Future-Ready Superintendents Leadership Institute
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TASA’s Future-Ready Superintendents Leadership Institute was designed to create and sustain a cadre of courageous, visionary superintendents willing to expand their leadership beyond the local level and propel MISSION: School Transformation forward.
In 2012, a group of exceptional leaders — 39 superintendents and senior-level district administrators in the early stages of their careers — came together to understand, design, and initiate innovative systemic changes locally and statewide.
In the spirit of student-centered learning, the design of the institute was modeled after elements of project-based learning, action research, the flipped classroom, and design thinking. Sessions were customized dynamically in response to participants as they discovered new insights that shaped and enriched the sessions.
Participants worked in teams to produce various tools that could be used across the state to advance MISSION: School Transformation — an infographic, video, slide presentation, and a report, The Moral Imperative, From Vision to Action.
Institute Members
| Name | District | Region |
|---|---|---|
| Gonzalo Salazar | Los Fresnos CISD | 1 |
| Royce Avery | Aransas Pass ISD | 2 |
| Vicki Adams | Palacios ISD | 3 |
| HD Chambers | Alief ISD | 4 |
| Karin V. Holacka | Brazosport ISD | 4 |
| Keith Moore | Crosby ISD | 4 |
| Roy Garcia | Cypress-Fairbanks ISD | 4 |
| Fred Brent | Alvin ISD | 4 |
| Shannon J. Holmes | Hardin-Jefferson ISD | 5 |
| Mike Coker | Bellville ISD | 6 |
| Rory S. Gesch | Navasota ISD | 6 |
| LaTonya M. Goffney | Lufkin ISD | 7 |
| Fred S. Hayes | Nacogdoches ISD | 7 |
| Teresa J. Farler | Pine Tree ISD | 7 |
| Paul Norton | Texarkana ISD | 8 |
| Lane Ledbetter | Graham ISD | 9 |
| Bob Morrison | Garland ISD | 10 |
| Michael D. McFarland | Lancaster ISD | 10 |
| Kevin Worthy | Royse City ISD | 10 |
| Doug Williams | Sunnyvale ISD | 10 |
| G. Wayne Rotan | Glen Rose ISD | 11 |
| Robin S. Ryan | Grapevine-Colleyville ISD | 11 |
| Randy Reid | Keller ISD | 11 |
| David Belding | Millsap ISD | 11 |
| Timothy Miller | Cleburne ISD | 11 |
| Buck Gilcrease | Hillsboro ISD | 12 |
| John Craft | Killeen ISD | 12 |
| Douglas Killian | Hutto ISD | 13 |
| Brad Lancaster | Lake Travis ISD | 13 |
| Steve Flores | Round Rock ISD | 13 |
| Andrew B. Kim | Comal ISD | 13 |
| Randy Brown | Snyder ISD | 14 |
| Shaun Barnett | Stamford ISD | 14 |
| Robert McLain | Channing ISD | 16 |
| David Vroonland | Frenship ISD | 17 |
| Kevin Brown | Alamo Heights ISD | 20 |
| Dan Troxell | Kerrville ISD | 20 |
| Michelle Carol Smith | Lytle ISD | 20 |
The Moral Imperative
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The Moral Imperative: From Vision to Action, a report by the Future-Ready Superintendents Leadership Institute, suggests a theoretical framework for answering the questions: “Why transformation?” and “How to transform?”
