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Partnerships between Business Leaders & School Principals
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Louise van Rhyn of Symphonia talks about building leadership in school principals at Making CSI Matter 2012.
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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
