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Thoughts on PD Right Now
This weekend, I had the opportunity to lead a session on Innovative and Effective PD on a Zoom meeting during Edcamp LEAD. Approximately 25 people showed up to talk…
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Quiet Friday Afternoons
I simply enjoy the quiet solitude of my office on a late Friday afternoon. There is no one here but me. I can finally get to check off some…
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Consider a Caveday
Sometimes, life gets in the way of the things that we really want or need to do. We can get sucked in by the daily minutiae. We can seem…
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5 Management Strategies that Matter
What management strategies matter in your classroom? Share your best strategies at #4OCF. Rich For more management resources and strategies, pick up a copy of The Secret…
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Put Me In Coach
It’s Playoff Time. And the best that we can hope for is to be in the game. “Put me in coach. I’m ready to play today.” If you are…
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Varying Sighs
I feel like I’ve recently become an expert in deciphering sighs. I’ve seen a lot of them lately. Varying sighs can have many different meanings. There’s the sigh of…
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What If Wednesday #4
Asking What If questions can be a powerful tool to lead toward thinking critically about the problems that we face in education. Asking What If questions can help us…
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Bring Your Chicken to Class
Last week, a 3rd grade teacher in our building hosted a Bring Your Pet to Class event. I feel like the only animal missing was a Zebra. It was…
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Taking a Toll
I want everyone to realize the toll this is taking. As a school principal, I’m in the untenable position of trying to make this work. We all want our…
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Management Strategies that Matter
Solid classroom management comes down to building the two R's! Relationships and Routines. We spend a lot of time in the first few weeks focusing on both. It is…