
Tara Greenwell
Education leadership consultant and former Chief Academic Officer of Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Aug 18, 2026
Leading Literacy Through Change: How District Leaders Sustain Momentum and Accelerate Outcomes
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23:33speaker_4UNKNOWN
Mm-hmm.

Tara GreenwellGUEST
And so I approach any kind of professional development that's going to build capacity with a lot of compassion, especially compassion for people that have spent years of their lives doing something one way.

Tara GreenwellGUEST
So I think for any type of literacy shift, I believe that you have to lead it yourself, not outsourcing the messaging of what your expectations are.

Tara GreenwellGUEST
I think depending on the size of your district, having smaller groups for feedback pockets before you expand something like I said earlier to district wide, For example, you know, if we had 160 schools, it was very important for me to have a principal advisory committee and to talk to the academic instructional coaches and to get feedback before we made initiatives.

Tara GreenwellGUEST
Now, that said, legislation happens, law happens, and you have to sometimes act on things.
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42:57Donna WrightMODERATOR
So how did you address that?