“School Retool creates a space for professionals to thoughtfully design educational risks.”
“School Retool is a process for creating change towards big BIG aspirations using little manageable changes. It’s like improvement/implementation science except that it is working towards an aspiration instead of working on a problem. I like the flip.”
“An opportunity to work with a committed group of educators to reflect on your school community and collaboratively develop aspirations and small hacks to improve the educational experience for all students and in particular those furthest from opportunity.”
“School Retool helps school leaders hack their way to redesigning changes at their school focused on equitable outcomes.”
“A community of people committed to change who are ready to take action, evaluate, refocus, and constantly move the work forward. It's inspiring.”
“Messy, exciting, challenging, inspiring, and exactly what you need right now!”
“The opportunity to remove all barriers and think about possibilities for change in our building.”
“A place to collaborate and learn about design thinking, hacking, and organizational change.”
“School Retool is an immersive opportunity to dig into design thinking and work toward real change in a supportive and invigorating environment.”
“Create systems that do not overwhelm you that focus on the most important issues within our schools.”
“An opportunity to closely study and practice an innovative approach to equity.”
“Group of like-minded professionals trying to move schools forward in powerful way.”
“School Retool is an excellent opportunity to think outside the box for ways to improve the educational experience for kids. Ideas don’t have to be overwhelmingly giant systemic changes, but can start small.”
"After The Cohort, I Plan To…."
“More hacks, staying close to users and seek feedback from teachers and students.”
“Lots of quick wins & more hacks! Since it's my first year as the school leader, I am starting small and failing forward (for sure!)”
“We are living in a new schedule specifically because of my hack. We will re-evaluate and reflect for next year.”
“Build a secondary system where teachers from all foci can discuss and work towards hacks within our schools to better their students.”
“Utilize design thinking in addition to implementation science to create lasting change. Utilize and encourage others to utilize hacks to try new things without fear of failure. Encourage failing forward.”
“Work with a team to help students furthest from opportunity feel valued and a sense of belonging. Increase the work that our 5th grade council is doing to create a culture that contains more student voice and work with the language arts adoption team to find materials that are a good fit for our deeper learning mission.”
