John also navigates information abundance with a life-long learning approach, to the extend he refers to a necessity for HOURLY lifelong learning. His message to get connected and stay connected, again, spoke to inter-school and inter-district relationships.
Strong, purposeful two-way communication arose in today’s discussion as John discussed finding a “sweet spot” between centralized and site-independent decisions.
Class members were even invited to investigate his essential seven-process in recent admirable efforts to bring about change within a small window of resource opportunity, one that might condense to:
- DETERMINE A MANDATE
- ENVISION PROCESS
- ASSESS FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK
- ALIGN INFRASTRUCTURE
- SYSTEM ALIGNMENT
- SUPPORT CLASSROOM PRACTICE
- CONTINUE TO INVITE AND ENGAGE [THE RIGHT] PEOPLE
What resonated most, however, was neither processes nor decisions but rather a focus on people and a passion for the role education has in the lives of our youth.
