Kristilynn Turney, Ed.D.Keynote Speaker, Salem Speakers Bureau · TEDx Ensley Ave ED 2026 I Dynamic Speaker & Presenter I Author I Transforming Schools Through Strategic Planning, Leadership Development, and School Improvement I Results-Driven Educational Leader | E

How to Turn Year 1 Success into Lasting Change #educationalleadership #schooltransformation

12 Sept 2025 · 1 min

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In this reflective segment, the speaker emphasizes sustainability as the central focus for extending a school improvement project's success from its first year into the second and beyond. The strategy hinges on robust leadership coaching and structured coaching cycles that provide high levels of implementation guidance, continuous monitoring, and reflective practice. By intentionally aligning goals and initiatives with these supports, the speaker aims to replicate the positive outcomes of year one, ensure they persist in year two—the sustainability year—and ultimately stretch the impact over multiple years.

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As I reflect on the work that I've done in year 1 of a school improvement project, and now what I'm going to do in year 2, the key word that comes to mind is sustainability. How can I take that support from year 1, move it to year 2, and sustain it for years to come? And here's how I want to do it: through proper leadership coaching and support, and making sure we are following those coaching cycles that include high levels of implementation guidance through that process, high levels of monitoring, as well as reflection through that process so that again, we take that year 1 support that we saw those wonderful results from, we move it to year 2, sustainability year, and we're able to stretch it beyond that because we're looking at the goals and we're being very intentional about those goals and initiatives for years to come.