Posts Tagged ‘leadership’
Review: Equity Focused Leadership
Book Review: Entry Planning for Equity-Focused Leaders – Empowering Schools and Communities By Jennifer Perry Cheatham, Rodney Thomas, and Adam Parrott-Sheffer. Read this book to “garner trust, insights, and impetus to make … transformational change.” A Powerful Framework and Resource Start strong, stay strong, and get stronger with this book. “Entry Planning for Equity-Focused Leaders”…
Read MoreStrategies for Leading Co-Owned Work
Strategies for Leading Co-Owned Work Co-owned work improves outcomes and ownership. Collaborative cultures unlock teams’ full potential and drive meaningful change. Consider these strategies for creating a collaborative co-owned culture. Listen – Get on the balcony … and the dance floor Read the context; measure the energy; consider what else is going on Listen between…
Read MoreMore Books on Leadership, Equity, Innovation, Belonging
More Books November 2023 Two dozen books on Leadership, Innovation, Belonging, Equity, Fiction, and Faction. Leadership BE 2.0 (Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0): Turning Your Business into an Enduring Great Company by Jim Collins | Dec 1, 2020 | 4.8 out of 5 stars 609 A roadmap for leaders of enduring greatness. Recaps the lessons learned from 35 years of research on…
Read MoreGrowing a culture of learning and love
An Interview with the 2023 Washington State Superintendent of the Year – Dr. Adam Swinyard, Superintendent, Spokane Public Schools (SPS). Congratulations, Adam, on being named Washington State 2023 Superintendent of the Year! WASA highlighted your work as a champion of equity in announcing your well-deserved recognition as superintendent of the year. Q. How do you…
Read MoreVital Signs for Education
Vital Signs for Education 4-minute recap of this month’s blogs “Vital signs” measure our essential bodily functions like pulse rate, temperature, respiration, and blood pressure. Vital signs tell us when our body is distressed and needs medical attention. Education in Distress Public discourse is contentious. Mental health is compromised for kids and adults. Education seems…
Read MoreChief Equity Advocate
1-minute summary; 6-minute read Core Question: How do we touch hearts and minds for good? “Everything hangs on one’s thinking …” – Seneca “Whether you think you can or can’t, you’re right.” – Henry Ford Core Idea: What we aim at … we eventually achieve. Words matter. Values matter. Start by defining our north star…
Read MoreDistrict Goals – Key to Success
District Goals – Key to Success 4-minute read Four years + four goals = student success. Focused goals, well monitored, improve learning Reeves reports that: Focus is a prerequisite for school improvement. Focus had the highest relationship with student achievement Focus, with effective monitoring, and adult efficacy yielded strikingly positive results for all students and…
Read MoreMake a Movement. Leave a Legacy
Turn Moments into a Movement 5-minute read Leaving a legacy and leading for the future takes more than keeping the lights on – although there are days when that is a true accomplishment! Here are some thoughts about turning great Moments into Momentum and Movement. 13 Ways – and ONE CAVEAT – to Leave a…
Read MoreMaking Equity Progress
Start anywhere but start now: An Equity Review Process: 10-minute read “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.” – Edmund Burke Core Thesis: Good Equity Work Can Be Done Over the last five years, I have read every book on district-wide equity, tracked equity success stories…
Read MoreLeadership • Equity • Culture
More Books for January 2023 4-minute read Best Books in: Leadership: 6 Types of Working Genius and nine others Equity: The Third Reconstruction and three others Culture: The Burnout Epidemic and two others Bonus: The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams … and others Leadership: The 6 Types of Working Genius: A Better Way to Understand…
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