The principal can create dynamic changes across a school and district if they are willing to partner with other educators and policy makers to build trust along a common understanding of the purposes of education. In crafting this shared definition or vision, the instructional leader would be wise to turn to the educational philosopher, John Dewey. Dimitriadis and Kamberelis (2006) state that, "For Dewey, the purpose of education is the intellectual, social, emotional, and moral development of the individual within a democratic society" (p. 9). This definition focuses on the development of the individual freed from what that individual stands to gain, and, even more importantly, what others stand to gain. It pulls away from the anthropocentric version of society specifically in capitalistic societies, and allows the individual to become the author of their own experience. As authors or creators, students can choose to use their abilities to create something new or solve societal problems.