Curiosity Works
Curiosity Works
By: Bryan Goodwin, Kristin Rouleau, Dale Lewis
Take charge of your school's learning environment and culture, and push past performance plateaus by rekindling the power of curiosity across your school.
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Curiosity Works is for school leaders at any school who are ready to harness the power of curiosity to drive school improvement decisions and support teacher effectiveness and student learning.
Incorporating key elements of McREL’s well known What Matters Most® framework and Balanced Leadership® research and professional learning program, Curiosity Works leverages important concepts from improvement science and phases of talent development to guide school leadership teams on a journey of continuous, collaborative, curiosity-driven improvement.
Using the ideas, tips, and 17 practical tools in Curiosity Works, you’ll discover how to achieve unity of purpose with your faculty and community, rely on colleagues for in-house professional development, and guide change in a way that’s inspiring rather than nerve-wracking.
No two schools are alike, and local context matters. As such, Curiosity Works is not a prescribed lockstep program. Instead, what you'll find in this book is adaptable guidance that appeals to a powerful force within each of us to improve, innovate, and flourish: curiosity.
Bryan Goodwin
Bryan Goodwin is president and CEO of McREL International. During his more than two decades at McREL, he has translated research into practice, scanning the world for new insights and best practices on teaching and leading, and has helped educators across the United States and around the world adapt them to address their own local contexts, goals, and needs. A frequent conference presenter, he is the author of numerous books, papers, and articles on research-based practices for effective instruction and school/system leadership, and the power of curiosity for students and adults. Before joining McREL in 1998, Bryan was a college instructor, a high school teacher, and a business journalist. He and his family live in Denver, Colorado. Visit mcrel.org to learn more.
Kristin Rouleau
Kris Rouleau, Ed.D., is the Vice President of Learning Services at McREL, where she and her team work with schools, districts, and state departments of education to help implement evidence-based practices and structures for high-quality instruction, leadership, and systemic change for improvement and innovation. Kris joined McREL after a more than 30-year career in education, serving as a classroom teacher, principal, and district-level curriculum administrator.
Dale Lewis
Dale Lewis, Ph.D., is a vice president at McREL who provides strategic leadership for large, multi-year federally funded education research and technical assistance programs. Before joining McREL, Dale was a certified educational diagnostician, a special education teacher, and director of the Texas Comprehensive Center. Dale maintains a deep understanding of the planning and implementation of research-based processes related to innovative instruction, systemic change, effective staff evaluation, and professional learning and coaching to build the capacity of educators and school systems.
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