Management typically has clearly defined processes to follow. There’s usually little variation in the path to resolve an issue and arrive at a solution. I often refer to this as checklist leadership––what have we always done?; just do it following the previously defined map. Making sure attendance calls go out for students that were late. […]
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Changing Processes Through Inquiry
If you performed a search on this blog using the word inquiry, you’d notice that I use that word frequently. The most effective leaders are inquirers into their organizations and their practice. It’s critical for learning. As Harvard professor Eric Mazur once said, “The key to learning is to ask the right question.” So how […]
The one action all educators must take to fuel the classroom shift to inquiry…
I read a post the other day from Ross Cooper titled Inquiry is king. Here’s why… In any progressive vision for learning where students exercise agency, inquiry is a non-negotiable, and this needs to be the direction where we are headed for our schools and classrooms. I do wonder, though, how we as educators are […]
Reflective Inquiry and Action – A Model for Leadership Inquiry
One of the most effective ways to create a learning organization is to model it. When leaders are faced with the “Oh, no! I have no idea what to do because I’m confused” moment, they often respond in a reflexive manner, trying to preserve their authority, meet the communities broader expectation of “leadership” and ultimately […]
How do we model inquiry as organizations?
5 Ways to Help Your Students Become Better Questioners: The humble question is an indispensable tool: the spade that helps us dig for truth, or the flashlight that illuminates surrounding darkness. Questioning helps us learn, explore the unknown, and adapt to change. That makes it a most precious “app” today, in a world where everything […]
What does it mean to lead from an inquiry stance?
Leading from an inquiry stance is grounded in the practitioner’s desire to bring about change – a change in their own practice. The need for change is uncovered as a result of an open mindset and the never-ending quest to problematize practice. Leaders who embrace an inquiry stance are relentless about seeking out ways to […]
Inquiry as part of the solution
How much student and teacher inquiry is currently going on in our classrooms? Does the current structure of our educational system promote or stifle inquiry? Over the past semester, I’ve had the opportunity to work with a group of practicing teachers on a course (new for me), Teacher as Inquirer at Moravian College. The course […]
#59 of 60: What can we learn about leadership from a Maestro? 🤔
Having spent several decades in formal and informal leadership roles, I’ve been reflecting on who I am as a leader and what I value as I work to transform schooling. I’ve come to realize that much of who I am as a leader and someone who is driven to transform our current system of schooling […]
#58 of 60: Is your response to pushback working? 🤔
I don’t know about you, but sometimes I feel like a solitary voice in a crowd of standardization when I have conversations with people about transforming schooling to be more human-centered. On a recent Knowledge Project podcast, host Shane Parrish interviewed Roger Martin, former Dean of the Rotman School of Management at the University of […]
#57 of 60: Have you agreed to be inside the box? 🤔
I teach a college course titled Teacher as Inquirer. Throughout the course we experience the conditions of being a better educational practitioner through inquiry into our own practice and the act of helping our learners be better inquirers. One of our final activities together is to watch this 4 minute video: The life-changing act of […]
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