Lead the Change brings together for the first time in one place innovative thoughts, experiences, insights, and wisdom of practicing K12 school leaders and industry professionals from across India, Finland, England, Mexico, and China. This book is a comprehensive body of knowledge that is sure to inspire existing school leaders, and motivate aspiring school leaders.
Each article in the book has been selected for publication by the Board of Advisors of ICSL after assessing the value it adds to improving the performance and progress of school leaders.
LEAD The Change: An Anthology to Empower School Leaders
The book has articles spanning all the seven domains of school leadership identified by International Council for School Leadership (ICSL) as:
- School Environment and Culture
- Curriculum and Content
- Learning and Assessment
- People (Students, Parents, Teachers, Staff, and Community)
- Finance, Operations and Legal
- Technology
- Leading Organizational Change
Regarded as a milestone initiative in school education leadership development, the book presents complexities and challenges within each domain and highlights the outlook, skills and knowledge required to steer a school toward excellence.DR. ATUL NISCHAL
- Founder Director, ICSL
- Publisher, The Progressive Teacher
- Executive Vice-President (Academic and Professional Development), S. Chand Group
- Lead Trainer, LEADING in Chaos, India’s first blended learning transformation program for school leaders.
- A rich and diverse experience of 30 years in the school education.
- Led several innovative interventions in different domains of education including content development, assessment, in-service professional development of teachers, educational technology, and eLearning.
- Actively worked with decision makers in the Government, industry and institutions including MHRD, Government of Uttarakhand, The World Bank, Open University (Oxford), British Council, NIIT, HCL, eGurucool, Riverdeep (Ireland), Chegg Inc (USA), EB, and others.
- Doctorate in pure mathematics from Tulane University, New Orleans, USA.
- Taught mathematics at both the school and college levels.
A thorough process was implemented to select the articles of the anthology. Practicing school leaders, educators, experts, and professionals were asked to submit an abstract of their article to be included in the anthology.
The abstract was reviewed by at least two members of the Board of Advisors of ICSL. Authors of selected abstracts were asked to submit their complete article.
Each article received was again reviewed and evaluated on its relevance, usefulness, benefits to readers. The selected articles were then put through a rigorous editing cycle before being finalised for print.
We are extremely sure that each article in the anthology will add tremendous value to the readers.
- Let's Make India a Global Superpower in School Education Again: Dr. Atul Nischal
- Quality Issues in K-12 Education: G. Balasubramanian
- Educated Minds: A Societal Need: Lata Vaidyanathan
- Positive Environment & Culture: Minakshi Kushwaha
- Break the Invisible Barriers: Carlos Adan Ruiz Martínez
- Serve the Challenged: Anita Sharma
- Crafting Virtuous, Moral, and Spiritual Students: Tina Olyai
- Embodying Goodness through Collaboration: Anuradha Pant
- Finnish Schools Empower Educators and Students to Blossom : Suzanne Perkowsky
- Safe and Happy Schools: Dr. Sangeeta Arora
- Creating Student Leaders: Chandragupta Mishra
- A Nest to Nurture the Future: Alpa S. Kotadia
- To Innovate, Become the Problem: Anand Krishnaswamy
- A Shift towards an International Education: Anna Correa
- Content Enrichment for 21st Century: Priyadarshini Kelkar
- Sports and Experiential Learning: Parminder Gill
- Imparting Practical Life Skills to Students: K. Narayana Joisa
- Student Engagement Curriculum: Divya Kapoor
- Self-Evaluation Can Help Schools Grow: Sangeeta D. Krishan
- Accommodating All Learners: Ashok K. Pandey
- Discover Who You Are to Invent What You Can Be!: Satyasree Gupta K
- Mentoring Students to Increase Their Brain Power: Veerle Ponnet
- The Role of Role Play: Tarandeep Singh Sekhon
- Flexible Learning Spaces: Dimple Puri
- Celebrating Differences: Benazir Shafaat Hussain
- The Joy of Learning Begins with Powerful Lessons: Ashish Bhatnagar
- Creating an Enthralling Mathematics: Arpita Acharya
- Without the Fear of Assessment: Salla Vijay Kumar
- Life's Education Through a Life in Education: Pramod Sharma
- Bonds that Last forever: Aparna Magee
- Transforming Mindsets: Dr. (Mrs.) Indu Khetarpal
- From a Candy Seller to a Teacher: Dr. Nirmala Krishnan
- Mentoring Students to Lead: Kashmira Jaiswal
- Raising a Healthy and Happy Generation: Dr. Veenu Sharma
- Attracting and Retaining Talented Teachers: Ramya Venkataraman, Rohan Joshi
- Teachers are the Heart of a School: Sanjay Kumar Mallick
- Think Change, Think People!: Manisha Arondekar
- Building Bridges, Making Connections: Anirudh Gupta
- Edyfing Community is Nation Building: Pravin Tiwari
- Help Students Prepare for Higher Education: Nitin Kapoor
- Operational Challenges For Independent Schools: S. L. Jain
- Integrating Technology in the School Paradigm: Dr. Rajesh Hassija
- How the Machines Might Make Great Teaching Assistants: Vipul Reddy
- Create Meaningful Learning Experiences: Vinay Sharma
- Kaizen: Change for the Better: Rajeev Kumar Singhal
- Technology for Effective Parent-Teacher Communication: Avdhesh Mahajan
- Agile School Leadership: Vijai Krishna Rajagopal
- Spiritual Lessons for School Leaders: Dr. Jeayaram Subramanian
- Leading for Tomorrow: Dr. Vivekanandan P