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Hitting the Wall
It’s way too early to be hitting the wall. It’s only January. It’s not even like we ran into the wall. It’s more like the wall jumped up and…
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3 Questions to Kick Off the Year!
Start the year with these three questions: What is the meaningful project that you (or your students) would want to complete right now?What steps would you need to…
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My Might Do List for 2022
I spent the last week of 2021 rereading Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day. One section of the book describes the power of a might…
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Not This Year
It’s only natural to reflect as the calendar changes from one year to the next. It’s a strange time in schools, as there are still six months left, and…
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Load Management for Teachers
As an NBA fan, I’ve found it interesting to see how the use of data analytics has impacted the schedule and game/load management. (Load management is an offshoot of modern…
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Turnaround Times
I’ve been thinking a lot about the decision making process. It helps that I’m in the middle of a book, Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t…
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Winter Activities to Engage Students
At my school there are officially 17 school days between now and winter break. There are numerous activities happening during those days. We are limited in the number of…
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Embrace the Criticism
The reason that our teacher evaluation system doesn’t move teachers forward is that it usually borders on the generic. The give and take that should be happening between teacher…