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New at Getting Smart - Jon Alfuth discusses the influence of college admissions on K-12 practice and shows states and institutions that already offer models for change.

The Tyranny of College Admissions: Why It’s So Challenging to Have Real Change in K-12 Education College admissions requirements keep K-12 tied to grades and Carnegie units, slowing competency-based and skills-first learning.

Arizona is moving from pockets of innovation to system-wide change, using practical tools that connect policy, practice and student success. https://knowledgeworks.org/resources/permission-granted-arizona-leading-future-learning/ Center for the Future of Arizona Arizona Institute for Education and the Economy

"One of the things I value about the guide is that it doesn’t treat transformation as purely technological or purely institutional. When institutions are stretched thin and social trust is likewise crumbling, we need both concrete, practical actions […] as well as long-term visions." - Daisy Paredes

Bold visions require bold actions, but they also require small, everyday actions . How have you used our strategy guide?

Join our next with educators from York School District 1 in South Carolina to explore how to build and sustain high-performing teams through trust, shared ownership and distributed decision-making.

Register today: https://knowledgeworks.zoom.us/meeting/register/MrY1AmBhTum33cnilcnjLw #/registration

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OUT NOW: The second edition of has competency rubrics. The Transformational attributes's Guiding Change competency implements intentional, systemic strategies and actions to enable the spread, scale and sustainability of change efforts. Here's what it looks like at each stage through the rubric. Have you reflected on where you are on the rubric yet?

Establishing: Understands the key components of complex change and explains how strategies relate to systems, structures and desired outcomes
Developing: Designs a plan for complex changes to include strategies and actions for systemic change
Proficient: Implements intentional, co-created strategies that enable the spread, scale and sustainability of change efforts
Advanced: Refines actions to optimize scalability and sustainability across context by experimenting with approaches and predicting outcomes


Download the second edition of Portrait of a Leader, link in comments.

The Portrait of a Leader captures the essential knowledge, skills and mindsets educators need to lead sustainable, learner-centered change within educational systems. The second edition includes competency-based progressions that support reflection, growth and continuous learning — designed to enable personalized leadership development.

Leadership is about everyday actions, not job titles. The Portrait supports systems-level leadership development approaches and individual professional growth for district leaders, principals, instructional coaches, teacher leaders and other instructional leaders.

Reflect on your leadership practices with the second edition of Portrait of a Leader: https://bit.ly/3X6Lx8Y