By: Anna H. Bryan Reintroduction to Insights from Anna Bryan on Adaptive Change You’re now halfway through the summer and the school year is speeding toward you. This is often when we reengage our work and our colleagues to not only plan a great year, but also to see improved student outcomes. In this article from March 2023, Anna Bryan encourages us to rethink our solutions by stating, Now we have identified and prioritized a […]
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Slow Down to Speed Up: The Critical Key to Diagnosis
Reintroduction to Insights from Anna Bryan on Adaptive Change Summer is a pivotal time for implementing changes for the upcoming school year, a pattern we frequently observe at the BCSL. Often, when addressing adaptive changes and implementing new initiatives in our schools, progress stalls, and focus wanes during the vacation period. Schools are also notorious for not following through on changes, overloading with new initiatives, or pursuing the latest technical solutions without fully integrating them. […]
Reflections and Insights
by Jill Anderson This past school year working with school leaders and educators from Texas and around the globe has been encouraging and inspiring to our team as we hear your incredible stories. Our blog, Baylor Center for School Leadership (BCSL) Insights, is a window into the world of our expert educators who authored most of the articles published. To encourage you as you enjoy summer and think about the school year ahead, we wanted […]
The Responsibility of Being Responsive
By Kimberly Poe We are in a day and age where division and negativity seem to be at an all-time high. As Christians and educators, we are called to interrupt anything that is not like Christ. I am reminded of Romans 12:16 that tells us to “live in harmony with one another.” To live in harmony with one another, we must seek to see others the way Christ sees them. As educators, we work with […]
Feedback that Sparks Joy
By Mary Kate Springmann and Mirella Marlar Building relationships and fostering connections with others is at the heart of coaching, this shared understanding brought us together last summer at Baylor University. When we started the program we initially bonded over our love of coffee and naps; however, we quickly realized we shared much more than that. Our passion for being lifelong learners and our role as instructional coaches connected us. Over the course of our […]