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Interviewed a former admin who moved back into the classroom.

Communication: kind, competent people who can't communicate can't make people feel valued, avoid conflict, or be transparent.

Presence: walking the halls, engaging students and staff.

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A chance to commiserate with Leadership. 

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A chance to commiserate with Leadership. 

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Importance to emotionally connect with our mentors

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How do we help teachers move through healing and growing through Indigenous ways of knowing?

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Letting people see what our Leaders experience is a balance of keeping information and emotion close vs. being brave and courageous and open. It is never easy. We need new ways

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Interviewed assistant superintendent.

Balance: staying true to self and honest to stay successful. Can discussion happen? Can you disagree without it being a personal affront?

Dissonance: must be aware of your position and put effort into making difficult choices. You hold responsibility for other staff, for learners, and community.

Indigenous perspectives: value and acknowledging there is more than one perspective.

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Good leaders are relational and build trust. They make an effort to connect. They are transparent and clear about their values. Their actions align with their words.They have high standards that communicate faith in others' abilities.

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Responses to situations where acknowledging the issues at hand is prompt and taking time to work through it is valued rather that a reaction based decision. Terms are valued such as “I appreciate you” and “Thank you, we will review this and respond ASAP.”

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Formal leadership positions are built to hold a lot of responsibility and many districts ultimately do not trust or like admin (for whatever reason). Navigating that position when there is a distilled hatred is terrifying. How does one navigate staying true to self and find consistency?

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There is a balance between being roped-in by red tape that blocks you from assisting students, and being given autonomy that lacks community, data, and emotional support.

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Important to cultivate others around you that have similar vision.

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Visibility

Being available, being seen in the school community, connecting with the whole learning community and building relationships, "hosting", welcoming people to the space, feeling the vibe

Listening

in difficult conversations, to the students, to the teachers, openly, listening over making assumptions, listening before making decisions

Calm and Confidence

Curriculum knowledge, knowing your strengths, knowing yourself and your values

Building Relationships

Redistributive Leadership

Inspiring rather than assigning

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where bureaucratic and even autocratic approaches are sometimes necessary due to the constraints of policy or urgent decision-making. We appreciate time being taken and transparency on how the situation is being handled. Terms such as “Appreciate you” and “Thank you WE will review this and check back with you.”

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Put in the time, do the work, know your community

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Don't take Leadership until you're ready.

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Don't take Leadership until you're ready.

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It is not 'a next step', nor for ego. The best leaders are ones that are ready for Leadership.