Douglas B. Reeves > Quotes

“Collaboration, it turns out, is not a gift from the gods but a skill that requires effort and practice.”
― Douglas B. Reeves, Transforming Professional Development into Student Results

“Behavior precedes belief - that is, most people must engage in a behavior before they accept that it is beneficial; then they see the results, and then they believe that it is the right thing to do....implementation precedes buy-in; it does not follow it.”
― Douglas B. Reeves, Leading Change in Your School: How to Conquer Myths, Build Commitment, and Get Results

“In the best classrooms, grades are only one of many types of feedback provided to students.”
― Douglas Reeves

“Technology sometimes encourages people to confuse busyness with effectiveness.”
― Douglas B. Reeves, Transforming Professional Development into Student Results

“Sustainable change, after all, depends not upon compliance with external mandates or blind adherence to regulation, but rather upon the pursuit of the greater good.”
― Douglas B. Reeves, Leading Change in Your School: How to Conquer Myths, Build Commitment, and Get Results

“The central challenge for educational systems around the world is the substitution of effectiveness for popularity.”
― Douglas B. Reeves, Transforming Professional Development into Student Results

“One of the greatest inhibitions to the development of human potential is the aversion to effective practice.”
― Douglas B. Reeves, Transforming Professional Development into Student Results

“I regularly invite educators and leaders to send me their questions, and hundreds of them do so every month. The most common question, however, is one to which my response is probably most disappointing. The question is “How do I get better buy-in from my staff before I implement some critically needed changes?” The answer is “You don’t.”
― Douglas B. Reeves, Transforming Professional Development into Student Results

“Vision without implementation is counterproductive.”
― Douglas B. Reeves, Transforming Professional Development into Student Results

“Deep and sustainable change...requires changes in behavior among those who do not welcome the change.”
― Douglas B. Reeves, Leading Change in Your School: How to Conquer Myths, Build Commitment, and Get Results