If you have set a goal, then you need to take a step back and reassess the desired result against the reality of your working environment. You should also take into your own, as well as others, personal circumstances, as these might have changed since the goal was set.

Transformative Collaboration is actually the result of upsetting the status quo and challenging assumptions and sharing critical feedback. Not negative feedback, but critical feedback.

To encourage teachers to act responsibly requires leaders to communicate clearly and make all of the expected outputs very explicit. Caution, though, must be taken when defining the outputs that are expected, because if leaders are too prescriptive, it will limit a teacher’s agency to take ownership when problems arise.