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Leading With Empathy

This story from “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” is one that has always stuck with me and reminds me of the importance of understanding someone else’s perspective and experience: Then suddenly, a man and his children entered the subway car. The children were so loud and rambunctious that instantly the whole climate changed. … [Read more…]

Connecting Personalized Professional Learning to a Bigger Purpose

I received this question and image from David Voves today regarding a passage from “The Innovator’s Mindset“: “Reading today and with personalized pd, I always question what I have in orange. Wondering if you could give me insight?” “Personalized Learning” for educators is something that is gaining more traction in education, and rightfully so. If … [Read more…]

By William Parker

PMP:118 Growing Leaders Takeaways – Crucial Conversations About Students

The other morning, I woke up early in a hotel room in Atlanta, Georgia. For a moment, I couldn’t remember where I was. Then it dawned on me that I was presenting that morning at a Growing Leaders Principal Roundtable event hosted by Dr. Tim Elmore. I dressed, grabbed my laptop bag and headed downstairs […]

By George

Empowering Purpose

This past week was the five year anniversary of my father passing away. My dad was 82 years old when he died, peacefully passed away in his sleep, with no significant health concerns, and had a family that loved him. Our last words to each other in our final conversation were, “I love you.” I … [Read more…]

The Importance of “Sales” in Education

I am embarrassed to admit it, but I do like the clickbaity type titles more often than I should. When I saw the title, “The 1 Interview Question All Great Bosses Ask to Hire for Potential (Hint: Mark Cuban Says It’s the Secret to Success),” I was interested in reading it just because I thought … [Read more…]

By George

Questions of Compliance or Empowerment?

This visual is from a great post by Katie Martin titled, “Creating a Learning Orientation Versus a Performance Orientation“: Two things here that are quite powerful. In my 2010 post, “What Makes a Master Teacher“, I talk about the difference between “Learning Goals” and “Performance Goals”, and list that criteria for a “master teacher”: 6. … [Read more…]

By George

3 Ways Schools Condition Students

Several times a year, I will receive emails from parents about a post I wrote in 2010 titled, “The Impact of Awards”. Often, they are reaching out because they are struggling to watch their own children have issues at school because of the culture of “school awards”. I encourage you to take a look at … [Read more…]

By George

5 Great Non-Education Books That Might Change Your Thinking on Teaching and Learning

I love Twitter. If you are looking for some good books to read over the summer break, take a look at this thread: What is a book that had a significant impact on your views and practices on education, but is NOT an education book? — George Couros (@gcouros) May 15, 2017 Lots of interesting … [Read more…]

By George

3 Areas Where Having “The Innovator’s Mindset” is Crucial

As I have contended for years, “Innovation” is about mindset, not skill set. How we look at the world, is how we move forward, learn, and create. In my book, “The Innovator’s Mindset“, I defined it as the following: “Belief that abilities, intelligence, and talents are developed so that they lead to the creation of … [Read more…]

By George

The “Change” That is Continuously Inevitable

With 2017 upon us, new innovations will continuously develop changing our lives, for what it seems to be the better. For example, last month Amazon shared this video of their new “Amazon Go” stores: The ease of simply being able to walk into a store, scan your phone, pick up what you need, and then … [Read more…]

By George

A Vision for the “4 Non-Negotiables for All Schools”

In a previous post, “4 Non-Negotiables for Schools“, I shared what I believe should be evident in all schools: Charlie Hutzler, summed it up nicely on Twitter: ✔ #Climate ✔ Develop whole child ✔ Model #learning ✔ Stoke #curiosity 4 Non-Negotiables for Schools @gcouros https://t.co/gzVEeew3E3 #edchat — Charlie Hutzler (@CAHutzler) December 18, 2016 What I … [Read more…]

By George Couros

4 Great Ted Talks That Will Challenge Your Thinking

Getting a message from a friend on Facebook, she had mentioned Daniel Pink’s book “Drive”, and it reminded me of how much his Ted Talk really made an impact on my learning and thinking. There are some really good Ted Talks (or TedX Talks), but to be honest, there are only a few that really changed my … [Read more…]

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