The final day of ULearn got off to a slow start after the fabulous party the evening before, and the necessity of packing.
Chris Clay of Mindlab had the difficult task of trying to get a discussion going in an area far more suited to lecture style presentation. He managed to share several things that I now need to go away and explore further.
- Innovation Killer book by Cynthia Barton Rabe 2006.
- What you know mimics what you expect.
- Zero gravity thinkers - work in the enviro but not constrained by.
- Find space to be innovative - think guerrilla gardening and apply to classroom programme.
- If innovation means we are temporarily incompetent because it's new then continuous innovation means continuous incompetence. - from Intl monitoring ???
- PD & PL means coming to grips with feeling uncertain - all the time!
- the Agile school - Agile as in computer programming methodology.
What do I take from this?
- Need to read up further but time / squashed curriculum is not an answer if we think Guerrilla Gardening.
- Are those who sit through PD and undertake no PL wanting a certain world?
My second session of the day managed to tie together many strands of my thinking over the 3 days of ULearn. I will blog about that separately.
Mary Anne Murphy ran a session on Coaching Conversations for Educational Leaders. She comes to it with a background in NLP coaching and mBrain concept.
- linked Head/Heart/Gut of mBrain to Dilt's pyramid.
- Head brain for creativity - cognitive, perception, pattern recognition.
- Heart brain for compassion - emote values, relational, affective,
- Enteric (gut) brain for courage - core identity, who I am, self preservation, mobilisation.
- get all 3 in balance.
- watch where hands are - clue to which 'heart' is in use / or dominant.
- change needed? - in gut area - relates to Dilt's purpose & identity.
- analogy for entering conversations - we bring baggage, leave it on our backs/shoulders behind us and leave a blank open space between people.
- Active listening - instead of repeating what been said - cherry pick and gift back. questions come later.
- Never ask why or ask leading question.
- Questions to ask:
Finally she shared a way of setting goals.
- PERFECT outcomes - deeper and more compelling than SMART goals
- Positively Stated - if negatively stated as "If you didn't have xxx what would you have instead?"
- Evidence Procedure
- how will you know your're on track to success?
- How will you know you have (outcome), what will you see, hear, and feel that will let you know you have it?
- imagine stepping into your body at the time you have (outcome) and experience it fully now. What are you seeing, hearing and feeling?
- What are you saying to yourself?
- Are there any tastes or smells associated with having (outcome)?
- You should see a shift in physiology.
- Resources Identified
- what resources do you currently have to achieve (outcome)? think in terms of personal qualities, as well as thing like equipment, money, vehicles & people.
- Are there other resources it might b useful for you to acquire?
- Fundamental Steps Identified and Achievable
- What are the first steps you are going to take now to get what you want? List 4-5 steps.
- Ecological
- check that the outcome is sound and desirable.
- what will you gain when you have (outcome)?
- What will you lose when you have (outcome)? see below
- What are you gaining now, by not having (outcome)? Are there any areas you don't want it to affect?
- Does having (outcome) give you more choices in your life?
- Where or in what context do you want to have (outcome) ? Are there any areas you don't want it to affect?
- (Optional see above) How can you overcome this and still achieve (outcome)?
- what are the consequences of not achieving (outcome)?
- How does (outcome) fit with any other goals or outcomes you may have?
- Control and Congruence
- Is the outcome initiated by you and are you prepared to do what it takes to achieve and maintain the outcome?
- what do you personally need to do to achieve (outcome)?
- Do you need to persuade others to help? How will you do this?
- Do you believe (outcome) is possible and achievable?
- Does (outcome) fit with your values in this area?
- Time and Dated
- By what date and time will you have achieved (outcome)? Include the year.
- When will you start?
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