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Planning Your School District Admin Twitter 101 – Your PLN is Key!

April 16, 2012
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Planning Your School District Admin Twitter 101 – Your PLN is Key!

Cross-posted from eFACE Today Administrators listen as other superintendents and principals describe their Twitter experiences On Friday after-school, a colleague and I provided Twitter training to fellow principals and school district administrators. As a thank you to the tremendous PLN participation, below is the agenda, resources and Powerpoint we used during the two hour...

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2011 Lesson #8 – Knowing and growing the tribe: some amazing educators

January 12, 2012
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2011 Lesson #8 – Knowing and growing the tribe: some amazing educators

  Isn’t Twitter amazing! I have been in schools since 1978. But nothing has been like 2011, a real game-changing year for me, because I decided to take Twitter seriously. What I have discovered is a world of like-minded people who daily provide inspiration and ideas. A tribe. My tribe. I have also worked...

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2011 Lesson #7 – Educators can learn from entrepreneurs

January 5, 2012
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2011 Lesson #7 – Educators can learn from entrepreneurs

  A valuable part of our professional journeys as educators is to look beyond our own experience and learn from others. One strategy that has worked very well for our circumstance has been to bend budgets so that we can recurrently send teams of teachers to learn from others. This strategy commenced a decade...

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2011 Lesson #6 – invent new creative structures to enable deep and passionate learning

January 4, 2012
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2011 Lesson #6 – invent new creative structures to enable deep and passionate learning

I am constantly challenged to consider what we need to throw out from our assumed daily practices as teachers. If we come to the topic through the lens of making choices that maximize deep and passionate learning for students, then I have come to the conclusion that there is very little that will survive...

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Ever Wonder if You’re the Worst Principal in the World?

January 3, 2012
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Highly Unsuccessful School Principals | JamesBrauer.com

Have you ever wondered if you’re the worst school administrator in the entire world? OK, maybe I’m exaggerating the question a bit. But truthfully, this question has entered my mind on a few occasions. I’m sure it’s natural instinct to compare my performance, knowledge, and achievements against my colleagues. If nothing else, it gives...

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This blog is the collected thoughts of school administrators that want to share best practices in education. All of the authors have different experiences in education but all have the same goal; ensuring we do what is best for students.