Now What? Shock-tober Is Over
One of the toughest months in school (“Shock-tober”) is now over. Now what? How do we pick up the pieces? This morning I read a post from a principal who talked about her love for this time of the...
View ArticleStaying The Course
A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to attend the Advancing Improvement in Education (AIE) Conference in San Antonio, Texas, both as a presenter and a participant. I presented a session with...
View ArticleMaster Reading Teacher Certification Program
The application process is open for Master Reading Teacher (MRT) certification training that will begin April 2016 and go through May 2017. Attached is a brochure and a Q & A document to address...
View ArticleImplementing Versus Planning
How often have you spent countless hours generating and brainstorming ideas? Or perhaps for you it has been creating lists of steps to make, actions to take or people to talk to. Or what about the...
View ArticleWhy Are You Talking?
There seems to be an unspoken rule in leadership. Somehow the leader is the one who does all the talking. Yet, as leaders, how do we foster the growth and development of others if we possess all the...
View ArticleCurriculum Council: Principal’s Edition
Campus Leaders, Here is the link to the summary of presentations from our January 7th Curriculum Council meeting. We hope that you find this wealth of information useful. We are also including a link...
View ArticleRegion 13’s Principal Certification Program Taking Applications
Region 13’s Principal Certification Program is looking for exceptional educators and campus teacher leaders who want to impact education and are interested in pursuing principal certification. The...
View ArticleSkills of an Effective Leader
I recently had a conversation with a veteran middle school principal about what he believes has lead to his success as a school principal. Of all the things he mentioned, one stood out to me. He shared...
View ArticleSo Many Core Values and Beliefs: One Unified School Vision (Guest Post-Anna...
Back in September, I wrote about the importance of school leaders reflecting upon their own core values and beliefs, as an important first step in leading a school. Why? Because we don’t leave our...
View ArticleA Leader’s Reflection
A few weeks back I had the opportunity to attend the annual TASA Midwinter Conference. As always, I left those 3 days with so much rolling around in my head. We know in best practice that reflection is...
View ArticleTake My Advice…Or Not
I read a blog post by Keith Webb that resonated with me. The post centered on not being attached to the advice you give. Think about all of the time we as leaders have been asked for our advice....
View ArticleLeading Where You’ve Never Gone Before
Leading Change was the topic for our last principal program seminar. An intern put it so poignantly when he openly reflected, “You really are in the midst of going somewhere you’ve never been.” He...
View ArticleHigh Yield Strategies
I am such a fan of the work of Dr. Jim Knight. Yesterday, I saw a video clip of Dr. Knight discussing the topic of high yield strategies. I’ve seen this clip multiple times as a participant and trainer...
View ArticleThe Leader I Always Want To Be
I am sure you’ve had the experience during your leadership journey where you have dreamed of being effective at helping your staff continue to grow, develop and reach their highest potential, right?...
View Article#R13Leader
What happens when you put school leadership teams from across the region in one room? You get powerful learning, reflection, collaboration and planning. That’s exactly what has happened at Region13’s...
View ArticleRemember the Small Moments
This morning I was touched by a story. Not by one I read but by one I had lived and written. It was the story of an incident I had preparing for Back to School Night a few years ago in the early days...
View ArticleLeadership and the Football Game
This weekend was amazing! It was all about the big game. However, not for me. My focus was elsewhere. My focus was on the leaders of the big game. It was on what they did, what they said and most of...
View ArticleGetting the Most Out of Goal-Setting
I consider the goal-setting/professional development process an amazing opportunity for school leaders with their teachers. Yes, I actually do mean this. This is the time for your teacher’s voice to...
View ArticleWhat Happens When…
What Happens When: someone does or says something that stops you frozen in your tracks? you are deeply moved to tears, indignation and laughter all at the same time? everything you are most passionate...
View ArticleCommunity of Leaders
“We can talk or dream about the glorious schools of the future or we can create them.” –Marilyn Ferguson Some of the best times during my principalship was having the time to sit at the table with my...
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