This past school year I accepted the #500c challenge (thank you @eduleadership!): visit 500 classrooms over the course of the school year. In making visits part of my daily routine,…
Category: Teamwork
Part of my professional growth plan is focused on building a positive school staff culture. I am no expert in this area but I have been honoured to learn from…
Meetings are not the easiest things in the world to lead and to manage. Depending on the meeting, some of the group or team wish to be there and value…
If we had to host our own detentions… how many would we write? how would we want student behavior impacted as a result? how would we work toward achieving that…
Are your meetings effective? Here are 6 types of meetings…
I enjoy using images to share ideas. In a post on my Pair-a-Dimes blog, I shared the ‘Embracing Change’ image, also shared below. As I said in the post: “…we’…
Kids? Politics? Both? The best part about our profession of education is…kids! Most–if not all–of us teach on the most dedicated staff, with the greatest kids, affectionately supported by a…
Many have leadership titles, but our true leaders exhibit leadership behaviors. Some are listed here. Certainly not an exhaustive list, nor set in stone; but led to some great candid discussion and…
This reflection is inspired by a culmination of things, but most recently a conversation with an aspiring teacher, and this recent post by @TonySinanis. The aspiring teacher approached me for some insight…
Read More “What the He**’s Going On Out Here?!?” ~Vince Lombardi
We’ve run 2 staff meetings this year using an #edcamp format. They were very well-received, productive, successful, and provided instant feedback for staff and/or immediate classroom learning opportunities for kids.…
This is a cross post from my personal blog. Recently, at a PD session, I ran into a former colleague with whom I used to team teach. Since we have…
I’m not much of a movie guy, but I did see The Lego Movie last weekend. My son left with a list of new toys he wants, and I left…
If you are passionate about what you do all day everyday with and for kids, it is easy to feel constant pressure and stress; however, now feels different. Today’s external…