Baylor Center for School Leadership–Five ways educational leaders can move forward in a changed landscape

New Norms from a Storm: Five ways educational leaders can move forward in a changed landscape

by Dr. Chris Hobbs, BCSL Advisory Board Member I recently moved to Houston, Texas to accept a new school leadership position, and a big move brings with it new experiences. One of those new experiences was our first tornado warning in Houston. The ordeal resolved peacefully, but it was another tumultuous experience in what seems like an endless list of tumultuous experiences. I’m now referring to a third school year dealing with the unthinkable storm […]

Collective Leadership: A Catalyst for Flourishing Schools

Collective Leadership: A Catalyst for Flourishing Schools

By Jon Eckert and originally posted at converge.education Catalyst: something that speeds up a reaction without being used up. As a former science teacher and someone who studies leadership, I am a firm believer in catalysts. Students, schools, and society need more catalytic leaders because those leaders are sustainable, powerful, and their leadership is not about them. Catalysts are leaders who exhibit confident humility in pursuit of a shared goal. That goal has been human flourishing since Aristotle and […]