Sustaining System and School Improvement

51. The Power of Networks

Reach out to colleagues and form your own Networks to share data, talk about precision-in-practice, and to make meaning of your work to teach ALL students. Lyn and guest leaders, Bernie Bolton and Jody Grimmond, discuss the ‘Power of Networks’ when they help us find new ways of ‘reciprocal influencing’ – a complex social process involving issues of social justice, personal positions, beliefs, and values. Networks purposely focus on actions that improve the life chances of ALL students in our care.

50. Laser like focus and T charts with Jill Maar Part 2

Join Jill Maar and Lyn as they continue the data discussion about knowing and teaching every student by using T-Charts!

49. Laser focus on data with Jill Maar

Join Lyn and colleague and friend, Jill Maar, Principal, York Region District School Board. As they explore how to easily unpack ‘the FACES’ that lead tolaser-like, focused Data Conversations using Venn Diagrams! To see the Venn diagrams discussed in this episode go to https://www.instagram.com/reel/CPIn2JFDw3g/.

48. Impact of Instructional Coaches

I see the Instructional Coach or Knowledgeable Other role as ‘the glue’ that holds the system vision and the schools’ implementation together. Our global ‘CLARITY Collaborative’ joins Noel Henry and Kerrin Cronin to discuss the impact that Instructional Coaches in ALL Primary and Secondary Schools are making in Wollongong when they have a purposeful role in supporting differentiated Professional Learning.

46. Power of the 14 Parameters as a Leadership Self-Assessment Tool

Senior and school leaders talk with Lyn about the power of the 14 Parameters as a Leadership Self-Assessment Tool to increase system and school commitment to ALL students growing, improving and achieving! An ‘Equity and Excellence’ issue for Lyn.

45. Improving Educational Systems with Guest Michael Fullan

Lyn and Michael look back across two decades of their work in system and school improvement and they explore the need to move from a self-centred approach to education to a unified “we-we” approach to improving educational systems. Pedagogy continues to be the unrelenting focus in their work.

44. The Rewards of Literate Graduates vs. Costs

The higher the potential reward, the greater the upfront costs usually are. What is the cost of every student being a critically literate graduate? Are we willing to pay the price?

43. How do we measure impact?

I explore two haunting questions this week: ‘How do we measure impact?’ and ‘What leadership advice can we give others about leading in calm and crisis?’ Join Gerard Mowbray and I as we unpack these two big questions that many of us have.

42. Watertight Messaging

This is Part 4 with Gerard Mowbray. It describes the ‘essence’ of System and School Improvement! Everyone in Systems, Schools and Classrooms must see themselves in this work of finding practices that increase ALL students’ growth and achievement. It is ‘our forever work’ says Gerard Mowbray as we chat together about messaging to make a difference.

41. Everyone’s A Leader

“Everyone’s a leader! And it takes a whole system of leaders to ensure that there are non-negotiables in place to increase ALL students’ growth and achievement. What is non-negotiable and what do we do when our plan doesn’t work? Join Lyn and Gerard Mowbray while they unpack these not-so-secret secrets”