Managing Change
"Next year" is a time of looming change for many schools, and their staffs need tools and strategies for managing this change effectively while recognizing it as a human process.

Webinars

Change Management - One Schoolhouse's June 9, 2020, Academic Leaders webinar on Change Management with executive coach Lorri Palko, founder of Love, Money, Purpose.

Next Normal with NAIS' Tim Fish - For our Wednesday, March 10, Academic Leaders Webinar, Tim Fish, Chief Innovation Officer at NAIS, joined Sarah to share his insights on the "Next Normal" that is emerging on the horizon for independent schools.

Resources for Preparing for the Fall - This spring and summer, we've led over 800 academic leaders through our Academic Leadership for Hybrid Learning course. Along the way, we've learned a bit about what leaders are concerned about this summer as we prepare for the fall. We also asked participants to share their favorite resources that they turn to when seeking insights. This recording is of One Schoolhouse's July 15, 2020, Academic Leaders webinar on insights from your colleagues and we'll share some of those resources that can help.

Resources to Read & Watch

Blogs

Resources

• Gen Z Takes Over: What Academic Leaders Need to Know About Generational Change and Retention May 3, 2021
• Responding to New Demands March 12, 2021
• Looking To The Next Normal March 7, 2021
• Flexibility & Options Are Key During the Pandemic; They’ll Be Key Post Pandemic, Too February 8, 2021
• Becoming The Brady Bunch - And Loving It November 23, 2020
• Change Management June 10, 2020
• Looking Ahead to A Hybrid 2020–21: What Does That Mean for Schools? April 28, 2020
• 92% of Administrators are Worried About Teachers. Here’s What You Can Do to Help, October 5, 2020
• Optimizing Your Learning Management System for Hybrid Learning, July 30, 2020
• Managing Change When There is an Unknown, February 20, 2019
• Don't Let the Unknown Stop You From Acting, February 1, 2019
• Flashback from 1999: Teachers' Technology Fears and Hopes, January 2, 2019
• Disruptive Innovation: The Mirror and the Crystal Ball, September 16, 2014
• A Place of Strength or Place of Fear, February 7, 2013
• A Letter to Experienced Teachers, July 18, 2012

• LMS Strategies for Pandemic Learning: Your learning management system (LMS) is your first line of defense during a challenging learning time. Well-planned systems help ameliorate executive functioning weakness or underdeveloped academic maturity during good times, and during the pandemic, these supports are more necessary than ever. This is a nuts-and-bolts sort of list to help streamline students' experience in the LMS. We’ve focused on making this list practical, including only those elements that we feel can be adjusted mid-year.
• LMS Evaluation Checklist: An essential list of LMS features for hybrid learning. ​

The Pulse of Academic Leaders ​

In what areas have you made major changes this year? December 15, 2020

​Are your teachers looking forward to returning to normal or looking forward to the next normal? ​March 9, 2021