Encourage Feedback and Build Consensus: Use the Fist to Five Protocol to Guide Decisions
Building consensus as a school leader is crucial for fostering collaboration, trust, and shared ownership of decisions and direction. By involving sta…
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Creating Shared Approaches: Tuning Protocol for Building Consensus
It is critical for school leaders to understand the importance of consensus building within school communities, process feedback, and effectively com…
Engage Your Emotional Intelligence to Improve Staff Retention
Most likely, you've heard or read about how employees don't quit jobs, they quit bosses. One of the most fundamental aspects of leadership is hiring t…
Leadership Language that Promotes Psychological Safety
Words matter. What we say and how we say it affects those around us in powerful ways. And while even with the best of intentions and practice, miscomm…
Inclusive Leadership “I Believe” Statements
Much of what guides and shapes a leader is what they themselves believe to be their role and function as a leader. But how many times have you actuall…
7 Great Leadership Qualities
Not all great leaders are the same or lead in the same way. Educational leaders, specifically, face many different responsibilities and challenges tha…
6 Types of Courage for Inclusive Workplaces
The role of educator—and educational leader—takes heart. And courage. But did you know that courage isn't one-size-fits-all? Not only are there di…
Meaningful Endings Inward-Outward Activity
This brief, yet powerful, closing activity not only offers a clear end to your gathering/meeting/training/activity/etc., but it provides participants …
Build Unity Through Change: Engage Staff in Continuous Improvement Processes
Continuous improvement should be embedded in day-to-day work, in a systemized, organic way. You can think of the cyclical process as a formative asses…
Become an IB World School: Primary Years Program
The IB Primary Years Program (PYP) for children aged 3-12 nurtures and develops young students as caring, active participants in a lifelong journey of…