I am privileged enough to work at a campus that is incredibly diverse. From ethnicity to abilities, we are surrounded by Wolves that aren’t all the same. While that is ALWAYS true of all our campuses, I am fortunate enough to have two self contained classrooms that make my heart so happy. In addition, each […]
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What will happen? How will they react? How will I be viewed? These are some of the questions that will go through the minds of school leaders when faced with…
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School leaders receive many suggestions from other leaders, teachers and support staff for what can be improved in their school. In some instances, people are taking action themselves, often on…
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One of the obstacles educational leaders face when giving colleagues feedback is deflection. Over the years, through numerous conversations with educators centering on giving and receiving feedback, this issue of…
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Teacher and school leader workload is an issue that does not go away and receives a significant amount of attention in the media and in educational publications. Efforts have been…
A huge amount of effort goes into improving schools yet we often can overlook how much work is needed to maintain a high performance culture. As schools get better they…
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A large number of schools use teacher surveys for different reasons during a school year. To some teachers on the receiving end, it can feel like there are a lot…
With an increase in findings from education research, more education books that tell us about what we should be doing in schools alongside so many professional learning opportunities, it is…
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Does your ‘To Do’ list seem never-ending and continues to grow by the day? Well you are not alone, this is the case for most, if not all, school leaders.…
Bob Davids stated in his talk on leadership without ego that as a leader “You need to be in touch with the people you lead, and you need to be…
This talk from Alan November got me thinking further to a post that I wrote called: Avoiding “Just Google it!” with your students. One of the points in Alan’s talk…
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When I reflect back on the professional opportunities I’ve been blessed with, I am so thankful to have many that rank way on up there. I can’t think of one, however, that had as much of a purpose as the one I experienced this summer. When Jeff Zoul and Joe Mazza initially reached out, about […]
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An old colleague of mine used to say, “Happy teachers means happy students.” There is some truth to this statement but upon closer examination, it quite often does not hold…
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Where should schools start when determining how they are going to spend their available funds on professional learning for their teachers and who makes such a decision? This question needs…
When observing classes in high schools, it is possible to see two extremes of teacher support. Firstly, there is complete hand-holding or, as some teachers would like to say, spoon…
Read More Supporting students with learning core transferable academic skills
With a wide variety of professional learning opportunities and a certain limit to the funds that schools can spend on teacher learning and professional growth, it is important that school…
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When I reflect on the positives of working in my current school and share my thoughts with colleagues from other schools, they are often amazed when I tell them that…
Read More A downside of setting student academic results targets in schools
Teacher burnout…it’s a real thing. This stretch in the winter/spring is a LONG chunk of instructional intensity. You’ve got middle of the year data, you have testing awareness creeping up on you, and spring break is just outta reach. The genius of Melinda Miller introduced me to Fab Fridays in February several years ago and […]
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Teacher and school leader workload issues very much stem from the fact that there is not enough time to do the job properly. Some time back I commented on two…
Read More The battle to find time in schools – we need to consider teacher efficacy
Trust and trust-building qualities frequently top polls and surveys that attempt to show the most important qualities of a leader. A 2016 McQuaig Global Talent Recruitment Survey places trust as…
