5. Lead learning.
5.1 Establishing an environment of daily learning and providing time for others to collaborate, reflect, and share knowledge
5.2 Challenging the status quo and working with others to achieve change goals
5.3 Implementing methods to motivate, support, and/or encourage innovation
5.1 Establishing an environment of daily learning and providing time for others to collaborate, reflect, and share knowledge
- Modeling collaboration, reflection, and knowledge sharing in daily practice and encouraging others to do the same
- Providing protected time in the daily schedule for others to collaborate, reflect, and share knowledge, while shifting classroom work from a focus on teaching to learning
- Rewarding formal and informal collaboration and knowledge sharing
- Maintaining systematic processes for sharing knowledge
5.2 Challenging the status quo and working with others to achieve change goals
- Inviting different perspectives from others by asking the right questions and listening to the answers
- Creating a sense of urgency about positive change and improvement in every area
- Empowering others to remove barriers to change
- Encouraging conversations about new ideas for improvement
5.3 Implementing methods to motivate, support, and/or encourage innovation
- Creating opportunities for others to work together in teams to generate new ideas and create significant, meaningful change
- Working with others to develop innovation goals and systematic processes so that innovation is part of the culture
- Celebrating new ideas and recognizing the efforts of others who try new ideas, even if the outcomes are not always successful
- Investing resources in supporting innovation in programs, services, and processes to create new value for stakeholders
Five Critical Practices - Full pdf Outline: Five Critical Practices of Principals who Plan for Improvement
