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Kristan Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Kristan moved to Boston, Massachusetts while attending university and lived in the Commonwealth with her husband for over 20 years. There she received three college degrees, raised her three sons, and had a successful career in public education, rising to the rank of Superintendent of Schools. Prior to her transition into consulting, Dr. Rodriguez received an overall rating of "Exemplary", the highest rating granted in her field. As a result of her leadership, students in her district made unprecedented growth. Her work was highlighted in a Department of EducationĀ case study. Much of this work was outlined in her bookĀ Universally Designed Leadership.
Kristan transitioned into running a number of successful Florida based businesses and began providing consulting services to help schools and corporations achieve success. Dr. Rodriguez has since provided dynamic support to hundreds of organizations.Ā
Show Highlights
- Leaders often make change more difficult than it needs to be
- Resistance to change is inevitable, even if it has been successful
- Advice: in the first year of implementation, do not invite resistors
- Focus on getting people who are already on board or swing votes to implement the change
- Approach aligned with implementation science and evidence-based research on change.
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In Support of Students: A Leader's Guide to Equitable MTSS
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Transform your school and your classroom with these best practices in equity
Leading Equity delivers an eye-opening and actionable discussion of how to transform a classroom or school into a more equitable place. Through explorations of ten concrete steps that you can take right now, Dr. Sheldon L. Eakins offers you the skills, resources, and concepts youā€™ll need to address common equity deficiencies in education.
