I will be leading a discussion on your 8 Mind Frames and how to integrate them into our practice so that we can foster collective teacher efficacy. Any insight or words of wisdom to share with a group of 16 educational leaders in training?

“We now have decided on 10 Mindframes (in the recently released book of same title). But certainly, the previous 8 are in there in some way. Love you are in “training” – given I did my training (Ph.D.) at University of Toronto and recall those days with pleasure. In many ways there is one mindframe repeated 9 different ways – when you walk into a staffroom your role is to know your impact – which means creating listening time, seeing how others interpreted your messages, helping teachers see their impact, creating collaborative communities that are safe and high trust to work through the key questions – what do we mean by impact, who is getting this impact, and what do we collectively mean by a year’s growth for a year’s input? And then creating the resources to enact this. Your greatest power as a leader is you can choose the narrative in your school – and please make it about impact. Ask the students if they feel this impact – they are pretty sharp at knowing if they are learning – and enjoy the role you have chosen.  Frequently stop and smell the roses of your impact” (John Hattie, personal communication, July 11, 2018).