School Leadership for Adult Development (Drago-Severson)
This instrumental way of knowing is oriented toward learning “rules,” since these “rules” help individuals understand how to perform tasks as a teacher or leader, solve complex problems with students, and engage in dialogue with team members.
What is the “rule-bound self?”
understanding one’s emotions, personal goals and values. This includes accurately assessing one’s strengths and limitations, having positive mindsets, and possessing a well-grounded sense of self-efficacy, and optimism” (p. 9)
What is “Self-awareness”?
This commitment asserts that equity is a foundation for SEL, not an "optional add-on."
What is Make Equity Imperative, Not Optional
The result of a single dose of SEL professional development which does not allow for rapid expansion within a social network.
What are weak ties?
This socializing way of knowing is a person who has developed the capacity to think about thinking, to make generalizations from one context to another, and to reflect on their own and other people’s actions. They are able to subordiratehis or her needs and desires to the needs and desires of others.
What is the “other-focused self?”
“professionals grow in their craft when they are able to view things critically and question the outcomes of their actions” (p. 27).
What is “reflective practice?”
The principle that requires honestly naming and directly addressing the root causes of inequity.
What is the Direct Confrontation Principle?
Shifting strongly held personal beliefs through highly collaborative, sustained, and interactive PLCs.
What are strong ties?
Individuals with this self-authoring way of knowing have grown to take a perspective on their interpersonal context and society’s expectations. They have developed the capacity to control their feelings and emotions; they can discuss their internal states, hold opposing feelings simultaneously, and not be threatened or torn apart by them.
What is the “Reflective self?”
“When teachers cannot enact the values that motivate and sustain their work, demoralization is a common response”25).
What is “demoralization?”
The authors use this term to describe SEL that prioritizes the well-being of the privileged while overlooking the well-being of the marginalized.
What is equity-dysconscious SEL?
Fairness or justice in the way people are treated
What is equity?
The context in and out of which a person grows 一can be created within pillar practices for growth to facilitate adults’ transformational learning, or growth, which signifies a change in their capacities to handle the complexities of their work and lives.
What is a holding environment?
“the ability to handle stress and model caring and culturally competent behaviors with staff and students” (p. 1) and “whose responsibility it is to ensure all staff, students, parents, and community members feel safe, cared for, respected, and valued” (p. 18).
What is “prosocial leadership?”
This formal process, which includes quantitative and qualitative assessments of environmental equity should be part of SEL.
What is an equity audit?
Programs implemented as standalone "add-ons" that focus exclusively on student compliance and self-management.
What is traditional SEL?
Teaming, providing leadership roles, collegial inquiry, and mentoring
What are the four pillar practices for growth?
understanding that adult learners have specific needs and require specific support to pursue lifelong learning: motivate adults to learn: (1) a level of control, (2) a connection to past experiences, (3) a social role that makes learning important, (4) an ability to see immediate relevance, (5) a focus on internal versus external motivators, and (6) an understanding of why the learning is necessary
What is andragogy?
This concept involves interpreting data in ways that blame the victims of inequity rather than the system.
What is gap-gazing?
A space where adults can work together to improve their practice and address their existing biases.
What is a PLC?