2019 MARKED THE FIRST YEAR OF OUR
NEW MISSION AND
VISION IN ACTION.
Mission
> UPLIFT school leaders
> TRANSFORM mindsets and action
> CREATE vibrant cultures of innovation
> BUILD excellent and equitable schools
> UPLIFT school leaders
> TRANSFORM mindsets and action
> CREATE vibrant cultures of innovation
> BUILD excellent and equitable schools
Vision
A Georgia where schools and communities pursue breakthrough success for all students regardless of race, geography, or family income.
A Georgia where schools and communities pursue breakthrough success for all students regardless of race, geography, or family income.
A Letter from Our Executive Director
Leslie Hazle Bussey, Ph.D.
Leslie Hazle Bussey, Ph.D.
Uplift. Transform. Create. Build.
These four verbs represent GLISI’s roadmap for action. Our daily charge. Our calling.
This annual report is a scrapbook of our first year living our revamped mission to uplift school leaders > transform mindsets and action > create vibrant cultures of innovation > build excellent and equitable schools.
Our mission has four parts because the kind of change we seek is audacious and developmental. That is, we are driving toward change that doesn’t happen overnight. It begins quietly, within the mindset and emotions of a leader, of a teacher. That seemingly small transformation within the hearts and minds of adults is ultimately the catalyst for change in the student experience. It’s what galvanizes organizations and inspires hope anew in communities.
In 2019, GLISI set out to be the spark for that transformation. Our team is elated to share the stories that amplify this essential learning about leader development: merely aspiring to transmit knowledge as the bar for preparing leaders (or learners of any kind) is insufficient for our vision to become a reality. School and community transformation requires human transformation.
Because the impact of our work is personal, quiet, taking place as all learning does in the hearts and minds of those we serve, this report not only highlights the impact of our work at the macro or system level (e.g. Star Climate Ratings of our partners relative to state average), but also makes visible those harder-to-quantify shifts in leaders’ beliefs and actions that precede these gains.
Kathy Ford's story is an example I encourage you to watch. Her profound influence on the culture of her school is a case study in why leadership matters and indicative of the countless other achievements we celebrated alongside the 1,182 leaders and 443,748 students we served in FY2019.
As we step into 2020, our team is resolved to design and deliver unparalleled adult learning experiences that uplift and transform leaders to create more excellent and equitable schools across Georgia. Join us as we build strong leaders who transform lives.
Warmly,
Our Year by the Numbers
