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Brendan Murphy

Publications: SRN LEADS - 3 views

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  • creating successful systems, inducting and supporting quality teachers, designing effective schools, establishing strong professional practice, and providing equitable and sufficient resources.
  • coherent approach for effective reform
Brendan Murphy

LEADERSHIP FOR THE 21st CENTURY: BREAKING THE BONDS OF DEPENDENCY - 1 views

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  • there is no external answer that will substitute for the complex work of changing one's own situation.
  • It is one thing to say in most successful organizations members share a clear, common vision, which is true, but quite another to suggest that this stems primarily from direct vision-building, which is not. Vision-building is the result of a whole range of activities (pp. 208-209).
    • Brendan Murphy
      Brendan Murphy on 13 Jul 10
       
      So the vision doesn't create a sense of team rather when you build a team a vision is created.
  • critical consumers
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  • 1.Respect those you want to silence. 2.Move toward the danger in forming new alliances. 3.Manage emotionally as well as rationally. 4.Fight for lost causes.
    • Brendan Murphy
      Brendan Murphy on 13 Jul 10
       
      Are these the four guidelines they were talking about in the introduction paragraph?
    • Brendan Murphy
      Brendan Murphy on 15 Jul 10
       
      1. I think a strong leader is not afraid to listen to those who disagree with them. I think the strongest leader listens carefully and includes the best ideas. I don't think majority rule is always the best way to run things, I think going with what the group thinks is best but tempered by vocal minorities is the best way to run a group. It is certainly better than a dictatorship, even when the dictator is the smartest and most benevolant person in the room. 2. Akin to the first guideline forming alliances with people you want to stay away from is important. They will not work to sabotage your plans if they feel their feelings are being listened to and heard. People don't think they know everything, but they do think they should be heard. If a leader is one who is known for being able to work with new groups then I think new groups will be more willing to accept an offer or collaboration. 3. We cannot inspire people without a bit of passion. While some paths may seem like the most prudent financially, or whatever, in the end the only path that will work is the one that people support. Sometimes we have to be willing to break away from what we think is the best path in order to be successful on the most loved path. 4. Everyone loves an underdog. At least we do in this time and this place. Lost causes in education are usually the causes that will bring about the most dramatic change. I think most people see schools as getting the short end of the stick in most political arenas, thus we are one big lost cause.
  • create opportunities for learning from dissonance
  • high priority on reculturing
    • Brendan Murphy
      Brendan Murphy on 13 Jul 10
       
      Hiring and or converting existing staff to work towards a common goal
  • Articulating and discussing hope
Brendan Murphy

ACOT2 - 1 views

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  • A Culture of Innovation and Creativity
  • Ubiquitous Access to Technology
Brendan Murphy

The CBAM: A Model of the People Development Process - 1 views

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  • coping strategies which are often poor practice will be adopted.
  • learning has always had to compete (usually unsuccessfully) with the time for work and ìproductivityî.
Brendan Murphy

Creating a Vision - 1 views

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  • Once you have clarified your beliefs, build on them to define your mission statement which is a statement of purpose and function.
Brendan Murphy

Expert Project Management - Can A Project Manager be a Servant Leader? A Reflective Cri... - 1 views

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  • verbal and non-verbal signals
    • Brendan Murphy
      Brendan Murphy on 20 Jul 10
       
      Those cues that we can't see through email and im etc....
  • people
    • Brendan Murphy
      Brendan Murphy on 20 Jul 10
       
      Everyone is a person and has value. Similar to listening to those you wnat to silence or forming alliances with danger
  • make whole
    • Brendan Murphy
      Brendan Murphy on 20 Jul 10
       
      Something I would expect from the Dali Lama. when things are not working perhaps there is discord in the universe.
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  • disturber and an awakener.
  • integrated, holistic position
    • Brendan Murphy
      Brendan Murphy on 20 Jul 10
       
      Everything is connected, but you don't see that until you are woken from your slumber and can see the world for what it truely is.
  • persuasion
    • Brendan Murphy
      Brendan Murphy on 20 Jul 10
       
      Here we go with the persuasion again.
  • think beyond
    • Brendan Murphy
      Brendan Murphy on 20 Jul 10
       
      Kind of like seeing the big picture. or systems thinking.
    • Brendan Murphy
      Brendan Murphy on 20 Jul 10
       
      Ok this is just the systems thinking. how everything works together
  • consequence of a decision
    • Brendan Murphy
      Brendan Murphy on 20 Jul 10
       
      This is thinking about renewal in the future.
  • commitment to serving
    • Brendan Murphy
      Brendan Murphy on 20 Jul 10
       
      When you make the commitment you start building trust, when you have trust then the constitutents start to take on their own leadership role, not because you asked them, but because they want to for the good of the organization.
  • committed to the growth
    • Brendan Murphy
      Brendan Murphy on 20 Jul 10
       
      Like the learning organizations from the first reading this week. Jossey-Bass chapter 1
  • interest in the ideas and suggestions
    • Brendan Murphy
      Brendan Murphy on 20 Jul 10
       
      Listening to people has been a theme from GARdner
  • building community
    • Brendan Murphy
      Brendan Murphy on 20 Jul 10
       
      The theme of all the leadership so far has been you do not get your authority from fiat, but rather you earn it or it is given to you by those you lead.
  • high trust level among employees gives an organization an agility
    • Brendan Murphy
      Brendan Murphy on 20 Jul 10
       
      Schools definately need the agility to change with the students needs.
Brendan Murphy

The Leadership Challenge - 1 views

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Brendan Murphy

Learning to listen to student voice: part 1 - 1 views

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  • your real target audience is those pupils who are not apparently articulate about what it is that helps them to learn.
  • gathering the views of students isn’t a one-off exercise
  • It also implies some subtle shifts in the balance of power
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  • This is not about handing over power and associated responsibility
Brendan Murphy

Apple - ACOT2 - A Culture of Innovation and Creativity - 0 views

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  • the answer lies instead in creating a culture that supports and advances innovation at its core.
    • Brendan Murphy
      Brendan Murphy on 20 Aug 10
       
      STep 3 in CBAM managing everyting or getting organized so you can acomplish it all
Brendan Murphy

Apple - ACOT2 - Informative Assessment - 0 views

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  • Through informative assessment, students, teams of learners, and teachers can use evidence of current progress to adjust, adapt, or supplement the learning experience.
    • Brendan Murphy
      Brendan Murphy on 20 Aug 10
       
      Step 3 CBAT how does it work for me
Brendan Murphy

Apple - ACOT2 - Relevant and Applied Curriculum - 0 views

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  • six key characteristics of curriculum for 21st century learning:
    • Brendan Murphy
      Brendan Murphy on 20 Aug 10
       
      Step two CBAT how does it work
Brendan Murphy

Apple - ACOT2 - Understanding of 21st Century Skills and Outcomes - 0 views

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  • The Partnership for 21st Century Skills developed a complete framework for articulating these skills
    • Brendan Murphy
      Brendan Murphy on 20 Aug 10
       
      Step one of CBAM awareness of problem
Brendan Murphy

SEDL - School Context: Bridge or Barrier to Change - 0 views

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  • contextual factors may influence changes aimed at improving schooling for at-risk students more than change in general.
  • "[T]rying to change any part of the system requires knowledge and understanding of how parts are interrelated" (Sarason, 1990, p. 15).
  • The need for leadership in change efforts is well documented at the school level.
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  • leadership in change efforts is well documented at the school level.
  • This method of examining change finds its roots in the cultural approach to school improvement, which suggests that "teachers and students are strongly influenced by the culture of the school, the mores, routines, and conventions about how things are done in their schools" (Deal & Peterson, 1990, p. 6).
  • at risk of failing to achieve their academic potential, dropping out of school, and/or having limits placed on their ability to function as productive adults in society.
  • the ecology, includes the inorganic elements of the school
  • The resources available, policies and rules, and size of the school are examples of this dimension of school context.
  • Culture is an expression that tries to capture the informal side of social organizations
  • Schein (1985) goes on to define culture as "the deeper level of basic assumptions and beliefs that are shared by members of an organization, that operate unconsciously, and that define in a basic `taken-for-granted' fashion an organization's view of itself and its environment" (p. 6).
  • attitudes and beliefs
  • cultural norms of the school, c
  • relationships of persons inside the school
Brendan Murphy

SEDL - School Context: Bridge or Barrier to Change - 0 views

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  • Discipline is the overwhelming obstacle to school success.
    • Brendan Murphy
      Brendan Murphy on 18 Aug 10
       
      This is so true especially in low SES schols.
  • Educational bureaucracy obstructs
  • According to Gault and Murphy (1987), many American schools claim to practice cultural pluralism, but in reality all students are expected to fit into the white middle class culture. Students with different cultural backgrounds, values, and skills than those generally valued by American schools may be perceived as incapable of performing according to the school's standards.
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  • Minorities don't care about education. (p. 39)
    • Brendan Murphy
      Brendan Murphy on 18 Aug 10
       
      Ruby Payne would say they don't believe it helps.
  • Welch (1989) reports that teachers assess advantages and disadvantages of collaborative consultation primarily in terms of how implementation will impact them personally, rather than how it might impact student growth
  • For [many students] the main benefit of the school is the opportunity it provides to interact with close friends on a daily basis" (p. 181
  • Students will participate, according to Fullan, if they understand, have the necessary skills, and are motivated to try what is expected.
  • With teachers unable to explain why they were adopting this innovation, concern increased and parents put an end to the innovation.
  • in situations where the school board and the district are actively working together, substantial improvements can be achieved,
  • Cynicism and apathy may reflect negative experiences and produce teachers who are unwilling to proceed regardless of the content or quality of the program (Corbett, Dawson, & Firestone, 1984; Fullan, 1991).
  • Cuban (1988) states that most reforms fail because of flawed implementation.
  • Lasting fundamental change (e.g. changes in teaching practices or the decision making structure) requires understanding and, often, altering the school's culture; cultural change is a slow process.
  • culture becomes the cohesion that bonds the school together
  • culture can also be oppressive and discriminatory
  • attitudes and beliefs of those in the school create mental models
  • system paranoia exists
  • Those new to the organization must learn the culture or suffer consequences, such as the feeling of alienation.
    • Brendan Murphy
      Brendan Murphy on 18 Aug 10
       
      though if you can suffer through that feeling of alienation you can have the opportunity to make positive changes.
  • high expectations for itself
  • successful programs do not suppress criticism
  • a school can make significant gains, in spite of faculty weaknesses, through sound staff development. Schools, however, commonly fail to have a norm regarding the need for in-service work during implementation (Fullan, 1991)
  • sharing a common vision increases the likelihood that school improvement efforts will succeed (Beer, Eisenstat, & Spector, 1990; Deal, 1985; Carlson, 1987; Miles & Louis, 1990; Norris & Reigeluth, 1991; Schlechty & Cole, 1991).
  • A cultural norm supporting the involvement of teachers in decisions or plans that will affect them heightens the possibility that changes will be appropriate in a particular setting.
  • Not only teachers, but students as well need to internalize the norms of the school improvement culture.
  • These norms encourage criticism in order to highlight areas that need improvement.
  • Students are rarely informed regarding plans in spite of the fact that the plans cannot be carried out successfully when students are not committed to cooperate with the plan, and do not know what to do or how to do it. (Fullan, 1991)
  • Negative side effects that may occur from accommodation are students' expectations that accommodations will always be made, a lack of active student engagement with the content of instruction and increased student boredom and apathy (Miller, Leinhardt, & Zigmond, 1988).
  • Parents need to be involved as co-teachers in their children's education.
Brendan Murphy

SEDL - School Context: Bridge or Barrier to Change - 0 views

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  • There is typically no documentation of how a school got to be "effective," that is, how it instituted changes or used research findings in ways that ultimately affected children's learning (p. 3).
  • The context in which those seeking to improve schools find themselves creates a set of conditions that may present bridges or barriers to change.
  • By encouraging the development of those factors that facilitate change or nurturing them if they already exist, leaders increase the opportunity for change to become a permanent part of the school environment.
Brendan Murphy

Administrator as a Change Leader: Assumptions about Change - 0 views

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  • Assume that changing the culture of institutions is the real agenda, not implementing single innovations (Fullan, 1991, pp. 105-107).
Brendan Murphy

Apple - ACOT2 - Social and Emotional Connections with Students - 0 views

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  • For example, when students lack social and emotional connections to learning, educators, schools, and their peers, it often leads to behavior issues or disengagement, which inevitability leads to declining achievement and, in the worst cases, students dropping out of high schoo
    • Brendan Murphy
      Brendan Murphy on 20 Aug 10
       
      STep 4 CBAM consequences of actions
  • behavioral motivation
  • emotional engagement (
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  • cognitive engagement
  • Researchers generally agree that learning is inherently social-it happens in the context of interactions and relationships with teachers, peers, family, experts, and others
    • Brendan Murphy
      Brendan Murphy on 20 Aug 10
       
      bud the teacher posed this question in his blog recently.
    • Brendan Murphy
      Brendan Murphy on 20 Aug 10
  • They find kindred spirits who fuel joint explorations and productions, reinforce understandings, and provide divergent opinions and clarification of understandings as discussions ensue. In many cases, social interactions enable levels of learning that simply wouldn’t be possible for students to accomplish on their own.
    • Brendan Murphy
      Brendan Murphy on 20 Aug 10
       
      STep 6 CBAM is collaboration
Brendan Murphy

New schools chief Brizard largely likable but often not liked - Chicago Sun-Times - 0 views

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  • “put children first”
    • Brendan Murphy
      Brendan Murphy on 25 Apr 11
       
      A lot of people say they put children first, but where is the proof?
  • As a former New York City high school teacher and principal he carries the in-the-trenches experience
    • Brendan Murphy
      Brendan Murphy on 25 Apr 11
       
      This is a nice change
  • in-school suspension
    • Brendan Murphy
      Brendan Murphy on 25 Apr 11
       
      This is better than out of school suspensions. Is there a third alternative?
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  • principals more accountable
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