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 Welcome to the June edition of our Executive Leader Alert newsletter! Congratulations on the completion of another successful school year. No doubt you're thinking strategically about professional development options for the coming year. We hope you will include GLISI as the proven choice for leader development to drive positive, lasting change.
In this issue, we have several options for your consideration as you plan for success. Feel free to contact me, Scott Cowart, or your GLISI Performance Consultant if we can help you shape your 2009-2010 professional development plans.
~Gale Hulme, GLISI Executive Director of Programs and Systemic Solutions |
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| Act Now: Waiting List for Fourth Base Camp/Leadership Summit Cohort is Open! |
 Due to the overwhelming response for Cohorts 26-28, GLISI has begun a for-fee waiting list for Cohort 29 Base Camp and Leadership Summit. Dates will be:
- Base Camp: February 22-24, 2010
- Leadership Summit: March 29-31, 2010
If you're interested in adding your district to the for-fee Cohort 29 waiting list, please e-mail your request to La Toya Handsford, at latoya.handsford@glisi.org by August 14, 2009. Be sure to include a proposed number of for-fee seats.
Remember, GLISI training meets requirements for federal stimulus monies. |
GLISI Power of 100™ Debuts in June 2009
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 GLISI will launch a performance-based principal and district representative development pilot program, The Power of 100™, on June 17-19 at Callaway Gardens. GLISI will collaborate with seven districts to help them strategically and deliberately strengthen their "bench" of qualified leaders and to leverage learning communities to improve student achievement.
Joining GLISI in this exciting learning venture are the school districts in Baldwin, Bibb, Clayton, Greene, Hancock, Pike, and Washington County. Participants include principals, district leaders, and superintendents.
The Georgia Professional Standards Commission and the joint House and Senate legislative study committee encouraged GLISI to undertake this pilot project, and will be watching and evaluating its implementation and impact. GLISI is honored by this opportunity to develop a replicable model for sustainable leadership development to help inform state policy for improved conditions of practice and leadership development for student success.
This 24-month pilot is designed to create a strategic and integrated process for ensuring that the school district has a continuous supply of high-performing teachers, faculty, staff, and leaders in the right jobs at the right time, at the right cost, and with the right results. The Power of 100™ will assist districts in identifying barriers and accelerators to individual and organizational performance using a suite of human performance interventions to support improvement. These interventions include professional development, communication, and standardization of information and expectations, redesign of work and jobs, rewards and consequences, sponsorship, and alignment for congruence.
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| Talent Management Executive COLA Report |
GLISI just completed an Executive Learning Community around the topic of talent management in public education.
This Executive Community of Learning and Achievement (COLA) worked together for over three months to learn, review, discuss, and brainstorm around the topic of talent management and how it might be used to improve the growth and development of our educational workforce and its leaders. The Talent Management COLA included K-12 educators, university professors, educational support partners, and business leaders.
The COLA started with this premise: One of the biggest challenges facing Georgia educators is the development of a high-quality workforce to help all students succeed. A critical issue in meeting this challenge is assuring that we had the right people in the right jobs at the right time to produce the sustained results our stakeholders are looking for.
To find out more about what the Talent Management COLA learned, click here.
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| Performance Tip: Align all Elements of your Leader Performance and Supply System |
High-performing organizations ensure leader performance and supply by design. Organizations that value high performance ensure that all elements of the Leader Performance and Supply system are aligned, including:
- District mission, vision, and values
- A balanced performance management system
- Hiring and selection policies and procedures
- Job descriptions
- Selection processes
- Formative and summative personnel evaluation systems
The benefits of aligning all elements of your Leader Performance and Supply System include development of a coherent framework of expectations, a legally defensible system, and a means to communicate your expectations powerfully - both internally and externally - especially with partnering colleges and universities. But how do you begin this challenging task?
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| Success Cases Show Alignment in Action |
 With the help of GLISI's breakthrough processes, programs, and consulting, districts all over the state are improving student achievement and organizational effectiveness. GLISI Performance Consultants are documenting these results through the Success Case Methodology. Here are two GLISI Success Cases that demonstrate the results of alignment:
Learn how Penny Smith, GLISI Performance Consultant, facilitated the work of senior leaders in six districts in the Middle Georgia Regional Education Service Agency (MGRESA) to collaboratively develop a competency model for aspiring leaders seeking PL6 certification. This collaborative approach resulted in a shared framework of expectations and a succinct method of communicating to partnering colleges and universities the skills and knowledge desired of aspiring leaders as they assume leadership positions. Read the MGRESA Success Case here.
Examine how Monroe County School System aligned and integrated its balanced performance improvement system, helping staff become fully aware of the performance measures for which leaders were responsible. As a result, student achievement factors were positively impacted through constant monitoring of these performance measures by senior leaders. Read the Monroe Success Case here. Read more GLISI Success Cases on our Web site on the "Results" page. |
| Questions? Contact us. |
Gale Hulme, Executive Director of Programs and Systemic Solutions
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Georgia Leadership Institute for School Improvement
760 Spring Street, Room 217
Atlanta, Georgia 30308
Phone: (404) 385-4090
Fax: (404) 385-4151
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