7 Disney Principles to Use in the Classroom
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7 Disney Principles to Use in the Classroom

  How does Disney excel at meeting customer needs? Leadership remembers that customers rule, and design leadership and management strategies to deliver exceptional customer service. Use these 7 principles to…
Power Poses
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Power Poses

  If you have not seen this video, you should clear the next twenty minutes from your schedule in order to watch it. What does our body language say about…
Heavy Lifting
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Heavy Lifting

  Who is doing the heavy lifting in your classroom? Is it you or is it the students?   In doing all of the prep work... All of the planning...…
The Importance of Planning
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The Importance of Planning

I retired to the couch on Thanksgiving Night, with two leftover turkey sandwiches, and flipped through the channels before I settled on some back-to-back episodes of The Great Christmas Light…
I’m Thankful For…
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I’m Thankful For…

  This week, we will take time away from our students and classrooms to celebrate and give thanks with family and friends. While we do this, it is important to…
20 Words: The Problem
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20 Words: The Problem

  The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem. Do you understand? - Captain Jack Sparrow   We always focus way too much on…
Cover Bands
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Cover Bands

They say that cover bands don't change the world. The idea is that only original ideas are successful, while copies of original ideas are not. But most bands or singers…
All Children Can Comprehend
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All Children Can Comprehend

  The Art of Comprehension is built on the idea that nearly all students, non-readers, striving readers and beginning readers can decode visual texts such as illustrations and paintings, effectively.…
The Dreaded District PD Day
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The Dreaded District PD Day

  We’ve all been there. The Dreaded District PD Day.   Some still call it an in-service. Some try to jazz it up and call it a Staff Professional Learning…
What is Arts Education for?
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What is Arts Education for?

  If we are asking the questions, what is arts education for? Why do we have it? And perhaps more importantly, why do we need it? Canned, highly predictable projects,…