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OUT NOW: The second edition of has competency rubrics. The Transformational attributes's Guiding Change competency implements intentional, systemic strategies and actions to enable the spread, scale and sustainability of change efforts. Here's what it looks like at each stage through the rubric. Have you reflected on where you are on the rubric yet?

Establishing: Understands the key components of complex change and explains how strategies relate to systems, structures and desired outcomes
Developing: Designs a plan for complex changes to include strategies and actions for systemic change
Proficient: Implements intentional, co-created strategies that enable the spread, scale and sustainability of change efforts
Advanced: Refines actions to optimize scalability and sustainability across context by experimenting with approaches and predicting outcomes


Download the second edition of Portrait of a Leader, link in comments.

The Portrait of a Leader captures the essential knowledge, skills and mindsets educators need to lead sustainable, learner-centered change within educational systems. The second edition includes competency-based progressions that support reflection, growth and continuous learning — designed to enable personalized leadership development.

Leadership is about everyday actions, not job titles. The Portrait supports systems-level leadership development approaches and individual professional growth for district leaders, principals, instructional coaches, teacher leaders and other instructional leaders.

Reflect on your leadership practices with the second edition of Portrait of a Leader: https://bit.ly/3X6Lx8Y

Join us for a webinar hosted by American Alliance of Museums and explore how museums could navigate and shape the futures of education outlined in our forecast. Panelists from across the museum field will reflect on how their institutions are grappling with the drivers of change impacting education over the next decade: Integrating with AI, Everyday Disruptions, Eroding Public Institutions and The Relevance Gap, and what they might mean for the context of museums today.

Facilitated by Maria Crabtree, Director of Strategic Foresight Projects at KnowledgeWorks
Panelists:
John H. Falk, Principal at JohnHFalk, LLC
Cindy Meyers Foley, Director, CEO at Grand Rapids Art Museum
Andrea Stromeyer, Education Programs Manager at Door County Maritime Museum & Lighthouse Preservation Society, Inc.

Join us on June 8, 2-3 pm ET https://bit.ly/4u6NUXN

Shaping the future of learning doesn’t start with big systems overhaul. It starts with small, deliberate actions grounded in a clear vision of what’s possible. Here are some tools to get started. https://bit.ly/4nAMC4E

Futures Thinking Can Pave the Way to Education Systems Change Futures thinking can help education leaders navigate uncertainty, understand drivers of change and take intentional steps toward more personalized, equitable and future‑ready learning systems.

We're hiring for Senior Manager of Creative Services. The role oversees visual design and creative production across marketing and communications. It blends hands on design work with project management and creative direction, ensuring all materials are clear, consistent and aligned with the organization’s brand. Apply now: https://bit.ly/4tYNvFQ