Agile Systems Empowering Agile Youth

The actions leaders take to shift gears nimbly make a world of difference now in K-12 schooling

Agility was the editorial theme for GettingSmart.com last February. We thought the rise of artificial intelligence and the changing nature of work, the demands from the climate crisis to go green and prepare for extreme weather events, the opportunity of new personalized and competency-based learning models, and shrinking enrollments and new competition justified a focus on agile school leadership.

Little did we know the world would change a month later. Our school buildings were closed by a global pandemic, and we shifted gears quickly to remote learning. Preparing to resume education this fall with a mixture of remote and hybrid learning created unprecedented demands for agile leadership and nimble systems.