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