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After three years . . .
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What we’ve learned? Where from here?
A deal breaker . . . A lesson . . . An insight . . .
Courageous LEADERSHIP MCL aka . . Moving MCL Forward
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Leave here with . . .
Ø A good feeling about what we are all doing Ø “Putting a ding in the” educational world! (Thanks, Steve!) Ø A better understanding of: Being Savvy About the MCL Label Moving MCL Forward The Power & Requirements of Leadership
- It’s been a great ride!!!
- MCL is most desirable.
- ¡ ¡MCL remains, the only truly
transformational vision. ¡
- Changing education is
difficult . . . . duh!!
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In the end . . .
Mass Customized Learning IS
INEVITABLE
The Question: US or THEM?
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A deal breaker . . .
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What we’ve learned? “I’ve Got Your Back!” (LEADERSHIP)
Simply put: If the leader does not get significantly involved, and, show deep support for the MCL Vision, no one else will take it seriously.
The Critical Role of Leadership
Whether CEO or Superintendent
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There was a time when management and leadership were accepted as synonyms. In Search of Excellence (1982) by Peters and Waterman changed that. Leadership: Doing the right thing.
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TODAY ¡
Management: Doing the thing right.
So, what will it be:
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Ø Leader . . . Ø Manager . . . Ø Politician. . .
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future focused, learner-centered, courageous, risk-taking, visionary. tradition bound, risk averse, bureaucrat who makes decisions based on “administrative convenience.”
- ne who puts his/her wet finger in the air to determine which
way the wind is blowing.
Any meaningful change in education will create “pushback.”
It is a given!! Expect it!!
It is when that pushback comes that you will know if your CEO is:
- A Leader
- A Manager
- A Politician
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