looking at the conditions leaders control achievement gap task force february 24, 2014
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Looking at the Conditions Leaders Control
Achievement Gap Task ForceFebruary 24, 2014
Successful educational leaders are change agents.
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, SDUSDMeg Jacobsen, Vista Magnet MS, VUSDDr. 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
What axis have you created in
your organization?
AlignmentAll systems are aligned:
PLC’sCurriculumAssessmentProfessional DevelopmentResponse to InterventionData AnalysisPolicies, Programs, Practices, Procedures
How have you aligned all systems
in your organization to the
improvement efforts?
AccountabilityExpectations 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