{"id":4760,"date":"2018-01-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-22T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/cw_post\/distributed-leadership-at-kettle-moraine\/"},"modified":"2020-02-05T13:04:03","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T18:04:03","slug":"distributed-leadership-at-kettle-moraine","status":"publish","type":"cw_post","link":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/cw_post\/distributed-leadership-at-kettle-moraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Distributed Leadership at Kettle Moraine"},"content":{"rendered":"

This article is part of a series on personalized, proficiency-based education in Wisconsin and the ninth in a ten-part series on Kettle Moraine. Please read the\u00a0first post<\/a>\u00a0on Kettle Moraine before continuing to read this post, as it will prepare you to fully take advantage of the ideas and resources shared in this series.<\/i><\/p>\n

\"\"Everyone is a learner at Kettle Moraine. And with the distributed leadership model, everyone can be a leader. Currently, 10 percent of the educators are recognized as leaders of teacher teams. There are several ways that KM is developing leadership. (You can listen directly to Superintendent Pat DeKlotz, Assist Superintendent Theresa Ewald, and teacher leaders talk about\u00a0<\/span>distributed leadership<\/span><\/a> on the second video in the left hand column.)<\/span><\/p>\n

Tools for Distributing Leadership<\/b><\/p>\n

DeKlotz described a number of techniques that she and Ewald used to engage educators, to help build a shared understanding of the strategic vision for the district, and, listen for coaching opportunities when there were misconceptions or narrow understanding of what personalized learning means. These tools or techniques included: \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n