The Coronavirus pandemic has upended many of our assumptions about the future and many universities now fear for their survival. This video seeks to help university leaders and managers prepare to meet the challenges of this new HE environment.

It is grounded in the premise that effective university leadership requires practitioners to master four essential pre-requisites: they must comprehensively know their environment; know their university; know their department and know themselves as individuals.”

Supporting Educators Transitioning to the Remote World is a brief video presentation that walks viewers through various ways that instructional coaches can assist their colleagues during this extraordinary time period. Various tools of the trade are shared and how they can promote the success of all students.

Virtual Coaching 101 is a brief video presentation that provides those working in a coaching role with ideas for how to move their coaching work into the virtual world during this extraordinary time period. Six coaching strategies are presented with tips for how to modify for success in the online environment.

For the past 25 years I have been studying organizational turbulence. That work has led to the development of Turbulence Theory. If ever there was a turbulent time it’s now. Educational leaders at all levels and students of educational leadership need process that will help them to respond to and work with the turbulence they now face. This video takes viewers through a 5 step process that is designed to do just that. These steps include: Reflecting deeply on the turbulence, considering the drivers of turbulence (positionality, cascading, and stability), deciding on the general level of turbulence, considering whether to escalate or tone down the turbulence, and making a plan.

Many teachers and other school champions are feeling especially overwhelmed during this unusual time. Learn specific steps you can take as a school leader to lighten their burden without underserving students.