Often the march of change and improvement in schools is treated as a very linear process in which program or system is identified, implemented, and reflected on using a fairly simple assumption. This assumption is that if an organization provides vision, skills, incentives, resources and an action plan, then any change initiative will have a high likelihood for success.
There is surely plenty of truth to this, however, one thing organizations have long ignored is where the good ideas come from. Who explores and tinkers, plays and fails with a wide variety of promising ideas looking for the connections to our current and future work? Where does the vision originate?
Organizations are now beginning to understand that they must cultivate their own engines of innovation to help develop and pursue an ongoing and flexible vision of what schools can be. This engine must take the form of a loose network of individuals and teams, following similar protocols, that are well-connected to and supported by the school's hierarchical systems of routine.
This innovation network at AISC is the iLab, which interfaces with the school's leadership team and its curriculum teams, known together as cNet, to determine which ideas get passed on and potentially implemented.
The teams active in 2016-17 represent widely varying aspects of teaching and learning at AISC, and together they represent a commitment to innovation and continuous growth as a global leader in this area.
There is surely plenty of truth to this, however, one thing organizations have long ignored is where the good ideas come from. Who explores and tinkers, plays and fails with a wide variety of promising ideas looking for the connections to our current and future work? Where does the vision originate?
Organizations are now beginning to understand that they must cultivate their own engines of innovation to help develop and pursue an ongoing and flexible vision of what schools can be. This engine must take the form of a loose network of individuals and teams, following similar protocols, that are well-connected to and supported by the school's hierarchical systems of routine.
This innovation network at AISC is the iLab, which interfaces with the school's leadership team and its curriculum teams, known together as cNet, to determine which ideas get passed on and potentially implemented.
The teams active in 2016-17 represent widely varying aspects of teaching and learning at AISC, and together they represent a commitment to innovation and continuous growth as a global leader in this area.
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