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new school rules: a changemaker’s guide to innovation

written by tom vander ark | feb 8, 2018 8:00:00 am

in high functioning schools and systems, leaders play four important roles: governance, operations, community building and change leadership. as el paso superintendent juan cabrera and i discussed in a recent post, each of these roles can feel like a full-time job.

just maintaining the status quo (governance and operations) are complex and politically charged roles. mobilizing collective community action to better supports youth and families can be an enormous lift–and school leaders almost always have a role in making it happen.

but it’s the changemaker role where there is a big opportunity for contribution. building an improvement and innovation agenda is complex work. it combines technical solutions (proven methods applied to known situations) and adaptive solutions (designed approaches often including new tools). this is the stuff they didn’t teach you in graduate school (at least not most of them) but it’s where you can really make a difference for your community.


that’s why we were so excited for the release of 
卡塔尔世界杯32强比赛时间  by anthony kim, ceo of 瑞士vs喀麦隆亚盘赔率 . for school system heads, it’s the best changemaker’s guide out there.


 this article originally appeared on getting smart. access the full article here.