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Strengthening Principal Leadership Is Only One Piece Of The Puzzle
What the Study Says The study, conducted between 2009 and 2011 in rural schools in northern Michigan, finds positive, statistically significant impacts on variables related ..
Kick-Start Meaningful Conversations: These Two Tools Can Help Schools Assess And Build One-On-One And Team Relationships Over Time
Appreciative interviews Appreciative interviews will help you avoid trying to close the trust gap and instead focus on building on the positives. Use this tool to help you a..
Essentials
Education Updates Education Dive Education Dive offers a quick overview of what’s happening in education. Educati..
Put Yourself In Someone Else's Shoes
Being comfortable is nice, but it can also be dangerous. While education professionals are always dealing with change, sometimes we can get stuck in our perspective. We know how critical it is to d..
Say Goodbye To Drill-And-Kill Teaching
When leaders in Lewisville Independent School District in Texas saw the district’s writing scores on STAAR — the Texas standardized tests introduced in 2011 — they panicked. They weren’t alone..
Beyond Professional Development
Almost every day, we wonder how to make career-long inquiry a centerpiece of the work life of educators. The challenges of implementing the Common Core State Standards and Science Technology, Engin..
Don't Just Survive — Thrive!
Teachers matter. Do our actions show that we believe this to be true? When treated as professionals and given the opportunity to participate in building and extending the profession, teachers rise to ..
Make A Path For Evaluation
You may have noticed a near absence of conversation about thorough evaluation of professional learning. Perhaps this topic has momentarily slipped off everyone’s agendas — too many other high-prio..
How Leaders Can Make A Big Difference
According to the 2015 National Survey on College and Career-Ready Literacy Standards and Collaborative Professional Learning, 91% of teachers surveyed report working on standards implementation dur..
The 5 Habits Of Effective Plcs
Habits are, according to Stephen R. Covey in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, “the intersection of knowledge, skills, and desire” (2004, p. 47). They emerge from a deep understand..
