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"Having the freedom to fail is important to innovation. But even more important to the process are the traits of resiliency and grit."

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"Having the freedom to fail is important to innovation. But even more important to the process are the traits of resiliency and grit."

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Compliance does not foster innovation. In fact, demanding conformity does quiet the opposite. 

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Compliance does not foster innovation. In fact, demanding conformity does quiet the opposite. 

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"if students leave school less curious than when they started, we have failed them.”
As educators we should inspire students to develop a sense of interest in all things that impact them.

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As leaders, if we ask teachers to use their own time to do anything, what we’re really telling them is: it’s not important. The focus on compliance and implementation of programs in much of today’s professional development does not inspire teachers to be creative, nor does it foster a culture of innovation. Instead, it forces inspired educators to color outside the lines, and even break the rules, to create relevant opportunities for their students. These outliers form pockets of innovation. Their results surprise us. Their students remember them as “great teachers,” not because of the test scores they received but because their lives were touched.

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...As leaders it is our sole responsibility to protect our people and in turn our people will protect each other and advance the organization together...and in doing so we become the leaders we wish we had.

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...As leaders it is our sole responsibility to protect our people and in turn our people will protect each other and advance the organization together...and in doing so we become the leaders we wish we had.

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The importance of recognizing that compliance doesn't foster innovation. We need to work with our students to develop skills.

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Strength-Based Leadership
Using your schools strengths to continue moving it forward by finding the strengths of individuals and putting them in situations where the strengths will flourish in order to stop operating on a deficit model. Learning to find learner’s strengths to empower them.

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“Vision without execution is hallucination”

The idea that we need to participate in Beijing change and innovation to our schools.

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The question that must be asked every day is, "what is best for this learner?" This will create better learning opportunities for all students and allow for teachers to get more out of the students.

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Build each other up, to build something together

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“Break down the mission into small, achievable steps for the individuals...each step achieved....helps build confidence and competence along the way.”

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Would I want to be a learner in my own classroom?

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"If students leave school less curious than when they started, we have failed them."

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If you are not trusted to make a common-sense decision, why would go above and beyond to become innovative?