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Use the group to the change the group! Today’s principals don’t work in isolation—they collaborate and learn within their school and among other schools. The principal of today is a system player who integrates internal and external development and participation in ALL schools. The traditional role and perception of principals as a ‘go-to’ for problems and as micro-managers is passé.

This is topic video 8 of 22.

Topic video 9 will be posted Thursday, March 5th.

… Read more Topic Video: The Role of the Principal

Leadership at ALL levels of the system—school, district, and state— is essential for reform to happen. Getting the lion’s share of these three groups focused on compatible agendas, building capacity, and developing other leaders who can carry on is the key to sustainability.

This is topic video 7 of 22.

Topic video 8 will be posted Thursday, February 26th.

… Read more Topic Video: Leadership at All Levels

A lot of people pay lip service to the notion that all children can learn, but if you look at the evidence, too many students are not graduating from high school. In this video we review the role of pressure and support so that all children DO learn.

This is topic video 6 of 22.

Topic video 7 will be posted Thursday, February 19th.

… Read more Topic Video: Positive Pressure—All Children Can Learn

Sustainability is clearly the most difficult aspect of all change efforts. Successful schools and systems build sustainability into their framework using the three keys outlined in this video.

This is topic video 5 of 22.

Topic video 6 will be posted Thursday, February 12th.

… Read more Topic Video: Sustainability

Top-down doesn’t work and site-based or bottom-up management doesn’t work either. The systems we are working with, like Sanger Unified in California, cultivate partnerships and leadership from the middle to get coherence. They develop a ‘whole system identity’.

This is topic video 4 of 22.

… Read more Topic Video: District-wide Engagement

This powerful term can be interpreted in different ways, but what does pedagogy really mean and why is the new pedagogy having such a great impact?  When integrated with a small number of deep learning goals and accelerated by technology, the outcomes are extraordinary.

This is topic video 3 of 22.

… Read more Topic Video: The New Pedagogy

Accelerate change and break the mold of inertia, stagnation and low moral by creating excitement. This requires recognizing the potential of small changes to have huge impact, especially when there is ‘positive contagion’.

This is topic video 2 of 22.

… Read more Topic Video: The Speed of Quality Change