How important is governance in the design of your school growth strategies? Vital. Because the leadership capacity and structure of the school board impacts every other decision.
How important is governance in the design of your school growth strategies? Vital. Because the leadership capacity and structure of the school board impacts every other decision.
Topics: Webinar, School Design, Board Culture
A gutsy business executive in Raleigh, North Carolina, designed a private school that delivers a quality education for around $5,000. This innovative design has been replicated to four campuses so far, and even greater expansion is planned.
Topics: Administration, School Design, Faculty, Culture
"When an experienced school principal comes to us, we have to retrain them from the foundation--very little of what they learned in previous positions will help them succeed within our framework of innovation."-- Charter School Board Chair
Topics: School Design, Teacher Quality
Translating the plans you have for this year into a compelling story enables you to attract more people to commit their time and money to achieve it. Your goal is to respond more quickly to changes in the community by thinking more creatively about your school design. Better relationships and greater trust are key for your long-term success.
Topics: School Design, School Culture, Laws of the Grapevine
Life extending benefits in the box
Topics: School Design, Leadership
As you're crafting your school design consider ways to stand out by creating a distinctive value proposition. No matter the size of your program, you can construct an effective innovation strategy that enables you to more quickly and economically offer a new combination of services in your market than the other schools around you.
Topics: School Design
Yesterday's School Growth Webinar focused on one of the toughest challenges for school leaders: Strategic Planning. Over the last ten days we received coaching requests from at least four schools that are trying to figure out whether they will be able to survive the upcoming school year. Changes in their local economy/market and a variety of other school design issues have put the leaders of these schools in a very difficult situation. As we've worked with schools across the globe, those that are not growing consistently exhibit similar traits.
Topics: Communication, Administration, School Design
Washington, DC
June 1, 2014
Topics: Administration, School Design, Board Culture
People at Microsoft are trying to re-learn how to innovate. Sounds like the challenge from the movie, "Hook," when Robin Williams' as the grown up Peter Pan can't remember how to fly. Bangorang, Microsoft!
Topics: School Design
In his first day as the new CEO of Microsoft, Satya Nadella provided 3 valuable lessons regarding leadership. His two predecessors were founder and billionaire Bill Gates followed by billionaire Steve Ballmer (the 30th employee of the company), so he obviously has some big shoes to fill. His start was a bit rocky, but we're pulling for him to learn quickly and achieve great success.
Topics: School Design, School Culture, School Growth, Current Events, Leadership, Faculty
