“If the person who talks the most learns the most, who is doing the most learning in your classroom?” ~ Anonymous
“Change begins with a culture where everyone is elevated to the status of learner.” Sarah Brown Wessling
“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” ~ John C. Maxwell
“Leadership is the power of one harnessing the power of many.” ~ John C. Maxwell
“Every system is perfectly designed to achieve the results it gets.” ~W. Edward Deming
“It’s this simple: schools won’t improve until the average building leader begins to work cooperatively with teachers to truly, meaningfully oversee and improve instructional quality.” ~ Mike Schmoker
“What’s really important to being our best is concentration and focus on something that is meaningful to us.” ~ Kouzes and Posner
“Patience and persistence have a magical affect before which difficulties and obstacles vanish.” ~ John Quincy Adams
“If adults don’t learn, then students won’t learn either. No matter how good school goals are, they cannot be met if the school isn’t organized to accomplish them. The school operates as a learning community that uses its own experience and knowledge, and that of others, to improve the performance of students and teachers alike…. A culture of shared responsibility is established, and everybody learns from one another.” ~ NAESP, 2002
“We learn to do the work by doing the work, reflecting on the work, and critiquing the work.” ~ City, Elmore, Fiarman & Teitel, Instructional Rounds
“It’s amazing what a team can accomplish when no one cares who receives the credit.” ~ Coach John Wooden
Reflections on Leadership and Learning 