Strategies for Christian Educators and Administrators to move from pre-pandemic VUCA reaction to post-pandemic VUCA 2.0 response.

Abstract

Abstract Pre-pandemic Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA) realities added specific complexity to education and administrative practice at Christian schools, influencing Christian school educators and administrator reactions to the challenges experienced in their social and professional contexts (Ungerer, Ungerer and Herholdt, 2016). Post-pandemic realities however, will require greater diligence for Christian educators and administrators. The transition from pre-pandemic reactive responses to VUCA influence on Christian school environments to applying visionary, understandable, courageous and adaptive (VUCA 2.0) strategic principles for those same environments, is a necessary strategic challenge to accept. Christian school educators and administrators wanting to support a healthy and effective whole school practice and affirm identity, mission, purpose and strategic practice in a post pandemic environment must push through the fog of reaction and commit themselves to VUCA 2.0 success (George, 2017).