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In Praise of the Incomplete Leader Activity: Utilize Your Team Member’s Strengths & Grow Strong Leaders

Discuss with your leaders about how better understanding each person’s strengths can create more distributed and inclusive leadership practices. Ide…

Inflexion January 13, 2021

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Mobilize Your A-Team: Examine Your Leadership Team Makeup, Decision-Making Practices & Protocols, and Communication Strategies

Strong school leadership starts with assembling a team that reflects your school’s values and vision. When you surround yourself with colleagues who…

Jocelyn Bigay January 13, 2021

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Know Your Why: Discover Your WHY, So Your WHAT Makes an Impact

In education, our purpose often begins with a story. Maybe it was a meaningful interaction, a personal turning point, or a moment that sparked somethi…

Matt Coleman January 13, 2021

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Fountain Valley High School: Employing Leadership Systems and Structures

At Fountain Valley High School, the leadership team has long realized that leadership in large, comprehensive schools needs to be shared and systemati…

Inflexion July 30, 2018

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Loara High School: Providing Family Learning Walks to Help Families Better Understand Student Outcomes

How do you ensure that the perspectives of all families are incorporated into decisions at the schoolwide level as well as at the individual student l…

Inflexion July 30, 2018

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Roosevelt Middle School: Using Artful Learning and Community PRIDE Statements to Define Student Readiness Outcomes for All Students and Staff

Roosevelt’s leadership team identified two opportunities that were already part of their community that they would be able to leverage to create a m…

Brandi Peterson July 26, 2018

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Your School’s Identity is More Important Than You Think

Like it or not, the cultural identity of your school drives everything else you do. Who you truly are and what you believe about yourself at the core …

Rachel Phillips March 16, 2018

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Introducing the Inflexion Approach

The Inflexion Approach is rooted in organizational theory and recognizes the critical role identity plays in developing schools and systems that serve…

Matt Coleman November 7, 2017

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