Making Explicit

Michael Fullan at BCSSA/BCASBO Fall Conference 2014

It was my deepest pleasure to meet one of my edu-super heroes Dr. Michael Fullan at the 2014 BCSSA/BCASBO Fall Conference in Vancouver.  I have read several his books on educational leadership and educational change but I never thought I would listen to him speak or even speak to him face-to-face.  First, thank you Michael for taking this shameless edu-selfie with me during the break and second, thank you for answering several of my edu-questions that lingered within me for many years as an educator and school trustee.  A weight has been lifted… and I am grateful.  Three messages that transformed my seemingly rhetorical edu-questions to a place of clarity: (1) The school principal should be the “Lead Learner” of the school; (2) Be explicit with the vision; and (3) When the moral imperative is lost, all that one can think about is the money.  Wowza…  I was frustrated for years and this was an “aha” edu-moment.  Thank you Michael!!!  Your gift is making the implicit, explicit… so that people, like me, can see themselves in your story.