30th AESA Annual Conference Know Yourself to Lead Yourself, Building Leadership Capacity WHO are We? National Joint Powers Alliance Mission Statement: To Build Valued Relationships, Deliver Innovative Solutions with Integrity, and Exceed the Expectations of our Members • Service Cooperative in Central MN • Focus on Services • Funding Resources are Self-generated “ “The world does not have a shortage of leaders; we have a shortage of the ” right kind of leaders. Humble, Smart, and Hungry.” — Jeremie Kubicek, Co-Founder GiANT WORLDWIDE 3 The Importance of Building Leadership Capacity GOALS FOR TODAY • Describe The Importance of Relationships in Building Relationships • Identify Needs For Leadership • Address The Need to Build Leadership Capacity WHY? The Focus on Leadership • School Success Rates • Impact of Leadership on Student Achievement • Common Leadership Language • Collective Efficacy/Commitment • Collaborative Network • High Quality and Scalable WHY? The Broader Needs • Programming for City and Counties • Recognition of similar needs with this Group of Leaders • Opportunity to create Synergy between Community, Government and School Leaders Strategically Planning for Building Leadership Capacity HOW? Program Development • Implemented the GiANT Toolkit to increase our own service cooperative capacity with common leadership language • Broadened service cooperative leadership to interface with our partners in school, cities and counties