These stories need to be shared, to offer hope for our profession, and contribute to the well-being of students and communities alike.
Rising Leaders’ Guide to Change and Innovation: Lead from the Cutting Edge
What makes technology unique is that it intimidates some school leaders who believe themselves to be incompetent, are afraid to vulnerably learn, and prefer to leave this instruction in the hands of the technology expert. But this year proved that if leaders are going to lead, they need to understand their school’s technology and its capabilities.
Rising Leaders’ Guide to Change and Innovation: Challenges to Tradition
Schools take great risks when they quash innovation. To go nowhere is to go backwards. Though the desire to protect a school’s tradition and fear of the unknown are common, they can prevent good changes, as well as stifle growth and improvement.
Innovation: Moving Beyond Debate to Constructive Action
What is Innovation? When you think of the word “innovation,” what images or ideas come to mind? This is not a rhetorical question! Invoking the word “innovation” in education is a bit like challenging someone to a Rorschach test. When you look at the ink blot formed by the letters of that word, what do you see—and what do you … Read More