STEWARDSHIP

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STEWARDSHIP

• Policy Making/Advocacy A Certain (Advanced?)
  Kind of Stewardship

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STEWARDSHIP

• QUOTES TO CONSIDER Rank the Degree to which each
  quote speaks to you in terms of your
  understanding of STEWARDSHIP
• 1 NOT ME
• 3 SORTA LIKE ME
• 5 BULLSEYE

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STEWARDSHIP

• Quote 1 Things dont just happen. They are
  made to happen. JFK
• Quote 2 The best time to make friends is
  before you need them. LBJ
• Quote 3 Luck is what happens when preparation
  meets opportunity. Lombardi

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STEWARDSHIP

• Quote 4 Ideas are great arrows, but the must
  have a bow. Politics is the bow of idealism.
  Bill Moyers
• Quote 5 Apathy can only be overcome by
  enthusiasm and enthusiasm can only be aroused by
  two things first, an ideal which takes the
  imagination by storm, and second, a definite,
  intelligible plan for carrying that ideal into
  practice. Arnold Toynbee

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STEWARDSHIP

• Quote 6 People are always blaming their
  circumstances for what they are. I dont believe
  in circumstances. They people who get on in this
  word are the people who get up and look for the
  circumstances they want, and if they cant find
  them, make them. George Bernard Shaw
• Quote 7 The usual way for change to happen is
  for a band of angels to descend from heaven and
  do it. The miraculous route is for us to do it
  ourselves. Author Unknown

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Stewardship

• Quote 1 JFK
• Quote 2 LBJ
• Quote 3 Lombardi
• Quote 4 Moyers
• Quote 5 Toynbee
• Quote 6 Shaw
• Quote 7 Unknown

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Advocacy/Influencing Policy

• Insights from Nick Michelli

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Advocacy/Influencing Policy

• Premises of Responsibility and Political
  Involvement

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Advocacy/Influencing Policy

• Premise 1 We have a responsibility to be as
  clear as we can about what we stand for, what the
  unit we lead or work in stands for, and to
  develop a shared vision.

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Advocacy/Influencing Policy

• Premise 2 We have a responsibility to know the
  public policy issues, how they are shaped, and
  how they affect our beliefs and commitments.

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Advocacy/Influencing Policy

• Premise 3 We have a responsibility to seek to
  influence policy.
• Premise 4 We must educate our colleagues to
  understand the forces that effect policy and
  support their efforts to influence policy.

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Advocacy/Influencing Policy

• Premise 5 We must educate superintendents,
  provosts, and presidents regarding our obligation
  to influence public policy.
• Premise 6 Ultimately, our moral responsibility
  is to childrenwe must be able to justify our
  positions/actions in the context of kids best
  interests.

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Advocacy/Influencing Policy

• Principles for Active Involvement in the Policy
  Arena

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Advocacy/Influencing Policy

• Principle 1 Know what you stand for. What is
  your/our vision? Is it a shared vision? With whom
  is it shared?
• Principle 2 Be clear about the intersection of
  the issue and your beliefs. What is your/our
  ethical bottom line?

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Advocacy/Influencing Policy

• Principle 3 Know where policies are that affect
  your beliefs, vision, and goals. Know who makes
  the policies and influences them.
• Principle 4 Dont claim to represent a larger
  constituency than you really do.

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Advocacy/Influencing Policy

• Principle 5 Get allies if you can, but know the
  limits of your agreement.
• Principle 6 Be prepared to argue for your
  position, and to compromise. Know when to
  compromise and when to bail out.

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Advocacy/Influencing Policy

• Principle 7 Dont hold grudges if possible.
  Mend fences.
• Principle 8 Get and use the data to show why
  the policy is needed and later that it made a
  difference.
• Principle 9 Dont forget the children.

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Advocacy/Influencing Policy

• A certain kind of STEWARDSHIPWe MUST do this?

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Advocacy/Influencing Policy

• Questions to Explore
• Are there educational policies AND/OR educational
  regularities that are wrong for kids and wrong
  for teachers?
• What about NCLB?
• What about kids and teachers staying together
  longer?
• What about lunchtime traditions?