A request and suggestion from a client school prompted reflection, collaboration, and planning that has resulted in the soon-to-launch EmpowerED Leaders* initiative.

At least three leadership-related elements provoke and sustain ongoing school improvement.

A member of an accreditation team I led this week prompted some reflection – “How many schools have you visited on accreditation teams during your career,” he asked. I couldn’t calculate the exact number and would choose not to reveal it even if I could.  I did identify six accrediting agencies I’ve worked with multiple times over the years.  The question caused me to consider why I accept invitations every year to lead accreditation teams.

The GLOBAL School Consulting Group is excited to take a giant step toward our goal of ensuring that we have a cadre of consultants and service providers to deliver world-class services to meet the needs of current and future client schools around the globe! We are excited to introduce three new affiliates to the GLOBAL Group.

Many at-risk schools around the globe have contacted me with concerns about their viability and sustainability. As I have worked with such schools, the underly issue we identify is RELEVANCY, which is a precursor to viability and sustainability. Without relevancy in the school’s context and with its constituency, there can’t be a realistic prospect of viability or sustainability.

Throughout my professional career, I have chased a dream: Create spaces for teachers to get together and share their successes, concerns, frustrations...and growth! While I was a teacher many moons back, I tried initiating and sustaining conversations with my colleagues about anything, but everyone was too busy to talk.