Tag: K-12 innovation
MASA: Mastering Strategic Innovation/Change Leadership
Last week’s post at this blog features my video interview with Board Chair Andrew Brodie and Executive Director Dr. Tina Kerr of the Michigan Association of Superintendents and Administrators, who describe a major strategic change initiative, Launch Michigan. Our interview …
Launch Michigan: MASA Leads Statewide Out of the Box K-12 Innovation and Change
As you’ll learn from the video interview I recently recorded with Board President Andrew Brodie and Executive Director Tina Kerr of the Michigan Association of Superintendents and Administrators, Launch Michigan is truly what is known as an “out of the …
The Change Investment Portfolio: A Practical Tool For Transformational Change Leaders
The November 2 post at this blog features Dr. Khalid Mumin, Superintendent of the Reading School District in Pennsylvania, as a prime example of a new-style K-12 chief executive: the Transformational Change Leader. The post describes 5 key attributes of …
Dr. Khalid Mumin: Transformational Change leader Extraordinaire
The educational leaders reading this blog will definitely want to add Dr. Khalid Mumin’s new book Problem Child (www.WGWPublishing.com/books) to their professional library. Khalid, who serves as Superintendent of the Reading School District, has written a book about …
Rockford Superintendent Ehren Jarrett: Finding a Silver Lining in Crisis
As the video interview I recorded with Dr. Ehren Jarrett, Superintendent of the Rockford Public Schools (Illinois), indicates, he has been a consummate Energizer-in-Chief and master of crisis management during Covid 19. Working closely with his Board, administrators and faculty, …
Innovators-in-Chief in Action: Disney’s Robert Iger and Iowa City Schools’ Steve Murley
“What can I do to get my board meaningfully engaged in leading innovation and change in my district?” I hear variations of this very important question quite often from superintendents in my one-on-one governance coaching sessions and educational workshops. There’s …
The Virginia Beach Public Schools and Naval Air Station Oceana: Partners in Innovation
This article and the accompanying podcast featuring Aaron Pence, Superintendent of the Virginia Beach Public Schools, and Captain Chad Vincelette, Commanding Officer of Naval Air Station Oceana, were originally published at this blog a year ago. Since this is one …
The Virginia Beach Public Schools and Naval Air Base Oceana: Partners in Innovation
I learned early in my career – during a five-year stint as chief of staff to the president of a three-campus urban community college – that what formal long-range planning does best is codifying and describing strategies already in place …
Policies Transform Culture in the Ithaca (New York) City Schools
Wearing my governance consultant hat, I’ve read through hundreds of board policy manuals over the years, and I have to say that they don’t make for scintillating reading. After all, policies are essentially rules that govern your district’s academic and …
K-12 Enterprise Part 3: Leyden District 212’s Partnership with A 1 Tool Company
This is the third article in our series looking at what we’re calling the “K-12 Enterprise.” We’ve defined the K-12 Enterprise as a public school district that is more secure and better able to thrive in an increasingly competitive and …
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