Leadership – EXPLO Elevate

Essay

Fighting Fires With Hope: The First Virtue for 2021-2022

August 2021

by Ross Peters, Vice President of School Strategy, EXPLO Elevate I felt as if I was on the receiving end of 911 calls. Given the tone of the callers, one might have thought the intruders…

Case Study

A School’s Commitment to Deeper Learning

July 2021

By Shauna Hobbs, Director of Analytics, Innovation, and Research at Graded, The American School of Sao Paulo. In 2019, Graded set out to rethink and reimagine what they are doing as an institution. Realizing that…

Resource Toolkit

A Methodology to Support Challenging Conversations

July 2021

by Sudipti Kumar, Director of Research, EXPLO Elevate Below we share details on a conversation protocol methodology first developed by the Institute of Cultural Affairs called ORID. The methodology has a variety of applications across…

Resource Toolkit

Summer Book Recommendations

June 2021

As of today, it is officially summer! Time to start — or continue adding to — your comprehensive and often aspirational Summer Reading List. We charged ourselves with the almost impossible task of recommending two…

Tools and Tips

Avoiding a Strategy Archipelago

May 2021

by Ross Peters, EXPLO Elevate Vice President of School Strategy A well-constructed strategic plan, among other things, is cohesive, and as I have written before in a post entitled Strategic Plans and Luxury Cars: They…

Tools and Tips

Strategic Plans and Luxury Cars: They Look so Good on the Lot!

May 2021

by Ross Peters, EXPLO Elevate, Vice President of School Strategy “Check out the new 2020 Strategic Plan—well-equipped, versatile, nodding to the past, styled for the future.” For a moment, think of a strategic plan as…

Interview Issue Brief

Supporting Staff through Change and Uncertainty

May 2021

What happened and what can we expect moving forward? In this interview, EXPLO Elevate, Senior Consultant Susan Perry, Ph.D., MSW, LCSW, discusses the impact of the pandemic on both school leaders and faculty. She outlines…

Essay Interview

In Conversation With Dr. Stephanie Pace Marshall

February 2021

Take Care of Yourself. Take Care of Each Other. Take Care of This Place. Education thought leader in STEM education; Founding President and President Emerita of the globally recognized Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA);…

Essay

Five Mistakes that Killed a Once-Great School and How You Can Avoid Them

February 2021

By Moira Kelly, President, Exploration Learning With thanks to Kevin Roose for his article, How the Blackberry Died: Five Mistakes That Killed a Once-Great Device. Blackberry Academy was founded in 1962 and serves students in…

Consulting Brief Resource Toolkit

Elastic Leadership Proximity

December 2020

I began paying attention to World Cup Soccer in 1999. I had had a serious compression fracture in my back just as the previous school year ended, and so I spent my summer velcro-strapped into…

Tag: Leadership

Fighting Fires With Hope: The First Virtue for 2021-2022

A School’s Commitment to Deeper Learning

A Methodology to Support Challenging Conversations

Summer Book Recommendations

Avoiding a Strategy Archipelago

Strategic Plans and Luxury Cars: They Look so Good on the Lot!

Supporting Staff through Change and Uncertainty

In Conversation With Dr. Stephanie Pace Marshall

Five Mistakes that Killed a Once-Great School and How You Can Avoid Them

Elastic Leadership Proximity

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