The results of our Affinity Diagram. Our direction is clear! Thanks leaders for your thoughtful input and ownership of our future learning at NIA!

Leaders at NIA completing an Affinity Diagram on “what do we want to learn next”? Why? To practice using this quality tool AND to inform our plans for leadership development in 2024-2025. Intentionality makes improvement happen!

⁦Burton Schools⁩ - continuing the journey to transparency and understanding by sharing our the “wins, why nots, and wonderings” posters between school teams and department teams. Vulnerability and courage in action!

⁦Burton Schools⁩ reflecting on the first 3 quarters of the year in an activity called “wins, why nots, and wonderings”. The purpose is to know where we have been in 23-24 so we can finish strong and lean into priorities for 24-25.

“Put it on your scorecard and own it” is a key takeaway from the ⁦Burton Schools⁩ BMS story! Congratulations BMS team on your improvement!

⁦Burton Schools⁩ students from BMS telling their own story of connection and improvement.

Burton Middle School team ready to start at their Carnegie Session! It’s a powerful@story of student connections!

The room is filling up with eager attendees for Burton Middle School’s session at Carnegie on Building Leaders, Making Connections! Go ⁦Burton Schools⁩ !

Barbell Factory in progress! What can this experiment teach us about how systems work (or don’t)? Carnegie is underway!!!

Ready to roll at Carnegie 2024! We are excited for the learning today in the pre-conference today!

⁦Portage Public Schools⁩ Admin Building team working through “Cat or Dog” exercise to get to know each other better. Why? Relationships make the work environment more productive and engaging!

Excited to be heading to Portage Public Schools this week for onsite learning together and continuing the journey to embed PPS values in our daily work. Shoutout to Marty and Marti who have already reached out to wish me safe travels today-service excellence at its best!

My parting gift on the window of the rental car as I leave tonight after conducting focus groups with employees, parents, and community members. It makes me know we are doing good work for students in school districts just like Manitou Springs. Thanks to my anonymous friends!

Employees building ideas to bring the Strategic Vision and Plan to “execution” in Manitou Springs School District. The value of input at work!

Leaders practicing rounding with each other as they prepare to round with employees in Manitou Springs School District. Way to work on continuous improvement together!

Practicing “Feedforward” with fellow leaders so we can incorporate the power of talking about the future instead of always talking about the past as we lead our teams ⁦Sand Creek Zone⁩

Leaders ⁦Sand Creek Zone⁩ jigsawing their recent results rollout and planning for next steps-ACTION steps!

San Diego harbor skyline at night…reflecting on all the learning and connections from this week’s ⁦AASA NCE. Improvement work matters and thanks to all who are doing it every day.

Enjoying the Guitar Students from Chula Vista Schools as the hall fills up with leaders for this morning’s general session at AASA. It reminds us of why we do this work leading schools.

Leaders at NIA practicing using the “5 Whys” tool to improve their skills in defining the problem, including team members at all levels in the process, and ultimately determining root cause. Why? So a permanent solution is implemented and the problem@doesn’t recur.