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Blog - Akribos Professional Associates and Guest Contributors
While I love to celebrate the successes attained by the students, staff, and schools that I work with as a consultant, part of my job is to focus on the “half-empty” glasses, facilitating the processes needed to “fill them to the top.”
As we get ready for the new school year, I want to share this with you in case you did not see
it at the beginning of summer.
I won’t re-state my argument here; just click through to this article that I published in June via
Next Gen Learning Challenge. The big question that I hope you will ponder: Might it be time
to refresh education around a taxonomy that addresses today’s hurdles and biggest learning
challenges?
Should we not retire what was, in essence, the taxonomy of the Industrial Age learning
imperatives...
With one that addresses the realities of
today and tomorrow?
The Alabama School Grant Consortia Program is a partnership between the Alabama Association of School Boards, the Winning Grants Institute, and The University of Alabama Center for Community-Based Partnerships. The program is based on a concept model that has demonstrated highly successful outcomes in a multiyear delivery system. The program facilitator is David G. Bauer, acclaimed author and grants trainer.
A key takeaway from Wisdom Road is not a surprise: America has seen a dramatic loss of
civil discourse in the last decade. The skills and practice of civility itself have become
endangered by a toxic stew of political, social, and opinion-masquerading-as-news media. I
believe that the very foundations of our democratic society are rooted in civility. Without the
ability to be human with each other, not through digital interfaces, but face-to-face with others
with whom we may have significant disagreements, the system is destined to fail.
Giving USA 2023: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2022 has just been released and the latest data on charitable giving is exciting. It is important that school districts throughout Alabama know these grant facts so that they can develop successful strategies to tap these remarkable sources of funds that never need to be repaid. Alabama school districts need to rid themselves of the notion that grant seeking is too much work and that failure is a given no matter what.
The Akribos Group is pleased to announce that Dr. Amy D McFarland has joined our team of Professional
Associates. Dr. McFarland received her Doctorate in Educational Leadership from Washington State
University and holds a Master of Arts in teaching and a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from the University
of Puget Sound.
By: Julie Jungalwala (formerly Wilson), Recognized Thought Leader and Akribos Guest Contributor
The summer professional development season is upon us and I have been enjoying working with several
schools as they continue the work of translating their pedagogical and curricular vision into reality. A
key part of this work is deciding on the work to be done - all while holding it lightly and with a spirit of
iteration. During these conversations, we typically add things to be done - very rarely do we discuss
what we might stop doing.
A helpful exercise I often facilitate is called KEEP/STOP/ START. Try it with yourself and your team and
commit to the changes that emerge :)
You’re still celebrating being named to a new leadership role in your district and
you’re ready to get to work and move your school(s) forward … now is the time to
consider your strengths and weaknesses carefully and to introspectively analyze
your leadership style.
