{"id":1688,"date":"2013-11-29T17:51:19","date_gmt":"2013-11-29T17:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learnedleadership.org\/?p=1688"},"modified":"2013-11-29T17:51:19","modified_gmt":"2013-11-29T17:51:19","slug":"getting-risky-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learnedleadership.org\/divi\/getting-risky-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Risky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re a football fan you know that in most cases if your on offense and it&#8217;s 4th and 9 it&#8217;s time to punt.\u00a0 Or is it?\u00a0 The other day I came across this video about the benefits and drawbacks of punting.\u00a0 Take a look:<\/p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AGDaOJAYHfo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<p>To be honest, I&#8217;ve always preferred going for it on 4th down versus punting it away, which probably says something about my appetite for risk or my tendency toward optimism.\u00a0 However, the story behind the story in the case of this coaching technique is that the school allowed the coach the freedom to take a risk in an otherwise written chapter in most football play books.<\/p>\n<p>Of course it&#8217;s helpful that the technique has worked out, but imagine the phone calls and emails that flooded the administrator&#8217;s office the first time they tried this and didn&#8217;t convert on 4th and 9 with their backs against the goal line\u2026or in a playoff game.\u00a0 Would you be so confident in your coaching staff to let them continue with their plan?\u00a0 I&#8217;d like to think yes, but I have a tendency to lean towards risk.<\/p>\n<p>As a school leader this is a great look into a school&#8217;s willingness to accept and value risk taking.\u00a0 Whether on the field or in the classroom do you promote or punish your community for taking risks?\u00a0 At my school we&#8217;ve been moving our curriculum towards a style based on inquiry and student generated questions and interests.\u00a0 Of course, this has been challenging in someways because like any change it causes us to move out of our comfort zone.\u00a0 I think we&#8217;re making progress but this is partly do to Punahou&#8217;s high tolerance for risk.\u00a0 Imagine if in addition to telling our teachers to take risks with their curriculum we also judged their performance based on student test scores or chastised the teacher who &#8220;just didn&#8217;t try hard enough.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Do you encourage the teachers, administrators, and students around you to take risks?\u00a0 Do you provide an environment that allows for 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