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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
In today’s video, Michael Fullan discusses the importance of building monitoring into the learning experience while simultaneously being open to innovation, especially technology.
This is topic video 1 of 22.
Starting January 8th we will be posting weekly videos every Thursday for 22 weeks. These short topic clips, 2-3 minutes each, feature Michael Fullan and capture educators on site. They are real life examples suitable for teachers, principals, and administrators, designed and filmed to illustrate ‘motion leadership in action’.
We hope you enjoy them and look forward to your feedback!
International School Leadership is offering a series of free online webinars. The webinars feature principal training program conversations abroad, and interviews with members of their advisory committee including:
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Filmed at the Building Learning Communities conference in Boston, Michael talks about the role of the principal and the three strategies they need to practice to move forward. Fullan says that for principals to have impact they need to participate as lead learners, contribute as system players, and develop push and pull skills to be effective change agents.
July 2014
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