List of Figures and Tables
Foreword by Michael Fullan
Preface
1. Charting the Course
Understanding Current Structures
Setting a Course for Recalculation
Mapping Pathways to Career Readiness
Navigating Pathways to Career Readiness
From Good to Great to Innovate
2. Leadership Matters!
Leadership Context Matters
Leadership Roles Matter
Motion Leadership Matters
Innovation Leadership Matters
What Matters Most in Leading Innovation?
Breaking Barriers
From Good to Great to Innovate
3. All FACES Matter!
Relentless Pursuit to Excellence and Achievement - Matters!
Shared Beliefs and Understandings
An Inclusive Equitable Learning Community: Constructing Pathways
Together Matters
A Culture of Innovation and Mutual Respect
From Good to Great to Innovate
4. Closing the Gap to Raise the Bar
Data Matters!
Foundational Literacy Skills Matter!
Getting Started
From Good to Great to Innovate
5. Choice Matters!
Learning Journeys
Clearing the Pathway Congestion
Clearly Articulated Pathways Matter!
Shared Learning: What′s Working?
From Good to Great to Innovate
6. Skilled Teachers Matter!
Knowledge Building and Knowledge Creation
Collaborative Inquiry as Knowledge Mobilization
Experiential Learning Is for Everyone!
From Good to Great to Innovate
Epilogue by Andy Hargreaves
Appendices
Appendix A: Recalculating the Route: Striking a New Leadership
Balance
Appendix B: Detailed Explanation of How Individual Lenses of the
Innovation Leadership Prism Are Relational
Appendix C: Tips for Parents
Appendix D: Sample Pathways Questions
Appendix D Continued: Sample Student Pathway Questions
Appendix E: Career Pathways in Agriculture & Career Pathways for
Health Care Settings in York Region
Appendix F: Co-Teaching Cycle
Appendix G: Sample Pathway Tracking
Appendix H: Student "Innovation Mindset" Self-Assessment Sheet
Appendix I: Exploring Opportunities Program (EOP) Credit
Accumulation
Appendix J: Personalized Placement Learning Plan (PPLP)
Appendix K: Forms of Experiential Learning
References
Lyn Sharratt is a practitioner and researcher working in remote and
urban settings worldwide. Lyn is an Adjunct Professor at the
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto,
Canada; a Fellow at University of Melbourne, Australia; an author
consultant for Corwin Press; an advisor for International School
Leadership with the Ontario Principals’ Council; and consults
internationally, working with system, school, and teacher leaders
at all levels in Australia, Canada, Chile, New Zealand, the
Netherlands, Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Lyn
focuses her time and effort on increasing each student’s growth and
achievement by working alongside leaders and teachers to put FACES
on their data, taking intentional action to make equity and
excellence a reality for ALL students.
Visit www.lynsharratt.com for articles, video clips, podcasts; on
Twitter: @LynSharratt; on Instagram: lyn_sharratt; and on LinkedIn
where Lyn owns the “Educational Leadership” LinkedIn group made up
of 99,000+ members.
Lyn’s authorship includes: Realization: The Change Imperative for
Deepening District-Wide Reform (with Michael Fullan); Putting FACES
on the Data: What Great Leaders Do! (With Michael Fullan); Good to
Great to Innovate: Recalculating the Route, K-12+ (with Gale
Harild); Leading Collaborative Learning: Excellence (with Beate
Planche); CLARITY: What Matters MOST in Learning, Teaching and
Leading (International Best-Selling Education Book in 2020); and
Putting FACES on the Data – the 10th Anniversary Edition (with
Michael Fullan).
Lyn is proud of the recent co-development of the CLARITY Learning
Suite (CLS) - a web-based collaborative Professional Learning
opportunity that mirrors CLARITY. Lyn and her team believe that
‘everyone’s a leader’, thus CLS provides guidance to Learning
Leaders on how to do this work of system and school improvement –
together – to make a difference for all students. Visit
www.claritylearningsuite.com.
Gale Harild is an educational practitioner and Pathway consultant.
She is currently an instructional leader for York University. Gale
served as curriculum administrator for the York Region District
School Board in Ontario where over the past 12 years she provided
regional leadership and program/resource development for
Experiential Learning models including, but not limited to,
cooperative education programming, international programming,
service learning, and apprenticeship programs. Working with her
Pathway team, Gale initiated and supported the successful start-up
of sixty Specialist High Skills Majors (SHSM) programs across the
district. SHSM performance measures for the district met and in
some cases exceeded Ministry targets, with program completion rates
and credit attainment rates higher than provincial averages. Gale
has served on advisory and curriculum writing teams with the
Ministry over the course of her career. Prior to her role as a
curriculum administrator Gale was a high school teacher for 22
years. Her position as department head for Cooperative Education
took her work into elementary schools and post-secondary
destinations. Collaborating with community and industry
sector partners, as well as post-secondary institutions, she has
helped build and support pathways for all students by deepening the
understanding of the interconnectedness between the curriculum and
the work habits/essential skills that make up the profile of the
Literate Graduate for the 21st century. Gale is committed to
ensuring quality instruction so that every pathway leads to an
opportunity. Visit Gale at Linkedin.
"Congratulations and thanks Lyn Sharratt and Gale Harild for this
inspirational look at Innovation as the next step to move school
systems from Good to Great. Lynn and Gale have synthesized current
research and put forward real-life case studies to demonstrate that
students succeed when there is an acute focus on instructional
practice that is elevated by shifts in teacher mind-set and
leadership development. The authors have cleverly presented complex
data and research using straightforward language and graphics. This
enticing approach will help educators clearly understand that the
attainable solutions presented in each chapter will support every
student. The examples and advice shared throughout this book and
it′s precursor, Putting FACES on the Data have been catalysts for
leading my team to thoughtful collective action within our K- 12
Family of Schools as we create pathways for literate graduates
together."
*Joy Uniac, Superintendent of Education*
"Through extensive research and practical examples, this
outstanding book puts forward a compelling case for structured,
collaborative inquiry processes to achieve success for ALL
students. We are reminded of the importance of maintaining a
relentless focus, keeping alignment at all levels and feedback
processes where feedback is both given and received. Significantly,
the authors show that attention to perception data, particularly
those of students, is vital in order to move from Good to Great to
Innovate. The emphasis on student voice and collaboration between
all stakeholders, elements too often lacking in previous school
improvement conversations, sets this book apart and lays the
foundation for leaders at all levels to challenge the ‘status
quo’."
*Janelle Wills, Director*
"Without question the job market demands agility, resourcefulness,
innovation and fearlessness. How will the education community
respond? The authors of Good to Great to Innovate brilliantly
map the DNA of a relevant education. Our call: to strip barriers
and envision unlimited pathways to success."
*Debbie Hedgepeth, Assistant Superintendent*
"The authors are to be applauded for advocating it is time for
education leaders and skilled teachers to re-claim their role in
the dynamic processes of educational change, particularly in the
current context of the complex ‘social drivers’ identified early in
the text. Innovative approaches to setting the course for career
readiness and fostering positive attitudes to life-long learning
are presented and supported with a veritable smorgasbord (including
input from over forty-one jurisdictions around the world), of
supports, resources and guidance systems to assist all students in
finding their own ‘True North’."
*Susan E. Elliot-Johns, Ph.D.*
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