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=Frame of Reference = = =
 * What do we want for our students?
 * What do we want our schools to look like?

=//SHIFT HAPPENS// = media type="youtube" key="pMcfrLYDm2U&hl=en" height="355" width="425"
 * If you have not seen this, it will certainly make you look at the future with different glasses:

=//**MORE THAN __50%__**// **__of U.S.__** 21 yr olds have created content on the web = =WOW!!!!=
 * How many of you have participated in Web 2.0? [|Travelblog]


 * Sooooooooo .........what can we do to prepare students for their future.
 * If we keep doing what we have always done, ..........
 * there are conversations going on out there so we need to invite our students to become part of this larger dialogue!


 * [|Mark Prensky]
 * How can [|digital immigrants] teach [|digital natives]???
 * How do digitally illiterate adults work with digitally fluent students?

We don't have to know //EVERYTHING // but we need to be //WILLING TO RISK // if we want to learn //SOMETHING //.

=//WE NEED A PLAN// =
 * whatever we do needs to be pedagogically sound AND fiscally responsible

__//**(1) Curriculum and Instruction**//__

 * work with those teachers that are already exploring innovative teaching (we have many leaders in the district)
 * [|Will Richardson] engages your thinking around how we structure learning in the classroom.

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 * provide in-service and technological support for those that are interested to move beyond information recall
 * The changing face of information by [|Michael Wesch]


 * model sound practice at every opportunity (superintendent meetings, staff meetings, NID's, etc.) in order to foster conversation
 * example at [|Arapahoe High School]: blog of Carl Fisch (creator of //Shift Happens//)


 * challenge students, teachers and families with provocative questions about their future and the shape of learning in that future
 * [|David Warlick] will stretch your thinking in terms of what is important to the students of today and what they need for tomorrow.


 * continue to support those initiatives that people are passionate about (1-1 laptop, DL program (hybrid model), cyberschool, ...)


 * there is NO one answer so there is a tension between pursuing worthy causes and focusing one's energy
 * one area I am pushing is for our DL and classroom teachers to explore ways of capturing what they are doing in class so that students can then access this information synchronously or asynchronously (ie. [|Elluminate Session])


 * listen to those at the ground level (students and teachers)


 * use technology tools to assess and evaluate whether we are doing what we want to be doing (data warehouse)


 * invite our district to participate in the larger dialogue in the online community
 * SD 42 conversation : This is an awesome place to start!!!

__//**(2) District Climate**//__

 * implementing ideas around curriculum and instruction will help foster a positive district climate


 * allowing for all partner groups to be part of the dialogue is key (conference with [|Doug Willms])


 * supporting implementing with resources, both human and technological (Tech Tuesdays)


 * continue to be part of the provincial conversation and partner with those who are moving forward ([|Abbotsford Virtual])


 * continue to support the T-Lite program at SFU (amazing bang for the buck here - note # of teachers in program over last few years!!!) and seek out all other opportunities to partner with university groups


 * Harness the skills and talents of the great team we have!!!!!
 * We have a fantastic team right from the techies who are working to support the IT to the head of IT to the teacher who is working with colleagues around technology in the classroom to the vice principal charged with implementation of district initiatives.

__//**(3) Positive Community Relations**//__

 * continuing to celebrate the district's vision to move forward through their stated goals to support technology and communication [[image:msword.png width="32" height="32" caption="msword.png" link="http://tconnor.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/District%20Goals.doc"]] District Goals.doc


 * create opportunities for the community to experience what is happening in schools and team up with schools (ie. technology fair as an extension of Tech Tuesdays)


 * continued promotion of innovation in schools (much better this year!!!!!!)


 * seek out opportunities for work experience in areas of technology (currently have students from THSS working along side tech department in appropriate capacity)

=Philosophy of Leadership=


 * attempted to implicitly share with you my philosophy of leadership (in some ways you all might know my philosophy better than I do as sometimes we are blind to our own actions and motives)


 * //He that thinketh he leadeth, and hath no one following him, is only taking a walk.// John Maxwell

As a leader, I believe in:
 * shared leadership (I believe in team - Together Everyone Achieves More)


 * modeling the actions and character that we want from those around us
 * I believe in building capacity amongst those with whom we have influence.
 * Being student centered, I need to focus my influence is with teachers and administrators.
 * We can say whatever we want but it is our actions that show people what we believe is important.


 * continuous learning


 * creating a risk taking environment (especially in the classroom as vulnerability is a key component to learning)
 * What are we doing with teachers to help them take risks in this new digital frontier? [|Student Reaching the World]
 * If things are successful, we all celebrate. If they are not, we reflect and learn.

So that brings me to this presentation.
 * Each time we move to a new position in an organization, as much as we believe we are prepared for a job, we still have something to learn.
 * I think that I have proven that each time I have encountered new opportunities, I have shown the capacity to learn and excel.

So what did I do for this interview. ............As a leader in the area of technology, I wanted to MODEL my philosophy instead of just spewing it.


 * What you risk reveals what you value. **[|Jeanette Winterson]**


 * Thus the structure of my presentation. I value learning so, I had some fun and boy did I ever learn alot!!!!!
 * I built my first wiki on Saturday (powerpoint is very passe in techno presentations so had to do the wiki!!!), first blog two days before that.
 * First time I used a smart board was yesterday
 * This was the 2nd time I have set up an elluminate session
 * I truly believe many of our teachers can do the same with incredible results

[|There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.]
 * [|John F. Kennedy] (1917 - 1963)**

=//**I would like to be part of the team that continues to move this district forward with a positive plan of action.**// =