When Don Parker was a Dean of Students, he knew his students were struggling – especially those with high risk factors. Don’s passion became simple and challenging: Find the best ways to help students be more successful. Through his doctoral diss…
Read More PMP189: Building Bridges to Reach Students with Dr. Don Parker
A few weeks ago, I was sharing with a group of principals one of my favorite video-clips from the movie, The Incredibles. It’s the scene where Lucius, aka the superhero, Frozone, is watching as his city is under attack from his apartment window. He pus…
Read More PMP177: Cha Cha’s for Making Learning Stick with LeAnn Nickelsen
Great teams understand the importance of depending on one another. With the many roles of a school leader, one of the biggest challenges is moving from independence to interdependence. In other words, how do you shift from a school culture with teachers isolated from one another to a place of shared ideas and teamwork – […]
Read More PMP:139 Building Stronger Collaboration – Interview with Diana Lebsack
I’m so excited to host my first Solution Tree #atplc Chat via Twitter on Thursday 8/18 at 9 pm EST/ 8 pm CST. Topic: Avoiding Education Malpractice: Let’s Talk About Our Strategies! Here are six questions for the chat: Steps to Twitter Chat If you’ve never done a Twitter Chat before, follow these steps: 1. […]