Making Changes without Capsizing your ship
Change is a process, not a one-time event.
What is complex change?
These two media are among the most effective ways to engage the community.
What are Instagram and Facebook?
Students are my primary clients.
Who are teachers?
It took over a year to fully implement the Common Core Standard.
What is full implementation?
Most people form opinions about schools based on what they hear.
What is truth?
Teachers and staff are my primary clients!
Who are school leaders?
Learn deeply and work together to infuse different curriculum.
What is a starting point and getting good at it?
Principals and other site leaders are my primary clients.
Who are central-office administrators?
Introducing a new initiative and asking all of the educators to make changes and do things differently.
What is fostering an environment of collaboration and learning?
No new initiative is perfect and no change occurs without mishaps.
What is understanding the big picture and focusing on the good of the initiative?