Partnerships between Business Leaders & School Principals

What if …

We applied our extensive knowledge of how to lead large-scale social change

to the crisis in Education?

As opposed to… Many ‘bitty’ interventions that are not aligned,

coherent and sustainable?

How does one change a complex social system with 20,000 struggling schools?

Introducing a Theory of Change

One School @ a time

How does one change a complex social system

with 20,000 struggling schools?

Ref: Nick Spaull’s article on “Back to Basics” (Mail & Guardian)

At the heart of the failure of our education system is the

chasm between policy & implementation

1. Create Readiness for Change

2. Do Baseline Assessment

3. Co-create a vision

4. Develop Strategy & Plan

5. Implement & Evaluate

5-phase Change Process for Sustainable Change @ a School (Incorporating lessons learned from change projects in corporates)

Year 1 (8-12 months): Create Readiness for Change

2. Do Baseline Assessment

3. Co-create a vision

4. Develop Strategy & Plan

5. Implement & Evaluate

5-phase Change Process for Sustainable Change @ a School (Incorporating lessons learned from change projects in corporates)

Partnerships between Business Leaders & School Principals

An innovation in Leadership Development

A reciprocal co-learning & co-action partnership

Supported by the Emthunzini BBBEE Trust

Partnerships between Business Leaders & School Principals

Currently: 56 Partnerships

2012 goal: 120 Partnerships

2017 goal: 2,000 Partnerships