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Question Everything
What if you questioned everything that you did in your classroom? Or in your school? What if you asked, “Why do I or do we do this?” regarding every…
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Staff Meeting Syndrome
I believe that some educators are suffering from Staff Meeting Syndrome. Defined, SMS is a reluctance to actively and meaningfully participate in professional learning opportunities due to being subjected…
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Why do your students need you?
What is it, about you, that your students need? Can you answer this question? Can they answer this question? For your classroom to flourish, you and your…
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Facing Resistance
The most dangerous words in the English language: This is how we've always done it. How do you combat those who are resistant to change? Be sure that…
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Educational Experts
Often, professional development is geared towards helping everyone to learn everything equally. But what if every teacher over the course of a year (or two) dedicated themselves to…
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Something Finally Clicked
It can be beautiful when something finally clicks. I have spent the last 12 weeks coaching my daughter's basketball team. For weeks, we have been continuing to teach the…
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Original Voices
Seek out the original voices. The disruptors. The resistors. Find those who buck the system. The status quo choir isn’t where the future is. But… and this…
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Grade Level Testing
When a student is reading below grade level we let them read books that are below grade level. However, when we test them we often give them…
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Winning and Losing
We often look at situations from a lens of winning versus losing. Negotiation experts often teach a win-win strategy instead of win-lose interactions, or even worse, lose-lose situations. …