Visioning Onward (EPUB) von Christine Y. Mason

List of Online Resources
Foreword by Daniel A. Domenech
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
PART I: HISTORICAL AND 21st CENTURY CONSIDERATIONS FOR VISIONING ONWARD
1. The Art of Seeing
How Leaders of Learning Transition From Believing It to Seeing It
Visioning Onward: Preparing for Challenges
What Is the Role of Schools Today?
The Opportunity That Is Opening for Schools
Why Visioning?
The Powerful Impact of Visioning
VisioningPermission to Thrive and Change
Some Additional ConsiderationsIn the Long Term
ConclusionsVisions and Our Day-to-Day Reality
2. Believe It to See It: Creating a Vision
Ancient VisionsBurning Cities and Prophecies
Visioning in Modern TimesDewey to Today
Is Visioning Still Relevant in 2020?
Why Do We Encourage Schools to Embrace Visioning?
VisioningOne Secret of Uncommon Leadership
It Takes a Team
Community Building: How Much Involvement Do You Anticipate?
Factors to Consider for Visioning at Your School or District
How Do Visions Relate to a Schools Purpose?
Visioning and ESSA
Visioning in SchoolsOpportunities Today to Recreate Education
Where Is Your School (Or District) Headed?
ConclusionsVisioning in a Time of Uncertainty and Implications for Schools
3. 21st Century ConcernsFood for Thought
Dreams, Visioning Onward, and Changes in Schools
Do Visions Make a Difference?
Five Great Companies
Comparing Visions
Visions as Disruptions
Visions, Missions, and Successful Ventures
How Innovations Have Disrupted Our Lives
VisioningVarious Lenses
Holistic Understanding
Group Effort
Knowledge and Values
Visions That Incorporate Many Perspectives
Visioning Is Not Missioning
Visioning Onward for School Improvement
Dreams, Visioning Onward, and Changes in Schools
ConclusionsCollectively Visioning Outside the Box
PART II: PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND STEPS TO VISIONING IN SCHOOLS
4. Visioning: Steps 14
Doing the Work
So How Will You Proceed With Visioning at Your School?
Some PrerequisitesBiding Time, Building Trust
An Example of Where Visions Might Take YouGreen Schools
VisioningLight-Years Beyond Ordinary (Path 1)
Another NeedVisioning to Handle a Crisis (Path 2)
Considerations for the Visioning Process
A Recommended Eight-Step Visioning Process
Step 1Form a Vision Steering Team, and Develop a Visioning Process Blueprint
Before the Visioning Process Begins
Step 2Identify Participants for the Visioning Process
Step 3Develop the First Draft of Your Vision, and Imagine Your School the Way You Would Like It to Be
Step 4Research Exemplars and Options
ConclusionsBorrowing From the Greats
Resources and Ideas to Support the How of Visioning
Iterative Visioning
5. Visioning Case Study
The Opening of a New SchoolUpper Providence Elementary School (UPES)
Visioning Questions for UPES
Key Questions for Parents
Thirteen Years LaterRefreshing Our Vision
Staf-faculty Focus Group Questions
UPE 5
Pro-Social Pledge
An Existing School With New Leadership at Spring City Elementary School
Spring City Staff Entry Plan Questions
Vision Questions for Spring City Staff
ConclusionsCollaboration Is Key
6. Visioning Steps 58
Steps 58
Step 5Refine Your Vision Using an Iterative Visioning Process
Step 6Develop Mission and Goal Statements, and Determine How to Measure Progress
Mission Statements and the Strategic Planning Process
Goals
Measuring Progress
Step 7Secure Consensus. Ensure That You Are Communicating With Those Who Didnt Participate or Who Have a Different Vision
Step 8Develop an Action Plan to Implement Your Vision
How to Develop an Action Plan
ConclusionsDeveloping an Action Plan as a Team
7. Barriers and Sustainability
Vision, Mission, and GoalsImplementation
Lead the Visioning Journey
Obstacles on the Path
What Processes Will Be Affected?
Challenges in Implementing Heart Centered Learning
Promoting Heart Centered Learning
Implementing Visions Requires Change
Youre Not Operating in a Vacuum
Sustainability
Focus, Priorities, and Goal Setting
When Leadership Changes
ConclusionsLeveraging Communities Near and Far to Overcome Barriers to Sustainability
PART III: VISIONING AT THE MACRO LEVEL
8. Future VisioningHere and Across the Globe
Trends in Education Affecting How Schools Operate
Change and Its Drivers
Technology and Our Way of Being and Doing
Unwanted Side Effects of Too Much Technology
Change Driver 1Automating Choices
Change Driver 2Civic Superpowers
Change Driver 3Accelerating Brains
Mindfulness and Executive Functioning
Change Driver 4Toxic Narratives
Stress
The Future of Employment
Change Driver 5Remaking Geographies
Change Driver 6Social Emotional and Heart Centered Learning
Heart Centered Learning
Implementing Heart Centered Learning
International Concerns and Childrens Well-Being
An Entrepreneurial Vision for Education on a Global Scale
9. Conclusion
Leadership for Tomorrow
References
Index

The step-by-step guide to defining your visionand making it reality

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