CHAPTER 2. Relationships and Culture
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Water Cooler Questions:
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What are the leadership behaviors we model that show relationships matter?
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How does a school's culture lend itself to academic improvement and innovation?
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How might we cultivate connectedness in digital-age schools?
Additional Listening/Viewing:
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The Unexpected Benefit of Celebrating Failure: What if we sought failure in schools instead of trying to avoid it at all costs? Renegade Leadership is loaded with stories of epic failure and lessons learned.
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Where Good Ideas Come From: This whiteboard video discusses the space where creativity and innovation thrive...relationships and culture can facilitate the collision and iteration of ideas that Johnson describes.
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Principal Trading Card #1 (powered by augmented reality): This brief demo shows how an old-fashioned trading card triggers supplemental video content when using an augmented reality app. The concept was expanded upon in Chapter 2 of Renegade Leadership.
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Principal Trading Card #2 (powered by augmented reality): This brief demo shows how a basketball trading card triggers supplemental video content when using an augmented reality app. The concept was expanded upon in Chapter 2 of Renegade Leadership.
Additional Blog Posts/Articles:
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Flip Your School Culture (2015) by Michael Niehoff
Before we try to transform how technology is used, or change our schools' strategic goals, we need to consider the role of culture.
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Sometimes I Feel Inadequate (2016) by Mark French
When we talk about relationships, culture, and connectedness we need to be aware of the different feelings that may (or may not) surface.
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Principal "Augmented Reality" Baseball Cards (2013) by Sun Sailor
This article describes how we've used augmented reality to connect with families before school begins in innovative ways.
Dr. Brad Gustafson is an elementary principal, author, and speaker. He believes schools can be spaces where creativity and innovation thrive, but only when we prioritize relationships and a relevant, connected pedagogy.
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Additional Books:
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Transforming School Culture (2009) by Anthony Muhammad
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The Missing Voices in EdTech (2015) by Rafranz Davis
Double-Down Challenge:
Personalize your learning by selecting from mini-challenges at the conclusion of each chapter. Most chapters offer at least two different options to personalize your learning. Choose the mini-challenge that you would like to 'double-down' on, and then click HERE to track your progress on the Worlds of Learning digital badging platform.
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Challenge 2.1: Connectedness Makes a Difference
Identify the day-to-day interactions of staff that exemplify your vision for your school's culture. Take time to connect and personally thank the difference-makers doing this work.
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Challenge 2.2: Owning Our Impact and Influence
Lucy Stone disregarded the impossible and impacted the culture and trajectory of an entire country. What have you been avoiding that needs to be confronted? What conversations are your students counting on you to have? Start the process.
