Systemic Change – What kind of leadership is needed?
Tag archives for Adaptive Leadership
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Leading for Powerful Learning
The quotes below are from a book titled: Leading for Powerful Learning: A Guide for Instructional Leaders by Angela Breidenstein, Kevin Fahey, Carl Glickman and Frances Hensley (2012) from Teachers College Press. This is a good book for any and all formal and informal school leaders who 1) want to be part of schools that [...]
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Reflective, Collaborative Dialogue and Action Around Effective Teaching and Learning
If we care about the education of today’s youth it behooves us to take adult learning seriously. We adults can learn our way into the future or we can hold onto the status quo in our classrooms/schools or we can defer to the massive network of sales people promoting a multitude of educational products. I [...]
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A Snapshot of Where American Technology Education Fits in Globally
These are the rankings for the top colleges from around the world that competed in the international Collegiate Programming Contest in 2012. Students from universities from around the world competed for bragging rights and prizes at The 36th Annual ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest World Finals sponsored by IBM on May of 2012. The contest pits [...]
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It is time for an open conversation about education!
Turning over public assets, disregarding teachers voices and placing products (tests) above all else is, from my perspective, misguided policy. We all need to stop and think about what we want for our children and [...]
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More Students Learning at Higher Levels: Leveraging Technology!
Do we want to be part of a society where education truly benefits all? Where education can lead toward upward mobility? Do we want more students learning at higher levels? How can we as a society dramatically increase the numbers of young people who achieve at high levels in language arts, math, science and social [...]
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Educators will face conflict – How we meet it matters!!!!
Conflict can lead to positive shared conclusions. Today’s post has words like: ‘war’ and ‘violence’ in it because those words are those words are the words of the author I am quoting. They conjure up ‘jarring’ concepts. Conflict is ‘jarring’. Conflict is present in around the work of schools. School leaders can hope the disagreements [...]
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Leading the Work of Creating the Healthiest School Environments Possible
For optimal learning to transpire schools must be safe places. As leaders we are responsible for “safety” above other missions. How do you feel about being responsible for school safety as it relates to bullying and specifically – cyber-bullying? Let’s think about what schools can do to be intentional about being environments safe from bullying. [...]
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C = D x V x F > R
If You Are Interested In Organizational Change, You’ll Be Interested In Richard Beckhard’s Famous Equation C = D x V x F > R Change = Dissatisfaction X Vision X First Steps > Resistance C = Change What change do you want for your organization or for yourself? D = Dissatisfaction with Current Situation On [...]
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