Principals are gaining much-needed support and valuable insights by participating in principal study groups, according to the author, who facilitates a number of such groups as a consultant for the Annenberg Institute for School Reform. Lessons learned include the benefits of reflection, shared accountability, modeling of ongoing learning, and giving and receiving effective feedback. The study groups produce insights about how people learn best. Educators may translate the experiences of successful principal study groups into more effective learning communities for students. Leadership is not enough if change in schools is to be lasting and effective.
Strategic alignment enables schools to implement the exact things specified in their vision.
People don't change unless they share a compelling reason to change. . People don't change unless they have ownership in the change. . People don't change unless their leaders model that they are serious about the change. . People are unlikely to change unless they have a concrete picture of what the change will look like for them personally. . Vol 55, No. 7, pp.35-36.