Is your 100% Vision actually running your school, or just sitting on top of the same plan you had last year?
I sat down with a group of principals who had already written their 100% Visions and built their school improvement plans around them. But when I covered their vision with my hand and read the rest of the plan, I couldn't tell what promise they'd made to their students.
In this episode, I break down why so many principals believe in 100%, work hard to pursue it, and still end up reproducing the exact same work they were doing before — and I show you how to turn your vision into a filter that decides what stays, what goes, and what you can finally take off your plate without guilt.
In this episode, you'll learn:
- Why a bold new vision can make your staff feel pressure instead of possibility
- How to tell if your school improvement plan was actually built from your vision — or just labeled with it
- The difference between reacting to data and responding to it
- Why "be stubborn on the vision, flexible on the details" changes what belongs on your plan
- How to find the one obstacle standing between your school and its vision, and remove it in 90 days
Timestamps:
0:00 — Why your 100% Vision might be quietly making your job harder
1:15 — The plan that looked right on paper (a principal group's SIP, reviewed)
6:45 — What I'm Seeing: the "Temu version of Buildership"
11:15 — How We Were Trained: vision as slogan, not filter
15:30 — The 100% Principle: turning your vision into a filter
22:45 — What's At Stake: why an unfiltered vision becomes pressure instead of possibility
28:45 — Your 100% Move: the hand-cover test to try this week
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