ANALYTIC PROCESSES FOR

SCHOOL LEADERS

Building district and school leadership capacity for

resolving significant and challenging issues

What Leaders Must Do

The increasing complexity of educational issues and environments require school leaders to effectively address complex problems, involve stakeholders, utilize relevant data, develop and implement innovative solutions to persistent problems, proactively confront conflict-laden situations, articulate the rationale behind decisions, and develop the capacity for these skills within their district.

While some people acquire these skills through trial and error, learning through experience alone can be costly. Leaders can be taught how to plan for and facilitate effective approaches for resolving tough issues and a process for monitoring both the fiscal and operational results of the implemented solutions.

Leaders who use our proven, research-based approaches to plan for and facilitate issue resolution learn how to:

• Make decisions that articulate and support desired ends, creatively consider possible options, and guard against potential risks
• Develop powerful solutions to complex problems
• Plan for successful implementation of changes, policies, and initiatives
• Monitor solution plans for expected fiscal and operational results
• Build commitment from diverse stakeholders through participation in decision making and issue resolution
• Use a common language and approach to enhance communication and decision making
• Justify recommendations through data and documentation and maximize the likelihood recommendations are accepted
• Engender confidence from Boards, communities and other publics through the use of tools that make logic visible and provide a venue for participation
• Break down large concerns into manageable pieces
• Handle conflict in a proactive, productive way

Who Should Attend

This workshop is recommended for administrative teams and school and district leaders, including superintendents, central office and site-based administrators, board members, and aspiring leaders.  Providing a common language and approach helps build a high-performing team.

Learn about proven, research-based approaches that help you organize information, use experience, and improve judgment to solve complex problems and make prudent decisions.

Situation Appraisal	Decision Analysis	Potential Problem Analysis
Helps break complex situations into prioritized components which put the right people working on the right things. Situation Appraisal is used to: Handle conflict over something that has happened Air stakeholder concerns regarding a particular issue Prepare for a major new initiative Examine a complex, important issue (e.g., declining enrollment and school reconfiguration, school violence, student achievement, etc.)	Helps make choices by establishing a set of criteria to use in evaluating options, pinpointing the data needed, identifying and evaluating an appropriate range of options, and considering the risks. Decision Analysis is used to: Make high-visibility, difficult choices (e.g., those around school closings, budget cuts, programs, etc.) Make organizational decisions (e.g., hiring, scheduling, etc.) Help groups make recommendations (e.g., textbook selection, etc.)	Helps ensure the success of upcoming events, plans or changes by identifying the problems that might arise and the actions that can be taken to prevent problems and/or minimize impact should problems occur. Potential Problem Analysis is used to: Implement new programs, changes, and initiatives (e.g., new policies, mandates, etc.) Prepare for a significant upcoming event (e.g., opening day, an important meeting, accreditation review, etc.)

The two day training includes training in these three analytic processes.  The three and four day session includes all the analytic process training in the two day session plus skill development in project planning and monitoring for results.

These skills have been adapted from the work of Kepner-Tregoe, an international management consulting firm founded in 1958.  These same skills have been used by more than 1,400 of the world’s most influential organizations including: Corning, Federal Express, Harley-Davidson, Hewlett-Packard, Honda, Johnson & Johnson, NASA, Lockheed-Martin, Eastman Kodak, and SONY. 

Don’t Ignore Success

“The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.  They have either lost confidence that you can help them or concluded that you do not care.  Either case is a failure of leadership.”
                                                                                                                         Colin Powell

References

The following district Superintendents offer their positive recommendations for Robert Klempen’s Analytic Processes for School Leaders:

Dr. Dennis Smith, Placentia Yorba-Linda USD; Dr. Sharon McHolland, Orcutt USD; Mark McKinney, Hesperia USD; Dr. David Verdugo, Paramount USD.

Presenter

Robert Klempen

Date, Time and Location

Monday, February 22-Tuesday, February 23

8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Fairfield, California

Monday, March 15-Tuesday, March 16

8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Los Angeles Metro Area

(Specific Location TBA)

Cost

_$450 per person ($400 per person if more than one person attends from the same district.)
_Cancellations prior to March 10 will be subject to a $50 fee.
_Cancellations after March 10 and "No Shows" will be subject to the full registration fee.)
_All materials included
_Breakfast and lunch included

Registration

To register for this workshop, submit the registration form online, email to workshops@totalschoolsolutions.net, or fax the form below to (707) 422-6494:

Registration Forms