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In this months MiddleLeader.com newsletter, I talk about building a success profile and different dimensions of successful middle leadership.

View this email in your browser Prepare Next Year’s Leaders for Success, Now! Unfortunately, the selection process for middle leaders is often limited to only senior leaders and not allotted sufficient time to seek feedback from other relevant stakeholders. This happens because one school year hasn’t finished, but preparations for the next school year have begun. In the myriad pressing tasks, most senior leaders will not take time to critically assess who should be the middle leader, let alone account for the time it takes to prepare middle leaders for their role in the coming year. Even if there is no change in grade-level leader or department head roles, we should not assume the next school year will be business as usual. In fact, NEXT YEAR won’t be anything remotely similar to this year. Read more → Free 12 Statement Team Leadership Survey How bought in is your team to what it is expected to do? Take this short survey and get personalized feedback on how you can help your team to work more collaboratively towards a shared purpose. How to Select Middle Leaders? This webinar focuses on Senior Leaderships' role in selecting Middle Leaders but is also important for current and aspiring Middle Leaders to ensure they are asking the right questions and setting the appropriate expectations for their role. Overcome these common obstacles to leading teams effectively Problem #1 All too often we label teachers as leaders but don’t empower them with a clear vision of what we expect them to do and how to do it. This self-guided book study will help you: Broaden your perspective on the leadership skills and attributes required to succeed as a leader in your school. Surface new ideas for leading collaboration that will improve teaching and learning across the school. Ensure buy-in to large initiatives that stretch the capacity of leaders across the school. Ensure middle leaders align top-level objectives of senior leaders with the needs and interests of their team members. Create a forum for job-embedded professional development that holds leaders across the school accountable for identifying, understanding, and overcoming shared challenges. Problem #2 Teacher leaders often need to overcome a myriad of challenges within their team, which aren’t always transparent and surface much later in the school year. This self-guided leadership book study will help you: Align with senior leaders to ensure their active support. Understand how to set goals that align the objectives of senior leaders with the needs and interests of team members. Develop a Sandbox for teachers to collaborate free from distractions and obstacles that prevent transformational collaboration, including the obstacle of time.  Understand how teams develop in stages and how the role of a team leader changes each stage. Understand how to mitigate difficult behaviors and engage in professional learning conversations that build consensus on moving forward. Use my self-guided book study to prepare for next year Who Should Lead: 3 Dimensions for Successful Middle Leadership Michael interviews Emre Demokan, former Head of Recruitment for Microsoft China, to learn about best practices for the recruitment and interviewing process to select middle leaders. Leading Effective Teams: For New and Aspiring Teacher Leaders Facilitated by Michael Iannini Apr 17 - May 15 | Online This course will instruct participants on how to foster greater interdependency among team members and develop a sustainable collaborative team culture. FREE Goal Setting Master Class This FREE Master Class is designed to ensure you develop yourself as a leader and encourage you to work interdependently with peers and senior leaders to achieve transformative goals. Copyright © 2021 Middleleader.com, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.