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How to tackle challenges inherent to education.
While our tools and interactions have gone virtual, real accountability never will
In the absence of 100% in-person schooling, you can still drive effective communications with virtual tools - but measuring timely results and demanding the accountability that goes with them, is something easily lost in the virtual world. “Did Ms.Smith do any...
Educators Adapt to the Unpredictable with RespondAbility
Educators have never faced the kind of uncertainty we are facing this school year. Whether in-school, online or some combination of both, school leaders have to track the quality of instruction and the impact of their efforts, no matter what the mode of...
School Improvement Plans – Why is it Important to Track Action Metrics and Impact Metrics
Why is Keeping Score with Metrics Important We all know that changes to student outcomes requires changes to educator inputs. And changing educator inputs requires changing adult behavior. The right Metrics are the key to effectively change behavior because they...
What Best Practices are Required for Implementing a School Improvement Plan
As educators, trying to improve a school or bring it to the next level starts with a school improvement plan. To create that plan, you and your team will use a lot of energy and expertise. You will invest your time, your passion, and your political capital in...
How Does Progress Management Software Make Your School Improvement Team More Effective
Implementing a School Improvement plan is hard work and most educators don't have formal training or the systems in place for implementing an improvement plan. Add to this the fact that, for at risk schools there is a ticking clock at play and pressures can amplify...
4 Ways Progress Management Software Increases the Likelihood of a School Improvement Plan’s Success
As educators we are really good about setting goals and defining strategies that we’ll use to reach those goals. But then school happens. Day to day activities in a district or a school takeover. And even with the best of intentions, we find ourselves at the end of...
How Does a Progress Management System Help a Principal Empower Their Staff
As an educational leader trying to turn around a school or take a school to a new level, the process starts with a school improvement plan. To create that plan, you and your team will use a lot of energy and expertise. You will invest your time, your passion, and...
Why School Improvement Plans Fail
Creating a School Improvement Plan is a big investment of time, effort, and expertise from school leaders, community members and other stakeholders. But by itself, your School School Improvement plan is just a starting point. The real endpoint is driving student...
The Intention-Implementation-Impact Model in Action
Turning data into directionThe Backstory: Principal Jones realized that, despite a great team of dedicated teachers, her Freshman On Track (FOT) numbers were low and that the approach she had been taking was not driving change; she needed to do something different....
Why Education Demands a Special Kind of Change
Nothing changes without the proper process. Matching the right process model to the right working environment is crucial to driving effective change.What works in linear, command & control environmentsWhat works in linear, command & control environmentsWaterfall...