1. of Effective Networks in Education
Essential Features
of Effective Networks in Education
Santiago Rincón-Gallardo OISE, University of Toronto Michael Fullan Enterprises @SRinconGallardo

2. Think about the team or network you are most involved in or familiar with.
What has been its most important contribution to yourself or to others?
What is one key area where it could get better?

3. Game plan for today 8 Essential Features of Effective Networks
A New Partnership between Central Leadership and Networks

4. Turn and Talk
Find a person next to you and share: Your type of network, its most important contribution, and one key area of improvement
How did your answers compare
to your colleague’s responses?

5. Effective Networks Deepen student learning and engagement
Enhance the profesional capital of teachers and leaders
Become a force of whole system improvement

6. Essential Features of Effective Networks in Education
Frequent Connection Outwards
Adequate Resources
New Partnerships
Flat Leadership Structure
Collaborative Inquiry
Trust + Internal Accountability
AMBITIOUS LEARNING +
Effective
Pedagogy
Constant Interaction Inwards
Rincón-Gallardo & Fullan, 2016

7. Self-assessing your own network
Complete the reflection survey based on the self-assessment of your own network.
Rate your network using the scale:
Seldom
Sometimes
Often
[Almost] Always
Give evidence for your
rating.
Pick one of the 8 Essential Features you’d like your own network to get better at this year.
Essential Features of Effective Networks in Education 1 2 3 4
Evidence i.
Focusing on ambitious student learning outcomes linked to effective pedagogy
ii.
Developing strong relationships of trust and internal accountability
iii.
Continuously improving practice and systems through cycles of collaborative inquiry
iv.
Using deliberate leadership and skilled facilitation with flat power structures v.
Frequently interacting and learning inwards
vi.
Connecting outwards to learn from others
vii.
Forming new partnerships among students, teachers, families, and communities
viii.
Securing adequate resources to sustain the work.

8. Essential Features of Effective Networks in Education1 2 3 4
Evidence i.
Focusing on ambitious student learning outcomes linked to effective pedagogy
ii.
Developing strong relationships of trust and internal accountability
iii.
Continuously improving practice and systems through cycles of collaborative inquiry
iv.
Using deliberate leadership and skilled facilitation with flat power structures v.
Frequently interacting and learning inwards
vi.
Connecting outwards to learn from others
vii.
Forming new partnerships among students, teachers, families, and communities
viii
Securing adequate resources to sustain the work.

9. Consulting trio Form a trio with people you don’t interact with often.
Letter off A, B, C.
Consulting Round 1. A presents to B and C key identified area of improvement for her own network in 1 minute. B and C offers best posible advice – 2 minutes each.
Consulting Round 2. B presents to C and A key identified area of improvement for her own network in 1 minute. C and A offers best posible advice – 2 minutes each.
Consulting Round 3. C presents to A and B key identified area of improvement for her own network in 1 minute. A and B offers best posible advice – 2 minutes each.

10. Consulting Trio The key area of growth for my own network:
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Solutions/suggestions:
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11. Networks and Central Leadership: A New Partnership
From…
To…
Supply-driven
Demand-driven
Compliance-oriented
Learning-oriented
Bureaucracy
Movement
In what ways is a new partnership of this kind developing in your district?
What are three actions you could take in the next month to cultivate a partnership of this kind?
Rincón-Gallardo & Fullan, 2016

12. Thank you! santiago.rincon.gallardo@utoronto.ca @SRinconGallardo