At the first staff meeting in August, I asked the staff at my new school to write a notecard answer to the following question: “What do you need from your…
Tag: communication
Preface “Birds of a feather flock together.” How is it that various flocks of birds fly together in non-linear formation? How exactly do they communicate with each other to cut…
As our school moves to attempt to add another stream of communication to parents via SMS (text messaging), I have been asked – “how many ways do we need to…
Parent involvement and engagement are areas in which I have been trying to grow as an educator. Through families at my school as well as online, our school has begun…
“Instead of worrying about the message your school is sending on social media platforms, consider the message your school is sending by NOT engaging with social media at all.” M.…
Several months ago, after much reflection, examination of school data, and conversations with a few teachers, I proclaimed to my staff that I did not want them to assign a…
Nearly every day for the past three years I have read the “Words of Wisdom” first thing in the morning over the PA system. If I am not available to…
It’s mid-May and I’ve been thinking a lot about next school year. To say that this has been a challenging year is an understatement. I began the year telling my…
Parents and schools (teachers, administrators, staff, etc.) are members of the same team – partners – striving together for the same goal. The goal, I hope and trust, is to…
One of the key events of the year is when the President of the United States holds the State of the Union Address. Each president has addressed the nation in…
Sometime in December, 2010 I read a blog post by David Truss, principal of a school in Dalian, China titled, “No Office Day.” The title piqued my interest, but what…
As leaders, one of our most important jobs is to build a community of trust within our organization. “Almost all of the work of the world is done through relationships…
You can overcome anything if you don’t bellyache. ~Bernard M. Baruch To complain is an intransitive verb that means to express unhappiness, describe symptoms, and protest. The synonyms are protest,…
I firmly believe that “It takes a community to raise a child” and so without cooperation and communication between a school and their parent community, ‘we’ cannot fully support our…