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Looking at the Conditions Leaders Control. Achievement Gap Task Force February 24, 2014. Successful educational l eaders are change agents. Leaders of change control the conditions needed to make change happen. Three Conditions Successful L eaders C ontrol:. A xis A lignment
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Looking at the Conditions Leaders Control Achievement Gap Task Force February 24, 2014
Leaders of changecontrol the conditions needed to make change happen.
Three Conditions Successful Leaders Control: Axis Alignment Accountability
Three School Principals Joe Frescatore, Carson Elementary, SDUSD Meg Jacobsen, Vista Magnet MS, VUSD Dr. Chris Hurst, Oceanside HS, OUSD
Axis “A thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest.” -Merriam Webster • Goal • Focus • Theory of Action (If/then belief) • High Leverage Improvement Strategy • Connected to the district focus
Alignment All systems are aligned: PLC’s Curriculum Assessment Professional Development Response to Intervention Data Analysis Policies, Programs, Practices, Procedures
How have you aligned all systems in your organization to the improvement efforts?
Accountability Expectations are high for all stakeholders. The leader follows through. Consistency and coherence
How do you maintain accountability to the improvement efforts and high expectations in your organization?
Much change is structural and superficial. Transforming culture—changing what people in the organization value and how they work together to accomplish it– leads to deep, lasting change.-Michael Fullan