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The New Model of Educational Change focuses on action before buy-in. What does the 21st century say about educational change? One to one, peer to peer and non evaluative coaching has more impact than traditional evaluation systems.

Learn from Dr. Douglas Reeves on how to build on strengths and research. High impact leadership makes a difference for students by dealing with uncertainty, focusing on what is most important, and the power of PLCs and efficacy.

Dr. Douglas Reeves and Kim Marshall share key steps for implementing effective teacher supervision and evaluation. Kim is the author of Rethinking Teacher Supervision and Evaluation, now in its second edition. Learn the latest strategies for a more effective system of feedback.

Managing Instructional Leadership is facilitated by Dr. Douglas Reeves and presented by Kim Marshall. Learn more about value-add work, necessary work, and waste work. How can leadership ensure more good teaching in more classrooms more of the time.

As schools continue to recover from the tragedy of a global pandemic, they can look to new opportunities emerging amidst the trauma and grief. These opportunities include a return to the primacy of relationships among adults and students, the abandonment of ineffective practices such as inspirational monologues without meaningful interaction, and dramatic improvements in professional learning. To realize the latter, educators need to drive toward five transformations in professional learning. Although we have long known the inadequacies of traditional approaches to PD, the constraints imposed on schools by the pandemic create a sense of urgency that should make us intolerant of such ineffective practices.

Creating the best pipeline for senior leadership means encouraging women to apply

A school board’s most important responsibility is hiring and evaluating the district superintendent, but a major concern is that the percentage of women superintendents is far from being representative. Several education experts offer advice on how boards can build a leadership pipeline for women.

Test scores represent only one piece of the accountability data. These test scores should be interpreted in the context of other information about what schools are doing.

From “Analysis Paralysis to Meaningful Insights from Data”

Learning Forward’s Standards for Professional Learning have the potential to influence educational policy and practice in profound ways for the systems that are courageous enough to take them seriously, and the Data standard is a critical element systemwide

As tight as school budgets are around the nation, family budgets in many districts often are strained even more, particularly when parents are looking at the rising costs of college.

How boards focus on evidence

Every board member has heard the claims “Research shows that ...” and “Studies prove that ...” But how do educational leaders and policymakers know if the research is sufficient to validate a policy decision?

Every marathon runner knows the feeling. At the starting gate, the crowds are cheering and you feel invincible.

In the past few weeks, I’ve watched school board members attend to the details of sprinkler systems, report cards, crossing guards, painting contracts, homework policies, and cafeteria menus.

Money and time are the resources in greatest demand in shortest supply for school leaders.

Much of the research discussed in these columns has focused on how under-performing schools have been making dramatic improvements through the collaboration of school boards, senior leadership, building- level administrators, teachers, and community members.