I cannot believe that we are into our 2nd quarter & it is now November. It seems like yesterday I was planning professional development to welcome back staff. Now we are moving into the winter where there is cooler
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The Words We Use
I read a quote yesterday that said, “What if every time you said that a student was attention seeking, you said instead they were connection seeking. How would that change your perspective?” At first, I could hear the diatribe running
Read MoreInto The School Year I Go!
As I move into the new school year and reflect on my last few years as a principal there are so many things running through my mind. I’m preparing staff for what the upcoming year will look like while trying to
Read MoreTeachers Expectations Can Change Student Outcomes
This summer, I was fortunate enough to attend the John Hattie Visible Learning conference in Las Vegas. As a leader of a school it is awesome to be able to participate in learning that develops my leadership skills so I
Read MoreAre You Taking Care Of You?
Over the years I have had the pleasure of working with and around amazing educators, administrators, groundskeepers, bus drivers and many other individuals who all have one thing in common, they work in the education system with Arizona’s children. I
Read MoreWhat Is Specially Designed Instruction & Why Does It Matter?
With so many educational terms being thrown around on a day-to-day basis it can be difficult to keep track of all the new vocabulary coming our way. We have name-dropped so many acronyms and one-word hit wonders in education, have
Read MoreAsk Why, Not Who Else
I wonder what success we would find with students if we approached student’s behavior with the same inquiry based thinking we use for other problems we face? While I have never met a teacher who is in the field for
Read MoreDo Scripted Programs Zap The Passion Out Of Teachers
Going on walkthroughs in teacher’s classrooms gives you only a snapshot of what students are learning on any given day, but upon some recent walkthroughs, I realized this snapshot was showing me something else. The learning in classrooms seemed to
Read MoreExceptional Needs & Educational Growth
As we move into an educational world that is at times rattled with negatively and difficulty for teachers, a hot bed topic that comes up over and over is helping students gain access to education when they have a
Read More“Know When To Hold Em’ and Know When to Fold em”
“Know When to Hold em’ and Know When to Fold Them,” has become the most powerful phrase for me when training teachers. I was listening to a phenomenal 3P’s podcast -Season 4, Episode 9, with Dr. John Almarode and he
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