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Telling a Culture and
Values Story

Book Study: The Advantage

Student responsibility for their own learning
Vision 2035:  Mission, Vision, Core Values, Portraits (Graduate,
Adult, and System

    Description

  • Soldwedel Consulting offers virtual and non-virtual book studies to
    enhance skills, knowledge and disposition of leaders to reflect on their
    actions and behaviors to ensure organizational health
  • District 101 developed with their leaders attributes that are the foundations of
    student ownership and contribute to success within the classroom and beyond.
    Their adult efforts create educational experiences that cultivate the development
    of these traits.  Further from the attributes they have develop grade level
    progressions that align the attributes to specific grade level expectations
  • Vision 2035: Education Reimagined in LBUSD was developed through the collaborative design work of the Guiding Coalition—a group of 103 individuals, including students, family and community members, and district staff, selected for the diverse communities and perspectives they represent—with input and feedback from the wider Long Beach community in 82 meetings and three surveys. This engagement and design work included explorations of future trends that are likely to impact education; learning journeys (physical and virtual) to schools and other organizations already engaged in reinventing education; and equity-centered design exercises that considered the needs of students, staff, families and community members.

    Success

  • The Advantage: Why
    Organizational Health Trumps
    Everything Else In Business
  • Student Ownership
    Attributes Infographic
    Grade Level Progressions
    for the Attributes
  • Vision 2035: Education
    Reimagined communicates
    the district vision for 2035

Culture & Values

Essential Question

How do you cultivate a healthy organizational climate and culture that enables mission, vision, values and goals to grow and improve?

Reflection Questions before taking survey to look back on where you are

  • Describe the culture of your district.  Describe the climate of your district.  What data did you use to support your description?
  • Describe any culture and/or climate surveys you administer to student and their families.
  • Describe any culture and/or climate surveys you administer to staff both certified and non-certified.
  • What would to tell others outside your district or school are points of pride from the student and their families’ surveys?
  • What would you tell others outside your district or schools are points of pride from the certified and non-certified staff surveys?
  • Do you collect team survey data? If so what did the results tell you and what was done with the results?
  • What structures are in place to promote shared decision making and collaboration among stakeholders?
  • What processes are in place to promote shared decision making and collaboration among stakeholders?
  • Provide a history of what the district has done to promote teamwork (PLCs).  Include training and other support.

Reflection Questions after taking survey to look where you want to be

  • Define the culture and climate of your school or district. What data helps you define it.
  • How do leaders promote a culture of trust, respect, transparency, and commitment?
  • How do leaders together with staff demonstrate agility, flexibility, and a willingness to change to make a positive change in the system?
  • How do leaders promote ownership and commitment to district/school mission, vision, values, and portraits? (the Preferred Future Statement)
  • How do leaders ensure thoughtful applications of the change management principles and practices?
  • How do leaders together with all staff ensure safety and security?
  • How do leaders together with all staff ensure organizational health and well-being?
  • Describe teacher-leader relationships. Describe teacher to teacher relationships. Describe teacher to student relationships.  Describe teacher to family relationships.  Can you share any data to support your description?
  • Do leaders together with staff ensure awareness and consistency of adherence to state policies, practices and procedures?
  • What are you proud of when you think about your contributions and the contributions of others to a positive, safe, nurturing culture and climate?
  • What needs attention when you think about your contributions and the contributions of others to a positive, safe, nurturing culture and climate?

Contact

Contact

Perry Soldwedel
Soldwedel Consulting
LLC

Contact

Sarah Coffey
Superintendent
Western Spring District 101

Contact

Jill A Baker
Superintendent Long
Beach Unified School District

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