PDIY
Are you still sitting through staff meetings that are irrelevant to what you do? Are you still forced to…
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100 CCs of Obecalp
I was recently listening to the Tim Ferriss podcast in which he interviewed Scott Belsky. Scott’s father was a…
5 Ways to Better Analyze Data
We are inundated with data in education. Assessment results, student formative data, benchmark scores, progress monitoring data… The list…
Your Routines
You work to build routines and implement easy to follow procedures for students at the beginning of the year.…
Great Writers Write
Seth Godin was once being interviewed and was asked this question: What is your actual writing process? He challenged…
Sitting with Silence
When we ask a question of a student and they don’t respond right away, we often struggle to sit…
I’m Sorry.
Sometimes the simplest answer is I’m Sorry. When we try to avoid saying these two words and instead dance…
2nd Day & Beyond
The first day of school receives all the fanfare and glory but it’s not where the real work is…
(10 Days of) Kindness
If every individual practiced one act of kindness every single day, then our world would be a much better…
The Lucky One
This morning, I will take part in my sixteenth opening day. While my role has changed slightly since that…