How the leader profiles for SEND International were developed.

1. SEND Leader Profiles How were they developed?

2. Questions SEND U sought to address What should leadership training for SEND International look like? What should SEND U try to accomplish in leadership training? What is our desired outcome?

3. Profiling workshop December 4-5, 2008 at the International Office, Farmington Workshop facilitator: Dr. Robert Ferris Workshop participants: Warren Janzen, Phil Baur, Janet Kunnecke, Andy Spradley, Inel Slater, Gary Griffith, Phil Burns, TeenaEmbaugh, James Aberin, Larry Salisbury, Ken Guenther

4. Questions for the workshop What character qualities do effective SEND leaders demonstrate? What skills do effective SEND leaders have? To develop these qualities and skills, what does a SEND leader need to know?

5. Two profiles Team leader Area director The Area Director profile a few additional qualities & skills Team Leader profile

6. Further work on profiles Added a couple of qualities we had missed Presented the profile graphically

7. Leader in relationship to:

8. Using the profile To determine the content for the SEND leadership training curriculum To evaluate the effectiveness of leadership training To help individual leaders decide what areas they need to work on