Lead Like a PIRATE™:

Learn dynamic strategies to dramatically transform culture and build schools where students and staff run to get in, not out.  This motivational workshop demonstrates how to take the revolutionary ideas from Teach Like a PIRATE and supercharge them for educational leaders.  You will walk away from this program with the courage and practical ideas to become the kind of leader you’ve always hoped you could be.

Through a highly interactive and fun session, participants will learn to:

• Harness  PASSION  and encourage risk-taking in their schools.
• IMMERSE  themselves in the work that makes the biggest impact on student and staff learning.
• Build  RAPPORT  and relationships  grounded in trust.
• ANALYZE  lessons and  ASK  great questions in order to provide rich feedback that helps move learning forward.
• Dramatically  TRANSFORM  school culture.
• Lead  with  ENTHUSIASM  that is contagious.

Leaders will walk away from this workshop with the tools they need to build a PIRATE culture, strategies and a coaching model they can implement tomorrow, and the confidence they need to make school AMAZING.

Through our intense commitment to staying connected, participants can also expect ongoing collaboration and support as they are encouraged to participate in weekly leadership challenges uniquely designed to support them in taking steps to becoming PIRATE leaders.

Make Time to LEAD:

A school leader’s job can feel intimidating and overwhelming at times. It can seem as if the job never ends as if there is so much to do that we can’t possibly get it all done. And sometimes we even feel that as busy as we are, we haven’t really made a big impact. All that can change! In this session, you will learn specific steps, strategies, and systems that will help you take back control of your time. It IS possible to take charge of your daily schedule and prioritize the work that matters most… we will show you how!

Charting a New Course: How to Lead Change Without Capsizing Your Ship

Change in our systems is inevitable. It can be exciting, but no matter how big or how small, change can also be overwhelming and stressful, so how do we lead it? Change isn’t something we can just announce from the podium and then expect things will be different. It is a process, that when implemented well, builds the commitment rather than the compliance of your entire crew. In this session we will dive deep into the strategies, processes, and mindsets that will help YOU expertly navigate the seas of change so it permeates powerfully and positively throughout  your system.

Coach Like a PIRATE: Transform Teaching and Learning Through ANCHOR Conversations

Exceptional coaching is a game-changer! If you want to change the teaching and learning culture in your school, then you need to change the conversations you have you with your crew. In this session,  Lead Like a PIRATE co-author Shelley Burgess will introduce you to a powerful coaching model you can begin to implement tomorrow. Learn how to move from the “fix-it”, judgmental, evaluative conversations that leave teachers feeling defensive and do little to change practice to rich, dynamic, collaborative conversations that supercharge thinking and dramatically transform teaching and learning on your campus.

Topics:

• Principal Effectiveness