Introduction          Phase 1 - Power Up          Phase 2 - Level Up          Phase 3 - Act          Phase 4 - Evolve

From Progress to Possibility: Growing, Celebrating, and Sustaining Systems Change

We have come so far.

You have mapped your system, surfaced root causes, identified leverage points, and taken meaningful action. Whether your steps have been bold or quiet, this journey has required clarity, care, and courage.

Now it is time to pause, reflect, and recommit—not as a final step, but as part of the ongoing cycle of systems change.

This phase is about:

• Staying adaptive: Developing habits that help you sense, learn, and respond as the system evolves
• Recognizing growth: Honoring the shifts in people, relationships, or perspectives that have moved your work forward
• Sharing the spark: Using your story to connect with others and inspire new momentum

Explore: Tools To Help You Keep Learning and Leading

As your journey continues, your ability to reflect, adapt, and share will shape the strength and sustainability of your systems change efforts. The following resource will support you in deepening your adaptive leadership and learning mindset:

Resource: Strengthening Your Adaptive Leadership and Learning Mindset: Resources for Education Systems Changemakers

This resource will help you:

• Use IREX’s adaptive learning cycle to reflect and realign your approach over time
• Apply practical tools like progress dashboards, learning agendas, and key juncture planning
• Build habits of reflection and shared learning using IREX’s Power Learning Tool

Continue the Challenge: Your Final Two Steps

You are now entering the last two steps of the Education Systems Changemakers Challenge.

Please open your Education Systems Changemakers Challenge Workbook and complete:

Step 9: Keep Growing
Take the Change-Maker Learning Quiz to reflect on how you best absorb and apply learning—and build a habit that supports your continued evolution as an education changemaker.

Step 10: Celebrate and Share the Wins
Reflect on the people, relationships, and shifts that helped move your work forward. Use the Changemaker Shout-Outs and Inspire Others activities to name progress and share your story.

Even small moments of celebration can spark new waves of change.

Want To Celebrate and Share Your Success?

We invite you to share your completed workbook or a photo of your final reflection page on your LinkedIn to showcase what you have learned with #IREXSystemsChangemakers and tag @IREX. You can download the Education Systems Changemaker Pathway image.

You never know who might be inspired by your story.

Systems change is never finished. And that is the beauty of it.
Keep learning. Keep evolving. We are here for you!