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What Do Principals Really Do?
Last week, this picture was shared with me on Twitter with the caption, "What do Principals really do?" The answer, of course, as shared by a first grade student,…
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Preparing for the Future
Over the years, I’ve heard many educators talking about preparing students for the future. They discuss getting students ready for next year or for middle school or for…
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Getting to Student Practice
The time is upon us. As a building administrator, I recently began completing formal teacher observations. While visiting 11 teachers in a single week for a minimum of a…
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A Week of Yes
I’ve written before about the Yes, If mentality: Starting today, what if you said YES for the entire week? If a student wants to try something new… Say…
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5 Classic Books
I've recently been in the habit of going back to my bookshelf to review some old books in order to learn something new. Check out these five classics, and…
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Build Your Truth
Inspired by Seth today. Every school community has a truth. Sometimes the truth is out in the open. (This is who we are.) Sometimes the truth is hidden…
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Lead with your Chin
Leading with one's chin refers to a boxer leaving his or her chin wide open and unprotected. It is considered a risk because it exposes the boxer. Leading with…
Teaching ART using the Workshop Model
While the workshop model has proven successful for both language arts and math, not a lot of art educators have tried to utilize the strategy during art classes. Mastering…
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Who is responsible for PD?
1. No one knows better WHAT YOU NEED than YOU. 2. No one knows better HOW you learn than YOU. 3. No one knows your students better than YOU.…
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Inherent Value
If a student is interested in learning something, there's inherently a value in that. So many times we dismiss what a student wants to learn because we consider it…