Our school recently underwent our accreditation process and reviewed the foundational documents that direct the vision for our school. As a school, we decided to use the Middle States Association’s, “Excellence by Design” protocol to drive this process and I am happy to report that our school has improved our planning ethic and successfully...
I know that the summer months are a great time for reflection, but I also know that many of us are thinking ahead to the start of our school year. I wanted to share an activity called, The Marshmallow Challenge, that has been popularized by Tom Wujek’s Ted talk called, “Build a Tower, Build...
I have always enjoyed reading and now devote a lot of my reading time to educational blogs and books that expose me to various ideas and opportunities to improve education. At some times, I feel like this can present some problems as we incorporate these ideas in our school without an awareness of why...
I am currently in Kathmandu at the NESA leadership conference and having a great time. NESA (Near East South Asian Schools) was created many years ago to provide professional development for overseas schools in our region and is led by an inspirational educator, David Chojnacki. At the opening address yesterday, David shared a poem...
The post below is a leadership philosophy that I wrote after reading the Tao of Leadership by John Heider. The four Tao’s listed below outline some traits that I feel are essential to educational leadership. Tao means how: how things happen, how things work. By knowing Tao, I know how things happen. (Heider, pg. 1)...
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