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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.
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Ed Elements in the News | Mentions
In a recent meeting with a small group of teachers we asked them about the professional development at their school. Each teacher glanced around at the others, unsure what to say. With a nervous laugh, one said “Ummm. It’s not that effective?” And the floodgates opened. A series of adjectives and descriptions followed, with teachers calling it boring, saying it was unactionable, and lamenting that they spent most of their time in professional development sessions wanting it to be over. It sounded familiar.
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Ed Elements in the News | Press Release
SAN CARLOS, CALIF. (PRWEB) FEBRUARY 01, 2018 Education Elements, the national expert on personalized learning, proudly announces its expansion in Georgia with an exciting new partnership with four Georgia school districts. This partnership kicked off with a meeting on January 16, 2018, that brought together 13 schools in four Georgia school districts, including Bibb County School District, Dougherty County School System, Muscogee County School District, and Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools to strategize ways to increase student achievement and engagement through the design and implementation of personalized learning in each of the schools.
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Ed Elements in the News | Press Release
SAN CARLOS, Calif., Jan. 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Authors Anthony Kim and Alexis Gonzales-Black today announced the launch of their new book, The New School Rules: 6 Vital Practices for Thriving and Responsive Schools. Designed to increase the effectiveness of schools in a rapidly changing world, The New School Rules provides both a practical guide for improving the practices of school and districts, as well as a thoughtful examination of the self-imposed barriers that can hinder the completion of work in any type of organization.
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From Sir Ken Robinson, films like Most Likely to Succeed, and campaigns like XQ Super Schools Project, we are constantly reminded of the need to change our schools from the model developed during the industrial era. Back then, we focused on developing a large workforce with common basic skills to prepare students for factory work. Our needs are so different today — yet our schools have not been updated.
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Ed Elements in the News | Education Elements
Not too long ago, I took the opportunity to visit the Motown Museum in Detroit. In 1959, Berry Gordy founded Motown Records, which developed artists like the Temptations, Four Tops, Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder and the Jackson 5. At first glance it seemed that Berry’s success was because he had a knack for identifying superstars but a deeper look reveals more. Motown’s success was actually built on an operating system which is similar to that of some of the most successful organizations today.
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