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    Learn from (simulated) experience

    Computer simulations are a safe way to practice making tough decisions

    By Ken Spero
    June 2018
    Vol. 38 No. 3
    Imagine you’re a newly promoted principal, replacing a principal who left the job after only one year. Right before your first staff meeting, you’re confronted with a challenge with which you have no experience: A teacher comes to you in great distress because she’s being bullied by a fellow teacher. If you’re uncertain how to proceed, you’re not alone. Finding a more efficient way to help current and aspiring K-12 leaders is crucial because there’s a silent crisis undermining school reform. Low-achieving, high-poverty schools face twice the annual leadership turnover rates of other schools — and they generally fill positions with the least experienced leaders (Beteille, Kalogrides, & Loeb, 2011). More than 60% of urban superintendents cannot recruit or retain qualified principals (Darling-Hammond, LaPointe, Meyerson,

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    Authors

    Ken Spero

    Ken Spero (kspero@edleadershipsims.com) is chief executive officer of Ed Leadership Sims, established in partnership with the Graduate School of Education of the University of Pennsylvania.

    SAMPLE SIMULATIONS TO WATCH AND PLAY


    DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS: DRESS CODE

    https://edsimspd.com/SIMDEMO/dresscode/Start.html

    COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP: DIGITAL READINESS

    https://edsimspd.com/SIMDEMO/FR_CP_1/

    GIRLS’ BASKETBALL COACH: ANGRY PARENT

    www.youtube.com/embed/OLARyKuHtjM/&rel=0&
    showsearch=0&ap=%2526fmt%3D18&ap=%2526fmt%3D22

    References

    Seppala, E. & King, M. (2017, June 29). Burnout at work isn’t just about exhaustion. It’s also about loneliness. Harvard Business Review.Available at https://hbr.org/2017/06/burnout-at-work-isnt-just-about-exhaustion-its-also-about-loneliness.

    School Leaders Network. (2014). Churn: The high cost of principal turnover.Available at www.acesconnection.com/blog/churn-e-high-cost-of-principal-turnover-connectleadsucceed-org


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