Make School Different: Digital leadership & Transformation
Just a quote on an image today… I think a good quote can jog our thinking, and this one will. (You can also click on the image to make it larger....) “Collecting data on human learning based on children’s learning in school is like collecting data … [Continue reading]
We’ll make this short today. But while short, lots to think about… This article resonated with me: Why does it take programmatic shifts to implement CBE? A school & vendor partnership Why? ..you ask. Because they understand that … [Continue reading]
The Pareto Principle states that a small amount of some phenomenon causes a disproportionately large effect. It’s sometimes referred to as the 80/20 rule. From our work and conversations with school leaders on the Shift Your Paradigm podcast, … [Continue reading]
In the last week I came across an article that prompted my thinking about leadership in the learner-centered paradigm: From 7 Superintendents: What 2020 Taught Us About Leading. It’s a quick read… đź“– And don’t worry...you can extract meaning from … [Continue reading]
Video Wednesday! đź“˝ Last month, the OECD (The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), an international organization, published an interesting future-focused report: Back to the future of education: Four OECD Scenarios for … [Continue reading]
#16 of 60: Learn, unlearn, relearn: How do we rethink leadership to meet the needs of learners and society? 🤔🤔🤔 In yesterday’s post we explored rethinking the role of teacher. In this post, you guessed it, we take a look at some work being done to … [Continue reading]
Late in 2020, we saw the release of the 2nd Edition of the Educator Competencies for Personalized, Learner-Centered Teaching. Couple of observations….đź‘€ First, a human-centered thread is obvious. Instead of focusing solely on the technical … [Continue reading]
I spent some time over the last few days re-reading the comments/interactions in all of the posts over the past two weeks. (Thank you for engaging in these important conversations! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻) I’m finding a theme of flourishing woven throughout the … [Continue reading]
Earlier in the #60daychallenge I referenced The Adaptation Advantage by Heather McGowen and Chris Shipley. One of my favorite components of the book are the charts đź“Š. Early on the authors share two contrasting charts representing the impact of … [Continue reading]
Last week, I ran across an article originally published in October 2020. The title resonates with our work here:" Educator as futurist: Moving beyond “Preparing for the Future” to “Shaping the Future” This sentence below and the later question, … [Continue reading]