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Encouraging people.

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I feel my "leadership" is based on the "leading from the back" style, since I'm not in front of the crowd and leading, but supporting the team using all the skills I have to offer.

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Finding new avenues for connecting leaders to each other and self to others who have similar needs/goals.

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Motivating or facilitating people moving towards a goal

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Moving from a position as the decider to a coaching framework to help people chart their course

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helping the members help themselves

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Supporting WEA committees with their charges

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Supporting others to navigate systems and take on their own leadership within the system(s).

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Supporting others to navigate systems and take on their own leadership within the system(s).

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Flexibility in moving between being a up front advocate or a behind the scenes collaborator

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Leadership through coaching and mentoring

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Leadership through coaching and mentoring

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Helping the system change so we get better results

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Helping the system change so we get better results

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Supporting others in their work to be successful.

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Supporting others in their work to be successful.

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Build the confidence in the members we work with.

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Build the confidence in the members we work with.

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Group 14: Share resources: facilitating conversations (prioritize real conversations vs. an email that will never get read) | This drives relationships forward. This identifies leaders.       *Empower folks to speak out to admins                           *Break down self-imposed barriers            

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Group 14: Share resources: facilitating conversations (prioritize real conversations vs. an email that will never get read) | This drives relationships forward. This identifies leaders.       *Empower folks to speak out to admins                           *Break down self-imposed barriers            

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Analytical and organizational abilities. 

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Analytical and organizational abilities. 

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Pay attention to the small details of the bigger picture

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Seeing the problem or something needing to be done and making it happen.

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We are able to give them the strength they need. 

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We are able to give them the strength they need. 

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We help guide them to get what they want. 

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We help guide them to get what they want. 

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Without the leadership skills of the Level II-IV staff, much of what we do would fall apart.  Those team members are the skeleton of the operation that holds everything up. They make sure we collect dues, pay bills, release members, have food available that meets everyone's needs, keep the facilities running and safe, identify problems that may occur at events and solve them, get information and supplies to members.

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Thinking about things differently to get at new ways to do things. Don't have to do things the way we always have.

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Giving people information and tools for empowerment

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We need to recognize leadership looks different . WEA can widen there lens of leadership qualities.

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We need to recognize leadership looks different . WEA can widen there lens of leadership qualities.

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Listening is a key skill in and of itself.

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- Experience
- Mental rolodex
- Enabling others
- Connectors
- Mindfulness
- Creative
- Risk-taker
- Permission to be more balanced
- Unique perspective
- Good at communicating
- Good at navigating tough issues
- Fearlessness in confronting injustice
- Knowing what members want

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Being a good listener. Making sure unseen things are taken care of.

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Dispositions that are vital for leaders to have include active and interested listening, gratitude and humility, willingness to engage and taking responsibility for their own growth and enhancing the growth of others.
It's enabling others to move forward through their uncertainty with support and guidance from leaders

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Creating a wide variety of options for member engagement and training.

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Providing space for idea generation and following up with action.

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- Getting better at calling people in
- Working to interrupt White Supremacy Culture both inside and outside the organization
- Comfortable with admitting my racism
- Working to re-educate myself on our history
- Knowing when to step aside and create space for others
- Personal reflection
- Actively listen and process before responding in order to be more intentional in acting

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Biggest skill is building the relationships. How do we engage with them? How do they want to engage with us?

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Connecting members with legislative staff, where their voices and issues can be heard.

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Step back from being in charge and allow others to make informed decisions

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Step back from being in charge and allow others to make informed decisions

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Identify other leaders and distribute opportunities

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Identify other leaders and distribute opportunities

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We encourage people to run for office, give members the tools to do endorsements, support candidates who are running to help those we've endorsed win, advocate for their needs with elected leaders, identify systematic problems facing our members and work to eliminate those roadblocks.

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Members are able to access and be included in our learning opportunities. Building relationships so that members feel comfortable to grow and explore areas of interest to them.

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Encouraging others that their voice matters and that they are capable of leading.

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guide on the side, allows leaders to develop capacity & skils.

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Understand ourselves so that we can do the best that we can do.

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Understand ourselves so that we can do the best that we can do.

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Pivoting, flexibility : building a whole new system off of current PDN for non-member & large number of folks 

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Pivoting, flexibility : building a whole new system off of current PDN for non-member & large number of folks 

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Walking the line between supporting what local leaders want and advising potential consequences of their desired outcomes/actions

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The ability to not take it all on yourself, the ability to empower others to do the work.

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Scaffolding - Framing what people need (skills, knowledge, etc.)

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Scaffolding - Framing what people need (skills, knowledge, etc.)

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Meet people where they are

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It is critical for connections/trust what is said and done match.

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patience, perservance, persistance

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Use knowledge through asking questions. 

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Use knowledge through asking questions. 

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Create a safe space to learn, fail, and grow

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How does leadership communicate with their members?

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Be inclusive and ask questions. Listen and be open to accepting to disagree. Non closure is ok.

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Identify leaders, build relationships, develop structure to address organizational goals

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Identify leaders, build relationships, develop structure to address organizational goals

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Knowledgeable and a calm and reassuring approach

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Knowledgeable and a calm and reassuring approach

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An inspirational approach to engaging with people. Moving people to action.

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Amplify members needs, supporting them | RESOURCE SHARING | Educating members

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Amplify members needs, supporting them | RESOURCE SHARING | Educating members

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Encourage colleagues to challenge the status quo

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Passion
Knowledge
Organizational skills

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Creating space to learn and stumble without judgement

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Interest in working with colleagues and members to take them to the next space - next step

Building connections and resources

Avenues to build relationships that are a new avenue

Don't always have the answers but can inspire others to find the answers.

Push the envelope and box

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Push to recruit and expand who we invite to trainings or as presenters to ensure diversity

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Push to recruit and expand who we invite to trainings or as presenters to ensure diversity

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Building community by finding connections with people and building relationships and trust.
We can't get anywhere if our members don't trust us.

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Identifying who isn't in the room and helping find pathways and opportunities to lead

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Identifying who isn't in the room and helping find pathways and opportunities to lead

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I'm not the sage on the stage.  I am the guide on the side.

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I'm not the sage on the stage.  I am the guide on the side.

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Coming together as staff and figuring out how to work out an issue, that is in the best interest for all/the community

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GRIEVANCE: view it as an opportunity | WEA will support members 

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GRIEVANCE: view it as an opportunity | WEA will support members 

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How will we identify the future leaders of our association? Post Covid times.

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openness, willingness to take guidance

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The staff who monitor when things are due, need to be turned in, paid, submitted, keep things running. This is huge mental load and they do a great job at it.

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Building Others Up/Ensuring Access and Eliminating Barriers

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Building Others Up/Ensuring Access and Eliminating Barriers

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-Deliberate and conscious representation in materials, input/feedback, etc
-Actively asking for input from folks who are impacted by our work
-Consistent Pushing/Challenging leaders to actively look for diversity of race/culture in their leader circles

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Got the district to provide training around bias

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Got the district to provide training around bias

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Making sure people have the tools and language to identify and fight systematic racism.

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working with local leaders to empower the voices of members or color in group & meeting settings

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Providing resources to bargaining teams so they can ensure funds are driven to students in equitable ways.

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Provide platforms for members who are people of color to connect with elected officials and policy makers to identify inequities in state and local systems, and to work together to remove those barriers and create more equitable schools and communities.

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Providing the support that is needed to make the change. Being fully aware, in the moment.

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Providing the support that is needed to make the change. Being fully aware, in the moment.

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The pros of cons of life now - and post COVID. Take the best and leave the rest. (Related to member organizing.)

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Looking for the projects that focus on supporting the common good.

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Looking for the projects that focus on supporting the common good.

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Bringing awareness and mindfulness to our work that creates space for difficult conversations.

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Bringing awareness and mindfulness to our work that creates space for difficult conversations.

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Be in the moment.

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Building relationships that sustain difficult conversations about systemic change and to infiltrate the status quo structure.

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By being staff of a union, we all make it possible for members who experience oppression in their districts to have protections and representation.

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educating rank & file members around equity & challenging the internal replication of systems of oppression

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Continue to ask questions, even if an answer isn't provided...yet.

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Taking every opportunity to bring forward the need to unpack equity - meeting members, leaders, friends, and colleagues where they are to expand their thinking.

Self exploration of white privilege - Expanding own experiences to be able to bring that into the work that I do to be able to support members as the support our marginalized student populations (Black, People of Color, Indigenous, LGBTQ+)

Asking the clarifying questions, digging deep to find the how it relates to the work at hand, looking for how we can get the right people in the room.

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Serve our members - the same way - whatever role they serve.