How One Superintendent Built a Shared Identity from the Ground Up
When Dave Parker began his tenure as superintendent of Forest Grove School District, he didn’t have a blueprint. He had curiosity—and a desire to …
Category: Blog Posts
Making Evaluation Meaningful and Supportive
Conceptually, evaluation shapes careers and advancement. In reality, it rarely leads to significant outcomes. Few teachers receive unsatisfactory rati…
Challenging the Deficit Model: A Summary of Community Cultural Wealth
In our classrooms, strength and brilliance often show up in ways we’re not trained to recognize. Tara Yosso’s concept of community cultural wealth…
Resource Roundup: The Hits of the Year
As this school year comes to a close, we’re taking a moment to celebrate the spirit of shared learning that defines our community. Throughout the ye…
Seeing Beyond the Numbers: Using Street Data to Transform Our Schools
Street data refers to the qualitative, human-centered insights gathered directly from those closest to the classroom experience—students, families, …
Envisioning What’s Possible: Using Innovation Configuration Maps to Define the Ideal
At Inflexion, we believe meaningful school transformation doesn’t come from top-down mandates or silver-bullet programs. It starts from within by he…
A Vision Shared: How Anaheim Union High School District Redefined School Identity Through Community Collaboration
When I reflect on my time as Chief Academic Officer at Anaheim Union High School District (AUHSD), one of the initiatives I’m most proud of is our d…
Start Small When Thinking Big: Little Things Create Lasting Impact
One practical way to approach school improvement is by chunking your efforts into three categories: Little Things, Key Moves, and Big Plays. This simp…
Crosswalking the Four Pillars of Community Schools and the Inflexion Approach Navigation Tool
Schools that leverage both the Four Pillars of the Community Schools Model and the Inflexion Navigation Tool will be better positioned to cultivate le…
The Five Shifts: Helping School Leaders Think Differently, Act Boldly, and Embrace Transformation
To truly help schools thrive, leaders need to think differently, act boldly, and embrace transformation. That’s where these five critical shifts com…
