to do properly-don’t ditch responsibility • Rewards are worth the pain and energy • You, as leaders, must continually strive to improve your staff-step it up or move them out

19. Community relations • Education Alliance Partners in Education • Fear of unknown exists on both sides of relationship • Broaden your view beyond students and parents

20. Community relations • Partners in Education • What does that mean to you and what does that mean to your community partner? • How can it help you and your school? • What organizations might make a good partner? • Specific ways a community partner can help a school

21. Ideas to engage partners • Have a new or gently used book drive at your business to provide books for the school library, classrooms, or to reward student’s making positive progress in reading • Participate in school events, meetings, and performances • Be a mentor for a student that could benefit from a positive adult role model • Have a back-to-school supply drive with your employees to provide new school supplies for students in need

22. Start or support a school garden project • Provide a scholarship to students furthering their education • Provide prof dev speakers from your employee base for teachers and school administrators • Provide incentives for the Positive Behavior Intervention and Support (PBIS) program • Participate in school Career Day event • Provide tour/field trips to your business

23. Community engagement Ideas techniques • Identify businesses, churches in your areas • Invest time to make partner comfortable • Think about higher yielding partnerships • Correlate to your SIP • Tell your partners what you need; ask partners what they can reasonably do-make contract

24. Partners in Education

25. Politics • School-avoid all the drama /focus on SIP • Peers-turn lemon in to lemonade • WCSD Strategic Plan-great retort to why • Local and state –you are faces of the District • people on street are generally uninformed, look ST and narrow at child—you must broaden the talk • Carson City-may not have adequate time to gain knowledge • You can and should strive to bridge these knowledge gaps.

26. Take aways • We are in this together • You are the ambassadors • Keep your passion but always focus on the goal. • Please be honest in evaluating me-need to improve. • Leadership is an Art conclusion

27. Thank you for stepping up to become a leader