This past weekend three IRE students and one Itasca Community College student attended a Dave Ellis leadership conference titled “21st Century Leadership in Education” in Acton, Massachusetts right outside of Boston. It was held and hosted by Research for Better Teaching at 1 Acton Place. This conference was very personal with approximately forty attendees, most of which were school teachers, administrators, and business professionals.
The layout of this conference was quite different from those that we are used to. We had seven minute lectures followed by discussion, an activity, and then feedback. It was very active and each day was different.
Some of the actions we learned that leaders must take include: repeatedly asking for what you want, provide lots of feedback without reprimand, celebrate constantly, accept and embrace your role as a leader, and create a clear vision just to list a few. We learned how to listen for brilliance in everybody and the process that needs to be taken to find multiple solutions for any problem. We will be able to bring what we learned at this conference back to IRE to share with the other students.
Thank you Research for Better Teaching for hosting the conference and Dave Ellis for such a wonderful learning experience.
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