This commitment to transformational systems change is so that each child in Osseo schools can be equipped with the confidence, courage and competence to achieve their dreams, contribute to community and engage in a lifetime of learning.
It's "high-risk, high-reward" research that typified the NASA space program of the 20th century, and we must resume our national commitment to transformational research, in space as well as in many other fields, if we are to continue our economic preeminence.
At every opportunity, the Obama Administration has reaffirmed its commitment to pursue transformational policies in each of these fields – and the president pointedly reiterated his intentions this week, even after he had endured intense criticism that his interest in such ambitious domestic policy-making had distracted him from the economic crisis.
At every opportunity, the Obama Administration has reaffirmed its commitment to pursue transformational policies in each of these fields - and the president pointedly reiterated his intentions this week, even after he had endured intense criticism that his interest in such ambitious domestic policy-making had distracted him from the economic crisis.
Already, since Rumsfeld's people declared their commitment to a transformation of the military, the services and weapons manufacturers have repackaged nearly every item on every budget wish list as "transformational".
A transformational leader can "define the need for change, create new visions, mobilize commitment to those visions, and ultimately transform an organization".
As recognized by the NRC (2007), the development and implementation of a transformational paradigm will require a major commitment to new funding to sustain an iterative and long-term process that changes institutional toxicity testing and risk assessment practices.
The authors were also guided by the work of Swansburg and Swansburg, [ 15] who argued that "transformational leaders are seen in health care organizations as a commitment to excellence".
Transformational school leadership aims to help teachers develop themselves, and foster personal commitment to the organizational goals of a school in order to change the practices of teachers and the school (Leithwood et al. 1999; Ross and Gray, 2006).
I call these "transformational organizations," and while their missions are unique they share three elements: a commitment to selfless service, a culture that reinforces this mission and a process like AA's Twelve Step Program for inculcating selfless service.
The first shift involves a greater commitment to high-risk high-reward research - not the cautious inquiry that produces incremental change but the transformational research that yields groundbreaking advances.
