Day 3, Saturday, June 18th

Our first session was on "building leadership capacity". This is especially interesting to me. Our speaker talked about "learning and leading together", and about co-learners, co-members and co-leaders instead of a hierarchical organization. It was all about having a shared vision, reciprocity, engaging each other, the process of inquiery, participation, knowledge construction and reflection.

•  "When we equate the powerful concept of leadership with one person, we limit ourselves and others' participation. Dependency on a single person is doomed to failure."
 
• "Everyone has the potential and right to work as a leader. We all have leadership capacities." 
• "Leaders recognize the redistribution of power and authority"

Constructivist leaders:

• seek and value others' POV
• construct meaning thru reflection and dialogue
• structure the life of the organization around the big picture, not a single event

How is this done?

• Modeling
• coaching
• scaffolding
• articulation
• reflection

(sounds like teaching principles, doesn't it?)