Michael Lubelfeld has served as a public school superintendent in Illinois since 2010. He is the superintendent of North Shore School District 112 schools in Highland Park and Highwood, IL, north of Chicago. Mike has spoken around the USA and the world on leadership, student voice, and global service and he is active in leadership development with state and national associations. He has experience as a teacher, a middle school building principal, and an assistant superintendent for personnel services. He co-authored four books The Unlearning Leader: Leading for Tomorrow’s Schools (2017), Student Voice: From Invisible to Invaluable (2018), and The Unfinished Leader: A School Leadership Framework for Growth & Development (2021). His latest book, The Unfinished Teacher: Becoming the Next Version of Yourself, was released in December 2023. Mike was awarded the 2017 Lake County (IL) Superintendent of the Year and the 2021 Administration and Supervision Distinguished Alumni Award from the Loyola University of Chicago School of Education. Mike leads the National Instructional Leader Academy for the AASA and he co-leads aspiring superintendent academies nationally and statewide. Mike and his wife, Stephanie, have two children, and they live in suburban Chicago.Dr. Nick Polyak has served as the Superintendent for Leyden Community High School District #212 for the past twelve years. Prior to that, he served as the Superintendent for Illinois Valley Central School District #321 for four years. Nick and his wife Kate have four children and they reside in suburban Chicago. Over the past several years, Leyden, has received many honors. They were named the National Advanced Placement District of the Year, Illinois Democracy Schools, Chicago Tribune Top Workplaces, and the National School Board Association Grand Prize Magna Award as a top equity program.Nick facilitates the Illinois Global Service Project and annually takes a group of Superintendents and School Board Members from across Illinois to serve schools and students in the Dominican Republic. He has co-authored four books: The Unlearning Leader: Leading for Tomorrow’s Schools Today, Student Voice: From Invisible to Invaluable, The Unfinished Leader: A Leadership Framework for Growth and Development, and The Unfinished Teacher: Becoming the Next Version of Yourself. Nick facilitates the AASA Transformational Leadership Consortium, and both the IASA and AASA Aspiring Superintendents Academies. He was awarded the Finest Under 40 Alumni Award by Augustana College in 2015, The West Cook County Superintendent of Distinction in 2016, and the Administration and Supervision Distinguished Alumni Award from the Loyola University of Chicago School of Education in 2023.

The vast amount of professional experience and talent that exists with Mike Lubelfeld and Nick Polyak is on full display in Leading for Tomorrow’s Schools Today. They inspire me and others through research, practical frameworks, and case studies that reveal strategic and successful approaches to innovating in school. Their text should be required reading for any leader wishing to be highly effective with change management and the implementation of generative artificial intelligence into their practices.

• PrefaceForeword by Tom MurrayAcknowledgmentsIntroductionSection 1: Leadership is Change Chapter 1: Cultivating Change Chapter 2: Selection of Staff, Who, How, and How Long?Voices from the Field: Leading Transformation in a VUCA World: A Progressive Vision for Brigantine Public School District by Glenn Robbins, SuperintendentSection 2: Go Where the Smart People Are - Learning From OthersChapter 3 : Networks and Professional OrganizationsChapter 4: Language MattersVoices from the Field: My Journey of People-Centered Leadership as Superintendent by Dr. Zandra Jo GalvanSection 3: You Can Do ItChapter 5: We’re Not Broke, We’re BrokenChapter 6 Transformation: Flip the MindsetVoices from the Field: Expanding Pathways to Success by Gladys I. CruzSection 4: Change Faster - Embrace Your Context - Revolutionary ChangeChapter 7: Bomb Threats and Social MediaChapter 8: Artificial Intelligence & InnovationVoices from the Field: The Student’s Bill of Rights by Jeff Dillon, ConclusionReferencesAppendix A Interviews from the Pandemic Era-Use Case for Generative AI and LeadershipAppendix B (Teach AI Guidance)Appendix C Listing of Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools Used Throughout this BookAbout the Authors