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Finnigan and Alan J. Daly  \nAs every educator knows, it’s important who your col  \nleagues are—fellow teachers and principals alike. After  \nall, relationships with colleagues shape so much of what goes on in schools. Over time, these interactions transform into what researchers call formal and informal networks; it is through these networks that learning takes place, as educators interact with one another, exchanging knowledge, advice, and professional support and engaging in friendships. The  \nKara S. Finnigan is an associate professor of educational leadership and the director of the educational policy program in the Warner School of Education at the University of Rochester. Alan J. Daly is a professor and chair of the Department of Education Studies at the University of California, San Diego. This article is adapted from the chapter “How Leadership Churn Undermines Learning and Improvement in Low-Performing School Districts,” by Kara S. Finnigan, Alan J. Daly, and Yi-Hwa Liou, in Daly and Finnigan, eds., Thinking and Acting Systemically: Improving School Districts under Pressure. Copyright 2016 by the American Educational Research Association. Published with permission. Both authors contributed equally to this article.  \nstrongest of those social ties are grounded intrusting relationships, which are the cornerstone of productive human relations.  \nIndeed, much has been written about how positive relationships, by their very nature, involve a high level of reciprocal trust developed and earned over time.1 Trust is based on interpersonal interdependence2 and involves an individual’s or group’swillingness to be vulnerable to another party based on the confidence that that party is benevolent, reliable, competent, honest, and open.3 High levels of trust have been associated with a variety of efforts that require collaboration, learning, complex-information sharing, problem solving, shared decision making, and coordinated action4—the very types of efforts that occur daily in highfunctioning organizations (including schools) .  \nWhen we interact with others in our networks, we assess“risk” in terms of how they might react. Over time, with repeated positive interactions, our level of trust increases and our caution concerning risk decreases. Individuals can interact more effectively with high levels of trust. Consider how you and a work colleague might have a shorthand for communicating and acting; it is trust that allows for this efficiency. Moreover, when you have a high-trust relationship with someone, you are more likely  \n24 AMERICAN EDUCATOR | SUMMER 2017  \nChange atthe top can change life in the classroom, and constant change can make teachers want to hunker down and wait things out.  \nto share your struggles, and it is in that moment of vulnerability with a close colleague that some of the best learning happens.  \nThe back and forth exchanges between individuals in the process of developing trust are referred to as “reciprocal relationships.”In reciprocal relationships, each person contributes to the other; these relationships provide opportunities for individuals to interact, learn together, and build trust, critical components in education systems oriented toward change.5  \nThe opposite is true in networks where individuals come and go. When there is what we call “churn” among colleagues, opportunities for trust and reciprocal interactions can’t fully develop, and the risk or cost of interacting increases significantly.  \nUltimately, the social and economic costs of churn are deeply intertwined. For instance, when someone who’s a trusted colleague, key listener, helpful resource, friend, or confidant leaves a school, that departure creates a hole that’s hard to fill. The departure can involve a loss of knowledge, social support, and institutional memory. Moreover, it can create a sense of inst","cbCaiiYOzGN6yhEV","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiiYOzGN6yhEV","pdf",347119,"English","# The Trust Gap\n## Leadership Churn and the Breakdown of Trust\n## Costs of Churn: Social, Institutional, and Productivity Impacts\n## Why Administrative Churn Matters\n## How Constant Change Affects Teaching and Learning","[{\"question\":\"What is “leadership churn” and why does it matter for schools?\",\"answer\":\"Leadership churn refers to colleagues in key roles leaving and being replaced at high rates. It matters because it prevents trust and reciprocal interactions from developing, which undermines learning and improvement throughout the school system.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the article define trust?\",\"answer\":\"Trust is described as vulnerability toward another party based on confidence that they are benevolent, reliable, competent, honest, and open. 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