In early 2012, I wrote a blog post called “7 Top Things Teachers Want From Their Principal” (published on Principal’s POV http://principalspov.blogspot.com/2012/01/7-top-things-teachers-want-from-their.html and on Connected Principals http://connectedp.wpengine.com/archives/5262). At the first…
Category: Developing and Facilitating Leadership
We are excited for our third #CPChat Twitter Chat of the month this evening at 8 p.m. EST. Tonight’s topic, Social Media for Professional Learning, is especially relevant for Connected…
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#173092166 / gettyimages.com I was recently asked by a superintendent if I had some questions to ask his principals to start off the year. The questions I gave him…
This post is my contribution to Leadership Day 2014 and is cross posted at Technically yours, Teamann. This year I am choosing to take part in Scott McLeod’s Leadership Day 2014. He challenged…
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This week we had our C&I administrative retreat to help kick off our back to school season. Our superintendent began with an illustration and an explanation. The green zone is an area…
Did you know that great teachers feel slightly disappointed and somewhat unappreciated with a perfect evaluation? Take a look at the following quotes. “I want to be better. Telling me…
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This is a cross post from my personal blog. I was just re-reading a post that I wrote three years ago entitled, Advice to a New Administrator. This is the…
At Gahanna Lincoln High School, several teachers have implemented the Flipped Classroom model. They and Assistant Principal, Aaron Winner (@aaronwinner), shared their Flipped experiences at our January staff meeting and…
This post is cross posted from Technically yours, Teamann. Busy is the new black. Ask anyone how they are doing and what do response do you get? “Stressed!” “Overwhelmed!” “Can’t…
I attended the Ohio ASCD Conference on Tuesday, January 16th and heard former State Superintendent, Stan Heffner, deliver a compelling keynote presentation. He shared the three main correlates of successful schools:…
This is a cross post from my own blog. I have been doing quite a bit of reading and reflecting lately about collaboration in schools. There are many articles like…