I had the pleasure of presenting at the Texas ASCD conference this week with a principal here in the Wylie ISD. We were a part of an iPad roll out last year and wanted to speak to our experience. It was a lively group and we were able to get into some great conversations. Below are the challenges we ... [ Read More ]
Differentiation is not difficult…3 easy ways to make it happen!
I love that my campus is full of educators who recognize the variances in students abilities. How completely overwhelming to look at 22 (or 44! or 66!) students and realize that in order to make instruction happen at their level, you're going to have to make some instructional magic happen. We're ... [ Read More ]
Culture & Leadership Connections: Are you #FutureReady?
Confession: I'm not that great with technology. I know, I know..."Technically Teamann" and all that jazz. But really, I'm not great with technology. I can't code. I couldn't reroute an access point. I don't build computers. I don't develop software. I don't build apps. Or teach people how to ... [ Read More ]
Collaboration…who doesn’t have time?
There is clearly not enough time in the day. I have a never ending to do list that seems to grow more than it shrinks. Recognizing that I don’t have enough time to do all the things that I have to do, much less what I want to do, I still feel like this post needed to shared. Collaboration ... [ Read More ]
Lane check…who is your “check in person”?
I love my daughter's day care. They care about her, they love on her, some days they even fix her hair in these amazing ponytail/braid/thingies. (If you've seen that curly-haired energetic baby girl of mine, you'd know that is an impressive feat.) One afternoon last week, I pulled into the drive ... [ Read More ]