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Collective Leader Efficacy: Strengthening Instructional Leadership Teams
with Peter DeWitt

Collective leader efficacy (CLE) is a shared conviction among a school leadership team that they can improve the learning environment for all students. Unfortunately, many school leadership teams lack that conviction because they never took time to be intentional about their focus.”.

In this multiple day webinar, Peter DeWitt, E.D. provides the research, explains the drivers, and engages participants in the cycle of inquiry that will help leadership teams develop collective leader efficacy as a leadership team. This workshop is for teams (PLC, department, School-based).

During the webinars, all teams will have to commit to 3 drivers, 2 roles for their team, and 1 goal as a team that they develop during a cycle of inquiry. There will be ample time for teams to engage in learning with one another, as well as work collaboratively around protocols. At the end of each session, teams will agree to actionable steps they can engage in when they go back to school.

Participant outcomes:

• Define collective leader efficacy (CLE)
• Develop an understanding of how leadership teams should function
• Define the drivers necessary to develop collective leader efficacy as a team
• Engage in a cycle of inquiry where they can define a theory of action
• Develop a program logic model to help them plan actionable steps


Peter DeWitt

Peter DeWitt (Ed.D) is a former teacher (11 years) and principal (8 years) who facilitates workshops and provides keynotes nationally and internationally focusing on leadership, coaching and fostering inclusive school climates. DeWitt’s work has been adopted at the university, state level and national level, and he works with numerous districts, ministries of education, school boards, regional and state organizations where he trains leadership teams and coaches building leaders.

Peter is the author of several books including Collaborative Leadership: 6 Influences That Matter Most (Corwin Press/Learning Forward) and School Climate: Leading with Collective Efficacy (Corwin Press/Ontario Principals Council. 2017), Coach It Further: Using the Art of Coaching to Improve School Leadership (Corwin Press. 2018), Instructional Leadership: Creating Practice Out of Theory (Corwin Press. 2020), Collective Leader Efficacy: Strengthening Instructional Leadership Teams (Corwin Press/Learning Forward. 2021), and The De-Implementation Handbook: Decluttering Our Low Value Practices (Corwin Press. 2022).

His articles have appeared in education journals at the state, national and international level, and he has presented at forums, conferences, and panel discussions at state, national and international conferences. Some of the highlights has been to present for the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP), ASCD and NBC's Education Nation.






Each Webinar will include:

•  Pre-session opportunity to send questions to Peter
•  Q&A time during the session using the Chat Bar
•  Online live with Peter Dewitt
•  ACEL Webinar support team
•  Journal Articles for pre-reading and to review later



Attending the Webinars

You will be emailed a personal link to each webinar the day prior to the event. It is advised that you attend the webinar 10 minutes before commencement to avoid missing any content.

If you have any questions please contact [email protected] or call 02 8396 0800.

Webinar 1:
Collective Leader Efficacy – Coming together as a school team


Date:
Wednesday 10th August 2022


Time:
9:30am [NSW, VIC, TAS, ACT, QLD]
9:00am [SA, NT]
7:30am [WA]
11:30am [New Zealand]

Duration:
1.5 Hours

• Develop success criteria with participants. Peter has success criteria, but also finds it beneficial to develop success criteria with the audience as well.
• Video – Dare to Disagree (Margaret Heffernan). The reason for showing this very powerful Ted Talk is due to the fact that it focuses on the importance of not having echo chambers around the table.
• The day begins by focusing on 3 drivers, 2 roles and 1 goal. After watching the Heffernan video, participants will be asked to define 3 beliefs they have when it comes to education, students and learning. We will reflect on those in webinars 2 and 3 and use them to define a goal.
• Teams learn about the research behind collective leader efficacy.
• Teams engage in discussions about roles. Participants will be asked to commit to 2 roles.

Homework: Be prepared to share evidence of collective leader efficacy in a breakout room at our next webinar.


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Webinar 2:
What are the drivers for a successful team?


Date:
Thursday 25th August 2022


Time:
9:30am [NSW, VIC, TAS, ACT, QLD]
9:00am [SA, NT]
7:30am [WA]
11:30am [New Zealand]

Duration:
1.5 Hours

We will engage in a breakout session where participants will share their evidence of collective leader efficacy.

As a group, we will engage in learning about 4 of the 8 drivers necessary to develop as a team. Those drivers are:

• Mindset
• Wellbeing
• Professional learning and development
• Working conditions

Homework: Choose 1 or 2 drivers to commit to, and at our next session, bring some evidence of how your team is engaging in those drivers.

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Webinar 3:
Gaining the Confidence to Work in Collectives


Date:
Thursday 8th September 2022


Time:
9:30am [NSW, VIC, TAS, ACT, QLD]
9:00am [SA, NT]
7:30am [WA]
11:30am [New Zealand]

Duration:
1.5 Hours

We will engage in a breakout room where participants will share some evidence/insight into how they are engaging in their chosen driver.

As a group, we will engage in learning about 4 of the 8 drivers necessary to develop as a team. Those drivers are:

• Context beliefs
• Organisational commitment
• Skills to work in collectives
• Confidence to work in collectives

Processing time will be given for each driver. Participants will be asked to commit to 3 drivers to focus on for their team.

Homework: Choose 1 or 2 drivers to commit to, and at our next session, bring some evidence of how your team is engaging in those drivers.


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Webinar 4:
Engaging in a Cycle of Inquiry / Evidence of Impact


Date:
Thursday 22nd September 2022


Time:
9:30am [NSW, VIC, TAS, ACT, QLD]
9:00am [SA, NT]
7:30am [WA]
11:30am [New Zealand]

Duration:
1.5 Hours

We will engage in a breakout room where participants will share some evidence/insight into how they are engaging in their chosen driver.

• Develop – Develop a goal they want to work on as a team
• Explore – Explore how they are doing that work already
• Professional learning and development
• Inquire – Define: Inquiry statement and Theory of action
• Plan: Use a program logic model to plan their implementation
• Implement: Define 3 actions they will engage in to achieve their theory of action
• Reflect – Define evidence to understand their impact

The team will walk away with a defined goal as a team.

Planning/Implementation/Evaluate: In this session, teams must share evidence, plan for future implementation/de-implementation, and then discuss the evidence that will be collected.

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