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I make my bandroom a place that students want to be. They want to learn, hangout, and be themselves.

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I make myself available as more than just a band teacher. I mentor students, I work with them after school, I counsel them if they have problems. This helps me build strong relationships that transfer to the classroom.

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I have high expectations for my students, even though we have many obstacles. Lack of funding, resources, instruments. I hold my students to the same standards as the students in Rapids or Duluth East.

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We have staff that are opposed to change because it doesn't "Feel" right, or they don't want to change their history. So they have a difficult time making decisions, even when the facts are all laid out for them.

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Why= to create a learning environment where all my students feel safe, respected, and valued and have every opportunity to achieve at their highest level so that they can continue on and live a happy and successful life. 

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Why= to create a learning environment where all my students feel safe, respected, and valued and have every opportunity to achieve at their highest level so that they can continue on and live a happy and successful life. 

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How= building relationships with my students and families, utilizing best practice teaching strategies to deliver curriculum that meets the needs of all students where they are at

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How= building relationships with my students and families, utilizing best practice teaching strategies to deliver curriculum that meets the needs of all students where they are at

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What= to equitably educate ALL students to achieve at high levels.

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What= to equitably educate ALL students to achieve at high levels.

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There are leaders and there are those who lead.  Those who lead INSPIRE us.  We follow because we WANT to, not because we have to.  This is so true when thinking about how an instructional leader should lead and inspire staff in their building.

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There are leaders and there are those who lead.  Those who lead INSPIRE us.  We follow because we WANT to, not because we have to.  This is so true when thinking about how an instructional leader should lead and inspire staff in their building.

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As a case manager for highschoolers, the Why in my position is to help teenagers work towards being an active citizen after high school.

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Implementing effective strategies to support students academically and emotionally Using accommodations and modifications

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Finding the most effective way to support students their content, as it changes on a regular basis

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The importance of communicating to someone’s limbic part of their brain. This will let someone’s emotional behavior attached to the concept, and as you work your way out you give them tangible items such as tools or examples.

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we are a school community of diverse learners with unique interests and abilities that deserve to achieve their career and college aspirations

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"Communicate from the inside out." I thought this motto was a great way to summarize the overarching theme of Simon Sinek's message. Leaders have an internal compass that guides others to the same arrival point by fostering buy-in through clear communication, trust, and respect. "It's not what you do but why you it"

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how = due process, IEPs, individualized instruction, equitable curriculum, extrinsic and intrinsic motivation

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what = educate students

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The "why" at our school is to have career, college, and community ready students when they leave our school.

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The "how" in our school is through the use of our curriculums and our assessment to ensure all of our students are mastery the state standards.

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The "what" that we do it to educate our students in the best way that we can.

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The part that resonated with me the most was that in order to have buy in we need to know the why.  As a leader this is an important message to convey to those we are leading if we want them to follow us especially when we need to make changes in a school.

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The "why" is for our students to come to a safe place where they can feel loved and they can grow to their fullest potential.

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The "how" behind our "what" is through teaching our curriculum, helping students achieve mastery in our standards, assess and read the data to guide our instruction, creating safe environments, create interventions for all students to succeed.....I mean the list goes on and on.

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The "what" we do is to provide an education to the students in our community.

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The part that resonates with me the most is how his idea can help us all with conveying to our communities 'why' we are choosing whichever format for the fall.  It comes down to why we do what we do....our kids.  More people are going to come behind us as long as we keep giving that message.

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The "why" at our school is to believe in our mission and vision. Why we are driven toward a purpose or cause to produce highly skilled and educated students.

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The "how" behind educating is choosing an adequate curriculum while meeting all standards. Also having skilled staff teaching and providing students with the skills they need to learn.

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The "what" we do is what is best for the students to educate them to the highest achievement.

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The part about Sinek's message resonates with me the most is when he talks about the why. People buy why you do it and they need to understand why you are doing it. This leads to the buy in as well and the staff needs to understand 'why' you are doing something and needs trust you. Trust is the most important part! The why leads to why people follow a leader because they are inspired!

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The "why" at our school is to inspire a caring community and ignite learning, innovation, and success for all of our students.

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The "how" behind educating our students is by providing them with rigorous curriculum taught by a highly skilled teaching staff.

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The "what" at the school I teach at is to provide an education to our students.

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The part of Sinek's message that resonated with me the most is when he talked about buy-in and the why. If your followers don't understand the why behind what they are doing, they're going to be less likely to do it. Additionally, if people don't know the why, miscommunications can happen and people can lose sight of what they are doing.

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We improve the teaching practices of staff in order to create equitable opportunities for every student. Working as an instructional coach, I am able to have a bigger impact on a greater number of students.

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We research evidence based practices and help teachers implement in their classrooms through modeling, co-teaching, coaching and by providing professional development.

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As an instructional coach . . . partner with staff and administration to improve teaching practices and outcomes for students.

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What resonated with me, was Sinek’s message about the difference between leaders and those who lead.  Leaders hold a position of power.  Those who lead inspire us.  As an instructional leader it is my goal to be in the category of those who lead.  I have worked under both types of principals.  The “leader” was much less effective and uninspiring to work with.  The staff morale was low and student achievement was declining.  However, in the school that I worked where the principal was quite the opposite.

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We work toward social justice and advocacy needs for not only students with disabilities, but for students within the school. We work to provide awareness of learning differences and provide training to teachers in order to help reach the greatest number of students.

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We work collaboratively with our department, service providers, and with general education staff in order to implement required interventions and supports for students.

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We implement IEPs and follow Due Process requirements in the Special Education Department.

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The idea between leaders and those who lead. These is a clear distinction between these and one could simply be a title that was given. People follow those who lead ... not because they have to, but because they want to. I like this message from Sinek and feel that it can translate to a leadership role by casting a wider net and seeing staff in our buildings are are leading others and that are helping inspire others. 

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The idea between leaders and those who lead. These is a clear distinction between these and one could simply be a title that was given. People follow those who lead ... not because they have to, but because they want to. I like this message from Sinek and feel that it can translate to a leadership role by casting a wider net and seeing staff in our buildings are are leading others and that are helping inspire others. 

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(Jessa)

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We believe is a well-rounded, productive society that can only be achieved through quality education of the next generation.  We are creating engaged educated citizens. The “why” is your school’s mission statement… “Isle Public Schools, with a heritage of community support, pride, and cooperation, will empower learners with lifelong skills to succeed in a diverse society. We will provide challenging academic programs and quality educational experiences in a safe and positive learning environment”. The challenge is communicating and implementing the “why” across all facets of your institution.

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“How” we do it is through quality curriculum and staff, caring and dedicated individuals and connection to our core values as educators.

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Simply… “what” we do is educate students.

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Sinek’s philosophy is inspiring and empowering. As a leader, the challenge is the buy-in. It’s easy for the staff to see the “what” and the “how” … it’s harder to get everyone on the same page to make an institution-wide transformation based on a vision or mission statement.